THE FRESNAN

FresGeek Weekend: Shivering Foxes, Harsh Realities, Hazel & Vines, Blackbirds, Trumpet Solos, Beautiful Assaults and Misfits

We already know there are solid non-music choices for Friday night, but those are early. What are you going to do after that and the rest of the weekend? What bands are out there playing?

Let's find out!

FRIDAY

STARLINE: Love The Captive has all the details on this one : newish band Shiver Fox (with Trey Tosh, people) is having a EP release party, should be awesome and worth the ten bucks (Yes. Ten. Because the time has come ,Fresnans, when you're worth paying that much for a local show, dammit!). Also playing is Poor Man's Poison and Ghostly Nature. [Doors:9 Cost:$10]

AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Fresno hardcore band, Harsh Reality, returns from an apparent long hiatus to play with Thrawtle, Born Loser and DMF. [Time:9 Cost:$10]

KUPPAJOES: Taking the headlining posistion is Hazel & Vine, K Sera, Fallen Point and My Beautiful Surrender. [Doors:8 Cost:$7]

LUCKY 13: Mike Oz at the Beehive broke the news Thursday, the Lucky 13 is closing and it's the last weekend for music, thus the last time we'll be posting about shows, like Friday's with Synezra, Hot Shade, Blackbird and This Planet, Prelude. [Start:8 Cost:$6]

CLUB RETRO: Has The Thomas Confession, Once Upon A Saturday, Just Another Miracle, Antidote For Anxiety and Beautiful Assault. [Doors:7 Cost:$8]

SATURDAY

>>>Tokyo Garden has something for us with The Blip, Saything and Fresnan favorite: Trumpet Solo.>>>Death Alley Motor Club is at Babylon.>>>Audie's Olympic has The Suppressors.>>>It's the final show at the Lucky 13 with Giant State:

 

SUNDAY

 

Cool, so that's what we know about. If you've got something for us we missed or want to talk about or review something listed, please be awesome and leave a comment or email us: mike@thefresnan.com

Enjoy Fresno this weekend!

Bootlegged In Fresno: Synezra

 

Take one nerdyass blogger with a digital recorder. Then add a metal band from Madera playing at the re:FUSE Fest, back in early October and you've got another edition of "Bootlegged In Fresno".

And now, from the 2009 re:FUSE Fest and recorded in a small backroom at Joe's Steakhouse in Downtown Fresno, it's Synezra with "Attack Of The Agenda":

File Download: AttackOfTheAgenda.mp3

Or play it now:

*Synezra has a show coming up Friday at the Lucky 13 then they will be opening up for the Misfits at the Crest Theatre on Sunday:

Fresgeek Weekend: Caged Elephants, Down Words And Lost Rebellions

We've already heard about the awesome SwedeFest #4 at Starline on Saturday. And the creative blending that will be happening at the Silver Dollar on Friday. 

But bandwise, what the Fresno is going on?

FRIDAY

AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Exene Cervenka. No she's not a Czechoslovakian skater. She used to be head punk of the band X. But now she is older and that means she is much less punky and much more folksy. [Time: 9 Cost: $10]

TOKYO GARDEN: The Rockabilly of Motel Drive will be the headlining and Jailbreak's... will not be. [Start: 9 cost $5]

KUPPAJOES: Rolling into town is the "Lost Rebellion Tour" with The Wedding. With A Current Affair, I Am Empire and Old Man Shattered. [Doors: 7:30 Cost $10]

LUCKY 13: This club is getting back into the rock of things with the Dirty Sanchez and some other bands... we assume. [Time: 10 Cost: $5]

THE REVUE CAFE: We believe this to be the second time there is live music happening at the Revue? Yeah? The more venues the better, we say. Apparently playing is Brother Luke, Jonah and the Whale and Malcolm Sosa. [Time: 8 Cost: Free - All Ages]

STARLINE: It's a rocking CD release party for that one dude, Keeney. Playing along is Dislodic, Medium, The Disconnectors, This Midnight Scene. [Doors: 8 Cost: $6 - All Ages]

SATURDAY

>>>Can ya believe it? The Crossroads has re-opened with new ownership and rock from Crucial Point, Infinite Aggression, Khyral and Cursed.>>>At Starline, Down Word has been pushing hard for this show to sell out so don't dash their rocking Fresno dreams and not show up to this:

 

SUNDAY

The nationally surging alt/indie/southern rockers Cage The Elephant are playing Audie's Olympic. These guys have a huge song out right now [Aint No Rest For The Wicked] that's all over the place, so it's awesome to be able to catch them in a smallish club setting (even if it is on a Sunday). And in case you are trying to place that song:

So that would be the stuff we found interesting going on musically this weekend. If you've got something to add, something we missed (music-wise or not), please leave a comment and tell us what's what - also a review of something would be sweet too.

