Shonen Knife's Naoko Yamano talks with Music 101's Emma Smith about the power of happy songs.
Emma Smith and Naoko Yamano/ Photo by Dru Faulkner, embellishments by Emma. Photo: Emma Smith and Naoko Yamano/ Photo by Dru Faulkner, embellishments by Emma.
Over the past 30 years, Osaka’s Shonen Knife have penned a mountain of cute songs centered on food, domestic animals and the cosmos. Harnessing the spirit of early New York punk and new wave, their sound captured the imaginations of K Record’s Calvin Johnson, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, and saw them tour with Nirvana.
Playing shows in New Zealand for the first time in nearly two decades, original member Naoko Yamano talks with Music 101's Emma Smith about the journey so far and the power of happy songs. Kawaii!
