Sense of Place: For Shonen Knife, there's no end to the sugar rush in sight : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast : NPR

Sense of Place: For Shonen Knife, there's no end to the sugar rush in sight Set List "Banana Chips" "Twist Barbie" "E.S.P." "Riding on the Rocket" "Nice Day" "Buttercup " Listening to Shonen Knife is kind of like eating a very sweet jawbreaker. That contrast may have been what got Kurt Cobain so into Shonen Knife that he personally requested they join Nirvana on tour in the early '90s. As part of our Sense of Place: Japan series, we talked to Naoko Yamano, the leader of Shonen Knife, and the band performed for a live audience at UrBANGUILD in Kyoto.