And if you're a band playing next week that wants to make sure you're on next weekend's FresGeek post, email the info to mike@thefresnan.com.

Enjoy Fresno this weekend!

FresVideo: Fashawn at the Tower Theatre

Check it out, it's Fashawn opening his big album release show at the Tower Theatre a couple Saturdays ago:

 

Cool stuff, whether you're into hip-hop or not. And seeing a Fresno music artist filling the Tower Theatre, when tickets were $25 and up, is damn impressive.

You can buy "Boy Meets World" here.

Indie Tuesday: The New Limb, Greener By Color and Ballad: The Memory

 

Just in case you haven't had some 'weeksauce' yet, we thought we'd let you know what kind of indieness Starline has in store for you tonight. 

Orange County band The New Limb is stopping by Fern Street to play for us Valley folk. They have a relatively new video for "Breath Tenderly" you can watch here and one for the song "Autumn Leaves" you can watch now:

Also playing is DJ Ghostly By Nature, Fresno's own Ballad The Memory and Greener By Color. In case you don't know Greener, Conlan has five questions that you may have not thought to ask them.

We Proclaim El Olio Wolof a Fresno Band

After seeing Merced's El Olio Wolof at Friday night's "Green Eggs and Ham" event at the Fresno Metropolitan Museum, we've decided to claim them as a Fresno band. Sorry Merced, we're bigger than you and stuff, now go run along with your fancy UC.

And now, Fresno's El Olio Wolof playing at the Fresno Met Friday:

 

Sorry, the audio doesn't do them justice. Really good band, unique sound. They have no Fresno dates upcoming but they will be playing the Bottom Of The Hill in "The City" on Sunday.

For a full review of the Dr. Suess event Friday, with additional El Olio video, check Edward Stewart's post. Now here is some artist/hipster-moshing during El Olio's set Friday:

FresGeek Weekend: Green Eggs, Fetishes, Costumes and Zebras Killing Lions

Before we get to the music, there are a couple key sports goings on this weekend as the dominate Fresno Monsters will be at Selland Arena (perfect hockey barn) Friday and Saturday. And of course, Saturday Pat Hill's Catch Ryan Mathews While Ya Can Tour hits Bulldog Stadium.

But bandwise, what the hell is going on? This:

FRIDAY

FRESNO MET: Yes, as you see from the flier, the Fresno Metropolitan Museum is having one of their special nights, this one with a Dr. Seuss theme. Plenty of great Fresno music with Uni & Her Ukelele, El Olio Wolof, Wheels Of Fortune and Yesterday's Chonies. You can find out more about this event by listening to the latest View Looks Good From Here, Fresno podcast. [Start: 8pm Cost: $10]

AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: There will be a Halloween Fetish Fashion Show (nope, not a awesome band name, there will really be a fetish fashion show), plus DJs Azzie & Gariett and Death Alley Motor Cult. [Begins: 9 Cost: $5]

CYC: We already went over some Chinatown pit etiquette, now put your new pit knowledge to the test with bands The Velisha, Pyro, The Dead Beats, Stoned Witch Hunt, Manic Relapse and Gut Your God. [Doors: 6:30 Cost: ?]

CLUB RETRO:Yep, Halloween Costume Party with Sacramento's Bidwell, along with Sleepwell Darling and Hello Astronaut. [Doors: 7 Cost: $8 with costume, $10 without]

KUPPAJOES: More Halloween Party themes with Elmo Marconi, Notunes, Mane Horse, Soul Junk, Half Handed Cloud. [Doors: 7 Cost: $5]

DINUBA: House party with our buddies Tokyo Death March, plus Zebra Kills Lion and The Escorts. All the info can be found here:

 

SATURDAY

>>>Rock with the Generator at the Lucky 13.>>>Trey Tosh is at the Tower Sequoia Brew.>>>Dread Zeppelin is at Audie's Olympic.>>>And at Babylon it's Six Ounce Gloves, Medium, More Than Without and Grooveyard.

