At C.A.F.E. INFOSHOP: Religious Appeal and Not Fragile brings Daytrader (ex-Crime In Stereo, Rise Records) to town. Playing with Fresno's Restaurnaut and Superheroes In Training. [$5, 8pm, All Ages]
At THE LAMP POST: Fresno's Passion Bucket opens up for Mesa/Phoenix's JJCnV:
Also at EB:
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At The CYC, Detroit hardcore from Hollow Earth, with local support by Gorilla Stomp, Terror Campain, Hit The Bricks and Farooq:
At CAFE Infoshop, Seattle's Rude Tuna. Also a bunch of locals jumped in on this: Iwanaga, Restaurnaut, Eindrah, Glamour Tronic, Astral Underworks and Cult Cipher. [Music starts at 6:30, $5 AFTER 8:00 PM $3 BEFORE 8, All Ages]
Nothing against the fine shows happening Friday night, but DAMN! foos, Saturday is going to be crazzetz. Enjoy the holiday weekend, Fresnans. Get out there and BANDGEEK!:
FRIDAY
FULTON 55: Come out and support Creative Fresno's Mural Project, proceeds go to bring more murals to Fresno (aka MURALTOWN!) Love the mix of bands on this one (complete with set times): 8:00 Lisa’s Big Night Out, 8:45 Suicide Lounge, 9:30 Lezayr, 10:15 Blake Jones & the Trike Shop and 11:00 Motel Drive:
AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Performing stuff off their newly released CD "Unashamed Portrial" is The Jay Smith Group (Jay Smith-keys/synth, Eva Scow-mandolin, Tyler Cravines-drums, Pat Olvera-bass). Plus The Experience with Eva Scow:
C.A.F.E. INFOSHOP: Reggae ska and punk represented with Iwanaga, Checkered Past and more:
THAI PALMS: Local talent, no cover, North Fresno… 2 out of 3 aint bad. Whatever The Matter, SixHandsMouth and Not Perfect Humans:
THE NEXT BAR: More Fresnan rock with Outside The Wire, Broken G String, Palm Kids and more:
These Fresnans, Art By Numbers, are getting some real buzz (even French buzz) about their debut album "Reticence: The Musical". You can preview the album by streaming it over at Sputnickmusic. "Reticence" comes out May 29th and you can pre-order it here.
>At Audie's Olympic, another killer show by Love The Captive. Los Angeles "psychedelic violence" band The Shrine with local favorites It'll Grow Back. Skateboard mag, Thrasher, calls The Shrine “A hard-hitting three-piece, combining the hooks and tones of classic rock with the energy and stage presence of a thrash band." Sounds kick ass to us. Get a little deeper with The Shine:
>Also happening for those that can't get into Audie's or for those that do not fear China Town, very good show at C.A.F.E. Infoshop as David Liebe Hart (yes, the dude you've seen on Adult Swim's "Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job") returns to Fresno. Lot's of local acts too including Danny Lango, Fatty Cakes, Restaurnaut, I Do Not Exist and Gorilla Stomp. [$7, 7pm, All Ages]
>Not to be forgotten, down in Babylon, a free show with TheDaysGone & Cabin Fire! Show starts at 9pm and is 21+.