BANDGEEK!: Mom Loves Some Metal and American Rock To Go With Her Weekend, Trust Us

There is good music all around Fresno, you just gotta know where to find it. Find it here. It's time to… BANDGEEEEEK!

FRIDAY

KUPPAJOE'S: We have faith that Jesus will be head-banging at this show with I The Mighty, Mercury Bullet, Stories In Braille and Corsair:

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AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Fresno's Light Theives with the newness of Ghost Skin Coat…or something like that:

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CYC: Metal and hardcore from ITheDeceiver, Murder My Hero, Behold The Device, Sagas and Embrace The Nightmare:

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SPECTRUM ART GALLERY: Art it up with music from Sahab and Former Selves:

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BANDGEEK!: Han Solo Shot First And Killed Greedo Dead and May The Fourth Be With You, Fresno…Always

After you roam around Fresno bars in your Boba Fett suit, rocket over to some Fresno shows, ya buncha Nerd Herders. Let's Bandgeek:

FRIDAY

KUPPAJOE'S: The No Greater Love Tour shoots love goo all over Kuppa with Via Verde (Fullerton), City Of Lions, My Beautiful Surrender (Fresno), The Motel Life (Ontario) and Le Wolves (Fresno): 

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BABYLON:

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AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: The Fresno Tattoo convention is in town and Audie's is the place to pre-party for it with Handlebarz and RestavRant:

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FULTON 55: Fresno's Black Aesop and the mighty Living Legends crew are throwing a CD release party. I night of local hip-hop. [Free, 9:30, 21+]

FRANK'S PLACE:  Presented by the Fresno Folklore Society it's a night with folk musican Evie Ladlin. More details. [$20, 7:30, All Ages]

C.A.F.E. INFOSHOP: All ages punk show in Chinatown with It'll Grow Back (Did you know they actually took a weekend off last week?), Dimerunner (Fullerton), Eindrah and Devilkin Assailant:

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SATURDAY

FULTON 55: After a big show at the prestigious Vive Latino Festival, Dedo Caracol comes to California for the first time to headline the Binational Rock concert. Also playing are locals, Firecat. Details:

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FRESNO BREWING COMPANY: We gave you a heads up for this show earlier (there's a free download in it for ya). Fresno's Sahab!:

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AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: We likey the local rock and punk and good vibe places like Audie's. Gonna have to hit this one up with Palm Kids, The Dirty Dirties and The Normandys:

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SUNDAY

AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: You may have seen recently that Fresno's most famous pedicab driver, Jeff MacDonald, was purposely run over by some jackass dude (he was eventually jailed). In the accident, Jeff lost the use of his leg for a while (kinda needed when you drive a pedicab). Local musicians and cyclists are coming together to help Jeff out, and all during bike month:

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FULTON 55: There will be a Rogue Festival "aduation party" happening with a buncha stuff plus Gayle and The Bowties. Details.


Well that's what we managed to find, but we admit we don't know everything. If you know of a band playing, a weekend event that's not on here, or you want to talk about what IS on here, please use the comment section of this post to its fullest!

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Tonight @ Fresno: An Excessive Amount Of Things

Fresno's really showing off now. It's Spring and there's too damn much going on, especially for one shitty blogger to keep up with. ArtHop is tonight with dumps of stuff (artists love it when you refer to their pieces as "dumps of stuff") all over at places like this:

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Also, that blog that has never stopped believing that blogs are popular, the Fresno Beehive, are putting on another Tweetup with the Grizzlies, poolside:

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Downtown Fresno is all into doing stuff on Thursday nights now:

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Arthop is so popular it produces bi-product events:

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Oh yes, there's the normal during Arthop live music like the Light Theives playing…

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…And post-Arthop live music as well:

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There's probably a buncha other junk happening too…after all it is Fresno: lot's of stuff happens here.