SUNDAY

That would be the stuff we found interesting going on musically this weekend. If you've got something we missed (music wise or not), please leave a comment and do some kick ass microblogging. 

Enjoy Fresno this weekend!

Fresno Tonight: Inflight Nymphs' CD Release Party

 

Fresno's Queens of Indie Folk, the Inflight Nymphs, are having a CD release party tonight at Audie's Olympic with Sanger band Cosmic Hayride. Looks like a good chance to have a couple drinks, get to know one of Fresno's few female bands and maybe add another local band CD to your collection. [Cost: $5 Time: After 9]

Fresgeek Weekend: CD Release Parties and Last Shows

Yep, that Fashawn show at the Tower Theatre is going to be huge - we're very curious on how packed that big'ol theatre will be Saturday.

But that's not the only thing going on this weekend. Music fans of Fresno, let us Fresgeeeek!:

FRIDAY

AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Bueno bueno, it's Los Creepers headlining with Los Muertones and Rites Of Retribution not headlining. [Time: 8-ish Cost: $7]

CYC: This place always a lot of bands on one bill and most with fucked up names like: Necrowizard. And then there are others like grindcore-ers Despise You, Crom, Too Many Screaming Children and so on. [Doors: 6 Cost: $7]  

STARLINE: Rockers Stoneshiver are playing their last show ever (ehhh that's what they all say) and they are bringing Space Hooker and Dislodic along to help play them out. [Doors: 8:30 Cost: $5]

KUPPAJOES: All ages are welcome to enjoy the young indieness of Phall Of Phariss, Brand Michael Hermann, Colour and Reggie Gin. [Doors: 7:30 Cost:$6]

THE REVUE: Songstress and probable heart-breaker Abigail Nolte with be preforming with some art being show and poets doing what they do, it'll be a whole... thing, called "Across The Pond".

PALOMINOS: Love The Captive will be expecting you to dance so don't disappoint:

 

SATURDAY

Two CD Release Party Choices, first there's Fashawn at the Tower Theatre:

 

But also, there's the Super Lucky Catz at FULL CIRCLE:

 

That would be the stuff we found interesting going on musically this weekend. If you've got something we missed, please leave a comment and do some kick ass microblogging of your own. Enjoy Fresno this weekend!

KICKASS FRESNO SHOW ALERT: THE FAY WRAYS CD RELEASE PARTY @ AUDIE'S OLYMPIC

Thursday night, our favorite Fresno band, The Fay Wrays are partying. Partying because they have released their new album "Mata Hari". In honor of this, they're having said party, at Audie's Olympic with two terribly strong Fresno bands, Racelegs and Wheels Of Fortune. This will be an epic local show, one we strongly suggest you sacrifice coming into work Friday a little tired for - like you do any real work on Fridays anyway.

Side note: All three members of the Fay Wrays are scheduled to be on our Dorktown Podcast this week - it will hopefully be available for listening on Thursday morning.

Side note 2: Mike Oz obtained a new song from the Fay Wrays that you can freely download (but really you should buy a CD at the show Thursday if you want to be awesome) and he also has a related interview or two to check out. 

Also you can hear Benji and Eli interviewed on TVLGFHF and Ben interviewed on Evening Eclectic.

Will Fashawn Become The First Fresnan To 'Make It'?

 

A couple big moments are happening this week for Fresno rapper Fashawn (besides turning 21). His new album "Boy Meets World" is released Tuesday (to places like Best Buy and Amazon) and his big Tower Theatre show is Saturday. The Tower show should be packed and will likely be his last in Fresno for a while as he continues his tour with Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan after Saturday.

So, is it happening? Is a Fresno music artist finally about to "make it"? Everything points to yes at the moment (knock on wood).

While we have a debate in our head whether Fashawn "making it" is the same as a Fresno band "making it", we wish best of luck to Fash' and hope he stays the nice dude that everyone in town says he is - no mater how big he gets. 

