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Melt Banana started off their two month U.S. tour with an initial stop at the WOW Hall in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday.  Their last time through Oregon, the Tokyo-based screamo/noise metal band didn’t stop here, and the freezing rain & severe winter fog kept many Ducks who wanted to trek up to Portland away.  Not so this time… and I made it there just in time to catch their blistering set.

Agata shredded up the guitars, making dental exams seem pleasant.  Yako was a sandstorm of power and unexpectedness on vocal duties… and charming in between songs.  The drum & bass battery (presumably Takiya & Rika) propelled the blasts of music forward.

It’s one thing to hear this band on record, it’s quite another to see them live.  They’re going all over the U.S.A. from now until late November!  Catch them (dates below).  They’re also working on a new album, out in 2012.

more photos below

The Appropriate Linkage:

• Melt Banana’s Site
• Melt Banana’s Social Media Links (see below)
  
• Other Related Reviews~
  • Jeff Matarrese’s photos in ODE (Eugene 10/1)
• WOW Hall’s Site / Facebook / Twitter

Check out more tour dates below.

Next shows for me… Chromeo & Opeth at the Roseland (Portland) in a couple of weeks!

~Dan – np: John Zorn – At the Gates of Paradise

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MxBx 2011 U.S.A. Tour Dates

• 10/1/2011 WOW Hall Eugene, OR
• 10/2/2011 Star Theater Portland, OR
• 10/3/2011 Chop Suey Seattle, WA
• 10/4/2011 The Badlander Missoula, MT
• 10/6/2011 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
• 10/8/2011 Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
• 10/9/2011 The Record Bar Kansas City, MO
• 10/10/2011 The Waiting Room Omaha, NE
• 10/11/2011 The Mill Iowa City, IA
• 10/12/2011 Nutty’s Sioux Falls, SD
• 10/13/2011 Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, MN
• 10/14/2011 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
• 10/15/2011 Cactus Club Milwaukee, WI
• 10/16/2011 Subterranean Chicago, IL
• 10/17/2011 Cicero’s St. Louis, MO
• 10/18/2011 The Bishop Bloomington, IN
• 10/19/2011 The Historic Southgate House Newport, KY
• 10/20/2011 Mac’s Bar Lansing, MI
• 10/22/2011 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH
• 10/23/2011 The Haunt Ithaca, NY
• 10/25/2011 Wrongbar Toronto, ON
• 10/26/2011 Il Motore Montreal, QC
• 10/27/2011 T.T. The Bear’s Cambridge, MA
• 10/28/2011 The Space Hamden, CT
• 10/29/2011 Santos Party House New York, NY
• 10/31/2011 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA
• 11/1/2011 The Red Palace Washington, DC
• 11/2/2011 Ottobar Baltimore, MD
• 11/4/2011 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
• 11/5/2011 The EARL Atlanta, GA
• 11/06/2011 The Engine Room Tallahassee, FL
  
• 11/08/2011 Backbooth Orlando, FL
• 11/09/2011 Crowbar Tampa, FL
• 11/10/2011 Double Down Gainesville, FL
• 11/11/2011 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, FL
• 11/12/2011 Caledonia Lounge Athens, GA
• 11/13/2011 The End Nashville, TN
  
• 11/15/2011 BottleTree Birmingham, AL
• 11/16/2011 Alabama Music Box Mobile, AL
• 11/17/2011 Fitzgerald’s Houston, TX
• 11/18/2011 The Prophet Bar Dallas, TX
• 11/19/2011 The Mohawk Austin, TX
• 11/20/2011 Jack’s Patio Bar & Grill San Antonio, TX
• 11/22/2011 Club Congress Tucson, AZ
• 11/23/2011 Hollywood Alley Mesa, AZ
• 11/25/2011 The Bunkhouse Las Vegas, NV
• 11/26/2011 Soda Bar San Diego, CA
• 11/27/2011 Echoplex Los Angeles, CA
• 11/28/2011 Harlow’s Night Club Sacramento, CA
• 11/29/2011 Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco , CA