Music – The Fresnan

Hail The Sun in Fresno tickets not exactly sold out (and neither are ones for Chicano Batman)

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024 The Fresnan Leave a comment

I noticed today that Chico’s own post-hardcore band, Hail The Sun, is coming to Strummer’s on Thursday, October 17th and the show is sold out. But not on the secondary market. Browse some tickets for the show here.

Chicano Batman at Tioga Sequoia on Thursday, October 24th is also sold out but there are tickets available on the secondary market too I found some tickets on Ticket Network running above $150 if you are really hurting to see the show, scope out tickets here.

chicano-batman-fresno-573x1024 Hail The Sun in Fresno tickets not exactly sold out (and neither are ones for Chicano Batman)

If you have the money to spend, those should be some good shows!

FYI: TicketNetwork is an affiliate of The Fresnan.

Molly Tuttle is in town tomorrow, should you care?

October 2, 2024October 1, 2024 The Fresnan Leave a comment

The Fresno algorithm has been pushing this Molly Tuggle show at the Tower Theatre at me for like, two or three months now. It better be good.

Call me stupid and out of it but I had not heard of Molly Tuttle before this Fresno show.

If you’re into the Folk or Bluegrass genre, you might want to go, jamming may ensue:

Alright. Maybe we should go.

Tickets are still available at Ticket Network.

Arena Rock Has Left Out Fresno

September 30, 2024October 2, 2024 The Fresnan Leave a comment

There are a lot of recent rock-related tours happening that are NOT coming to Fresno.

Hey, I know this is nothing new. We seem to get about 25% of the bigger tours to come through.

Lately, it feels like more, at least in the rock genre.

Right now, coming to California (or just went through), there is:

Weezer
Metallica
Foo Fighters
Deftones
Korn
Green Day
Imagine Dragons

None of them stopped/or will be stopping by Save Mart Center or Selland Arena.

Dude. These are all bands that have played here too. All are passing us up now. Two of them are from the Central Valley for fucks sake.

I don’t know if the no-big-rock-shows is a national trend or if it’s just Fresno, but it’s been pretty weak this year. What, like, Blink 182 and … well that has been it recently.

Are we showing up less to rock shows? Is Save Mart Center/Selland Arena not seeking these shows? What gives?

I guess rock is dead, at least in Fresno arenas.

Hey! Does River Park Even Deserve Ragin’ Records?

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 The Fresnan

It’s been mixed feelings about Ragin’ Records opening up a place in River Park.

First you’re like “Wait. WHAT!? River Park? But Ragin is, like, TOWER, dude. Metal. Punk. All subculture and stuff!”

River Park is not that.

When River Park went in it was mostly chains and a movie theater. North Fresno. The death of Fashion Fair. Sprawl. A traffic circle we didn’t get.

It was exciting and new, but no heart. Felt like it shouldn’t be.

Over the years it has evolved. Either by design or by necessity it is maybe a little more local – at least the core is.

Teazers. Barrelhouse. Coney Island Me&Ed’s. That place that used to be the sports bar. You know, stuff like that.

It feels more Fresno and I don’t know how to describe it to you more than that. Maybe it has just been there long enough.

So I guess after you work it out, it is okay that River Park has a Ragin’ Records now. Especially since it is in the parking garage (which makes it totally punk).

I’m getting soft in my old age.

Joshua Tehee and I have a good discussion about this on this month’s Flowing With Famous.

Don’t Sleep On: Kills Birds

December 7, 2021December 9, 2021 The Fresnan

Thursday night is the big Foo Fighters return to Save Mart Center. If it comes close to their last/first ever Fresno show, it should be epic.

Opening for them is an L.A. band called Kills Birds. Maybe you have not heard of them yet so here are…

Things To Know:

They have a new Sophomore album out now called Married. It was recorded at Dave Grohl’s own Studio 606 (per Dave’s request) through the same Nerve console Nevermind was recorded on.
The Chicago Tribune calls their music “confrontational rock”.
Voice: Nina Ljetis. Guitar: Jacob Loeb. Bassist: Fielder Thomas.
They have been considered THE band to see at SXSW.
They are not scheduled to play live again until February so they might be giving us a little more than usual.

The current single is “Cough Up Cherries” and can be enjoyed below:

also this:

and this:

Check Kills Birds on their site.

I know the typical Fresno concert move is to drink outside the venue as late as you can while still making the main act. But maybe get in the Save Mart a little early and see Kills Birds this time?…

img_2751 Don’t Sleep On: Kills Birds — Foo Fighters with Kills Birds Fresno concert poster

Impulse Buy: The Subtractions “Modern Kids”

July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 The Fresnan

Scrolling Instagram I came upon a Dale Stewart post about a new re-issue from a band I (think) have never heard of until now called The Subtractions.

Why should I care if I am not familiar with this band? Well, I saw these things:

It’s a cassette (cassettes are super cool at the moment).
Each one is hand numbered.
Limited edition of 150 tapes.
Fresno’s first gigging hardcore band.
$12 straight up.

That is enough info for this collector. Fire up the Paypal account. You can check it out here.

File under: Bought.