Side Note: Mike Oz did a great story on Fashawn in Sunday's paper, check it out!

Side Note 2: How awesome is it that Eva Scow plays on several tracks of "Boy Meets World"? Very.

Saturday info:

Fresgeek: Parties For CDs and Houses

Well, hanging out at the Fair and the Stone Temple Pilots show last night set us back a bit, so this week's Fresgeek post is a little less researched. But hey, there is still some stuff out there to check, so lets get FrezGeeking:

FRIDAY

AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Cool stuff, it's a CD release party for the Fusion Porn with special guests, Strange Vine and Shiver Fox. [Time: 9 Cost: 5]

BABYLON: Rock with The Disconnectors, Dear Devil, Fail To Breathe, Kenny and Illusion Of Choice. [Time: 8 Cost: 5]

MADERA: House shows are always cool, even in Madtown, at least when they have cool bands like Synerza and Buffalo Guns:

SATURDAY

A Festival for a good cause that Mike Oz has the story on:

Six Ounce Gloves is opening for Puddle Of Mudd at the Fair and Starline has:

And Audie's Olympic has:

So that's what we found. If you've got something else or just wanna add to what we got, please leave a comment. Enjoy the final fried moments of the Fair and the rest of Fresno this weekend!

Fresno Tonight: Stone Temple Pilots, Quick & Easy Boys and Dirty Sanchezes

Besides STP returning to the Paul Paul Theater tonight (should be awesome, see ya out there), Audie's Olympic has Fresno's own Love Pollution and Portland's The Quick & Easy Boys. A band that proves Portland is more than indie rock/folk/indie/indie. Find out all you need to know by watching this:

Also in the Tower, over at Babylon, The Dirty Sanchez, Hot Shade, Switchblade 327 and Asiago. [Time: 8 Cost: 5]

Indie Tuesday: The Wooden Birds, Picture Atlantic, Greener By Color

All kinds of nice acoustic-y music (Is there such a thing as mean acoustic-y music? That would be awesome) will be happening tonight at Starline with The Wooden Birds [Austin, Texas], Picture Atlantic [San Jose] and Greener By Color [Fresnans].

We would descibe The Wooden Birds as... um...*sigh* You know what? Check Love The Captive's blog for a much better description than we were about to attempt. Flying Kitty in three, two, one:

Fresgeek Weekend: Fig Garden Metal and Pud Pulling

Yep, the big ol Fresno Fair is in full swing, Fresno Filmworks has a funnyass movie showing tonight and Monster hockey is happening at Selland Arena Friday and Saturday (awesome). And yeah, you may still have a re:fuse hangover, but what better way to cure a hangover than a some hair of the local music dog that bit ya.

Now, Fresno music lovers, let's FrezGeek!:

FRIDAY

AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Being billed as a Lybra Birthday Bash, this one is saying "Screw bands!" and going all DJ with ones like Mykal Powell, F-Plus and more. [Starts: 9 Cost: Free]

STARLINE: Surely something must be happening. It's a major Fresno club and it's the weekend. But, as this post is being written, we don't know what the hell is going on over there - we know what was happening last month, just not tonight. [Doors: Maybe never. Cost: It could be video game tokens for all we know.]

KUPPAJOES: A lot of all ages music tonight with Sing The Body, Coolfield, The Radiance Effect, Troubled By Insects and Amanda Hammitt. [Doors: 7 Cost: 7]

SEQUOIA BREW: The Tower District brewhouse will be hosting a HR7 CD release party - let the Motto Brew flow! [Time 8:30 Cost: Free?]

BELANA: What's goin on with this Belana place anyway!? It's in Fig Garden Village and it's got all these rock and metal shows going on there; just seems like a weird crowd mix is all. Tonight, Fresno rock vets, Six Ounce Gloves will mix it up with the Village folks. Subdue will be there too, along with re:FUSE Fest breakout hit: Down Word. [Doors: 9 Cost: 8]

SATURDAY

We heard that Buffalo Guns will be at Tokyo Garden - pretty sweet. Tesla's Dave Rude will be at Starline. And downtown at the Crest... we think the flier says it all:

So that's what we found, but if you've got something else or just wanna talk about what's happening, leave a comment. Enjoy Fresno this weekend!