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SLO/Fresno band, PK, has a big show Friday at Kuppajoe's - it'll be fresh off opening for Angels & Airwaves, BTW. They will be premiering their new video for the stellar song "Seawolves" - given the size of Kuppa, it will surely be packed and badass good times.
As we wait for Friday's video premiere we can listen and download "Seawolves" right now - courtesy of Pac Sun and PK:
And Hey! They made their last album free to download, so no harm in checking this stuff out either:
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It's an open mic night which, like improv, can be awesome or terrible and uncomfortable. Tonight at Audie's we at least know of one for sure thing: the ambient experimental creepy noise of Fights Monsters will be heard... the rest is a crapshoot.
Over at Babylon, The White Glove Service, will be hanging out and doing their Fresno reggae rock thing while getting some footage:
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Welcome to you, Fresnan reader. It's time again for another Dorktown Podcast. Bells, Producer Becky and Mikey hang out, drink, cuss, talk about Fresno and what's going on in their tiny world. Here is a sample of what you'll... hear:
Listen play clicking the grey thingy below:
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In case you didn't see this over on Fresno Famous or on Facebook this week; local DIY venue, The Bel-Tower, has had a bad few days. Obviously the most tragic is the death of local promoter, musician and Bel-Tower volunteer, Ariel Gieseman. She was killed in a fog related accident near Hanford. Our hearts go out to her friends and family.
Also, The Bel-Tower needs to get some expensive code-related repairs done soon and are never rolling in cash given the nature of this kind of place. They're asking for some donation help in order to keep things running, hopefully we can all help out soon.
Alright, let's change the mood here and start looking forward to some shows this weekend. Let's BANDGEEK!!
FRIDAY
AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: Big one right here. Sorta Fresno band, The Mallard, comes to town. As you can learn from Fresno Famous, Fresno natives Greer McGrettrick and Dylan Tidyman-Jones lead this now Bay Area band. They'll be partying for their EP release and stopping by to do stuff with them is Aussie band, Woollen Kits, and Portland band The Woolen Men. Fresno's Quiet Americans will be playing and rethinking why the didn't call themselves The Woolen Americans. [$5, 9pm, 21+]
KUPPAJOE'S: A big night of local hardcore type stuff with Infinite, The Day I Ate The Moon, Signals (actually they're from Tuscon), Bridges and Swimming With Tsunamis. Info:
FULTON 55: Southern California American Rock band Lukas Nelson and the Real. They've been on David Letterman and Jay Leno and soon to be from Fulton 55's stage:
FULL CIRCLE BREW: We told you about the nice folks at Food Not Bombs putting on their yearly benefit show. Just remember there's beer, food, and music from Blake Jones & The Trike Shop and the David Hull Band and an awesome flier:
THE BEL-TOWER: Fresno's Sci-Fi Caper claims this show is going to be "badical". Big claims, big. Maybe not though with this lineup, it truly is badical:
THAI PALMS: Singing and songwritting fool, Tommy Marquez. Plus Madera alt rock band All Nite Pilots and Sound Awake:
STARLINE: Kris Devold (comedian and former Fresno morning show host, now podcaster) will be MC-ing this Fresno metal show with 3 Foot Chain, Gods & Kings and Trial. [9pm, $6, 21+]
Continue reading "BANDGEEK!: The Bel-Tower Needs Help and The Mallard Migrates Back To Fresno" »
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Wait for the 3 minute mark and you can listen to this dude, William from Black Shamrock Media, talk about a run-in him and Fresno band, Motel Drive, had at the same border patrol stop that Snoop Dogg was arrested at. After that, Motel Drive themselves, expand on the story:
I'm on TMZ Live from Black Shamrock Media on Vimeo.
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If this doesn't make you want to run up the hill soon, then...
Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.
