Boredoms live in concert.
ON TOUR

Boredoms

12
critic concert reviews
experimental

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

71
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Based on 
12
critic concert
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Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Boredoms is rated as a decent live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Boredoms concert reviews describe live shows and performances as ethereal and noisy.

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Latest Release

Super Roots 10 (28 September 2009)

Artist Info

Genre
experimental
Origin
Osaka, Japan (1986 - present)
Bio
Boredoms (sometimes known as V‚àûredoms) are a psychedelic/ noise rock group from Osaka, Japan. The band was officially formed in 1986, although some date the band to bedroom tape experiments from 1982.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

The Guardian (UK)

April 19, 2016
60
%
As the art-noise pioneers take to the stage swinging rod chimes and summoning static, nothing is certain bar the nosebleeds

Music-News.com (UK)

March 10, 2012
80
%
All Tomorrow’s Party’s prides itself on the delivery of a rich and diverse range of music that challenges the mainstream, shattering the foundations of the norm.

The AU Review (Australia)

October 12, 2010
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Unlike jazz musicians - who can improvise for hours and will usually sound decent – musicians who rely on electronics and a reliable sound system have a whole lot more on their plate.

The Skinny (UK)

December 7, 2007
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Opening with an ethereal chant and wielding two spheres of noise-making light Boredoms leader Yamatsuka Eye is less frontman and more pan-dimensional shaman performing a digital exorcism.

Resident Advisor

April 22, 2016
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They are forebears for a generation of noisy acts that combine atonal squall with tumbling tribal rhythms and an eye for the absurd; Lightning Bolt Black Dice Battles and even Animal Collective all bear their influence.

The Quietus (UK)

July 7, 2015
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London, UK

The Big Takeover (USA)

April 3, 2008
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Starlight Ballroom, Philadelphia on April 2, 2008

Past critic reviews published in

Birmingham Live (UK), The Guardian (UK), Twin Cities Media (USA), Chicago Concert Reviews (USA), The Telegraph (UK) and more

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