BANDGEEK!: Record Store Day and Another Action Packed Weekend Of Fresno Music

National Record Store Day is Saturday so you know you'll have to hit up Spinners and maybe even Rasputin's this weekend. Also don't forget to hit up some of these shows:

FRIDAY

FULTON 55: New York City's OUTERNATIONAL, whose latest album features collaborations with Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers & Chickenfoot) and nine-time Latin Grammy winning-band, Calle 1. Also playing is Firecat (Fresno) and Chencha Berrinches from Los Angeles.

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KUPPAJOE'S: They feel like a Fresno band because they're here all the time, Pitcture Atlantic. It's cool, visit as often as you like, guys, San Jose sucks anyways, right?! Playing with them tonight is Sahab, Golden Youth (Sac) and The Thomas Confession:

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TOWER THEATRE: Fresno welcomes THE Ozomalti, plus our own 40 Watt Hype. Also there is the After Party at the Tower Lounge with DJs from the Soulflower Group, only $5 with show ticket – proceeds go to support Arte Américas. Tickets. [$20-$30, 8pm, All Ages]

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AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Who cares that it's 420, any day is a good excuse to have Trey Tosh playing Audie's:

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Listen To This!: Dorktown #112 – Your Jackass Friends Won’t Get This.

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A fresh episode of Dorktown is here to start your new week off. It's maybe more local talk and cussing than you could want or need but it's free so suck it up. Seriously though, thanks for listening and tell your cool friends. They'll hear stuff like:

  • New WWE tag team: Dork Town.
  • Low budget marketing with $1 shamrocks.
  • The best time to go to Art Hop is when you're invisible.
  • Mutants in Millerton Lake.
  • New Fresno bars.
  • Pagers ruled.
  • NEW!: Dorktown News.
  • MUSIC BREAK: Achievement House "Summer Spirit"
  • Audie's is still the best.
  • REMOTE: Tokyo Garden "Is It Metal"?
  • FONZY EYYS!

Listen by clicking the file below:
Dorktown112.mp3 [37:14]

You can also listen to Dorktown by downloading from iTunes. Leave Dorktown a message 559-492-0542.

BANDGEEK!: What Does Let’s Go Bowling, The Soma Holidays and Bang Tango Have In Common?

Yet another fruitful weekend of music for Fresno. Sure hope you have Saturday morning to recover because Friday is going to be rude. Let's BANDGEEK!:

FRIDAY

FULTON 55: It's not often that one of Fresno's top bands of all time, Let's Go Bowling, plays so this one moves from a show to a EVENT:

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AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: If you like the Fay Wrays, then you probably like (or will like) The Soma Holidays. That's 'cause The Soma Holidays are kinda the Fay Wray's grandad… or something. It's a big reunion show for the Holidays (we told ya about this, complete with free mp3 downloads) because it's been seven years since they've played together. Keeping the stage warm for them is Achievement House, The Red Coats and straight from Portland (via Fresno and Nashville) is Kat Jones. Good times. [$8, 9pm, 21+]

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BABYLON: Diehardz Music presents The Accident Experiment (with Marcos Curiel from P.O.D) Also doing stuff is Down Word, Outside the Wire, Clockwork Hero (Stockton), Kinship, and S.K.O.P.E:

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KUPPAJOE: Sacramento alt rock guy, Josiah James. Plus Quiet Science (Merritt Island, FL), Omotola and My Beautiful Surrender. How terribly awesome is this flier?:

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THE CYC: The promoter wisely put an early start time for this one as there are a dump load of bands playing: Brotherhood, Limits, Phoenix Emerge, Head Over Heals, Fatty Cakes, Dependence and Lover Boy:

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THAI PALMS: Homegrown Fridays returns with a familiar face: This Planet Prelude. Plus I Do Not Exist and No Cause For Alarm:

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STARLINE: It was the late 80s (or maybe early 90s) and Bang Tango was a band. That played. Music and stuff. Well God bless them they're still doing it, and frankly…Why the hell not!? Locally supported by Six Day Truce, Hammerdown Sindrum and Tipsy Gipsy:

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