No, Banana Bred isn’t a Stanford research study on breeding optimal bananas. This self-proclaimed “indie rock cover band” embodies a different spirit — vibrant, fun and unbelievably authentic. Formed ...

Here is yours truly’s own take on Melt-Banana/Melt-Banana Lite/Whatever the hell they need to call themselves: Japanese noise-rockers Melt-Banana made their name by ...

After meeting in a Tokyo-based language school, where they were studying everything from Thai to Italian, the four members of Melt-Banana discovered one idiom that they all spoke fluently in addition ...

Japanese art-rock outfit Melt-Banana have been making sharp, spasmodic noise for 32 years. In that time, their approach hasn’t changed so much as they’ve gotten better at what they’ve always done.

The only constant in Banana Gun is change. At least in terms of musical direction. When the founding members of the Tempe group first got together in 2009, they didn't have what you'd call a clear ...

This will hurt somebody: Melt-Banana is cute — but dangerous. Tokyo’s Melt-Banana — two guys and two girls in their late 20s — defies traditional definitions of speedcore, avant-metal terror, or even ...

Melt-Banana brings its manic and disorienting noise punk back to the Larimer Lounge this Friday, July 24. The group is pretty much impossible to forget, because its shows are such an electrifying ...

Island-Pop Star, Conkarah, returns with the release of his new single and soon-to-follow music video "Banana" featuring fellow Jamaican and GRAMMY award-winning artist, Shaggy, who also co-produced ...

Like Sade, Cher and Trina before her, the artist born Sydney Bennett has opted to drop all but her first name to issue her first solo track. Best known for her work first as part of the Odd Future ...

Update: Spotify has extended an olive branch out to Joanna Newsom following her “banana” comments, saying that the streaming service actually does pay its artists. “We’d love to talk with Joanna about ...

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