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The Bel-Tower: Nice enough to come all the way from Tucson is Signals. Locals Troubled By Insects, The Milford Higgins and Restaurnaut will be filling things out... hopefully. We say hopefully because we heard the drummer and bass player for The Milford Higgins left the band on Tuesday - maybe Eli Reyes (a drummer in, like, six local bands) is looking to pick up a new one.
The CYC: Locals Cabin Fire plus traveling dudes Code Orange Kids and Xerxes. And maybe a surprise or two:
Get hard (you can take that however you want to) with some Code Orange Kids:
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Look at these jerks. Raising money to feed people and junk. Drinking beer, fixing dinner, playing music... a-holes. Go down to Full Circle Brewery Friday night and tell 'em to "Get a job and a haircut you damn hippies!"
Then, get over yourself, grab a beer and watch David Hull plus Fresno's art-pop superstars, Blake Jones & The Trike Shop:
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Great opportunity to check out this sorta new Voice Shop place tonight with a stellar local lineup of Achievement House, The Quiet Americans, Light Thieves and Brother Luke.
Over at The CYC, things will be a bit more brutal with Wyoming hardcore band The History Of Hope. Plus locals What's Written In Blood, We Sunk The Mayflower, Pillars and Failed Creation:
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Feels like we should be waiting for Summer to listen to this because reggae music has always felt like "seasonal" thing. But hey, Fresno's Irie Sun has some good stuff out NOW and we like it no matter what season it is:
Make sure to check out some more on their Soundcloud page.
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A long running joke on Dorktown is that the engineer/co-host sucks at engineering - and hosting but that's a whole other thing. Sadly this joke isn't written in or on purpose. Random bad audio just seems to happen on the podcast. Mics not working, random buzzing, levels all over the place and even the occasional deleted show.
Well that's what happened to the Original Dorktown #105, with guest Joshua Tehee. Somehow it got deleted. So Josh was nice enough to come back a week later and record it again... half way through, the file imploded on itself and THAT was deleted, but in a whole NEW way. So what you're (hopefully) going to listen to now is the second half or third attempt at #105-C.
In this episode you'll hear:
Be careful, lot's of cussing as always. Listen by clicking:
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Sorry for the halfass-ness of this week's "Bandgeek" post. We were busy Thursday night with drinking messing up our podcast and we didn't do up Bandgeek as much as usual. But hey, you'll still get the gist of what's happening this weekend... It's BANDGEEK!:
FRIDAY
AUDIE'S OLYMPIC: The return of Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys:
KUPPAJOE'S: You may or may not know this but Hello Astronaut, Amoret and Vegas Is North are three of Fresno's most underrated music acts. No joke. Not sure about Love Is or Mayfield though. Go:
C.A.F.E. Infoshop: If you like locals Restaurnaut and Cabin Fire (which you damn well should) you'll like the rest of this show too:
FULTON 55: Big Birthday or Anniversary show for Fulton 55. It's been one year of greatness for Fulton 55 and this local themed show matches up with Patrick Contreras. We don't get a chance to see Patrick enough anymore as he seems to have tuned down the amount of shows, so that makes this one so much more special doesn't it!? Plus, the local band that sold out F55: 40 Watt Hype. Also playing, Doc's Holiday, whom are very awesome. It's a perfect show, basically. [FREE!, 9:30, 21+]
Continue reading "BANDGEEK!: Big Sandy, Patrick's Back, Restaurnaut, Death Motor Cults and Angels" »
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Meth Leppard. Caught these SLO/Frequent Fresno Guests at Audie's Olympic last weekend. Hadn't seen them yet and was figuring they probably suck. Not sure why, that was just the feeling we always had. Then we heard their set:
After stuff like that, we did the math:
Beard + Hard rocking + Beard = Badass.
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The CYC is active as hell lately BTW, this evening it hosts San Diego's Pathology. Tracy's Alighieri. Plus plenty of local support from Carcosa, Catharsus, At the Hands of an Architect, Brotherhood, Messenger of the Covenant and ITheDeceiver.
ALSO TONIGHT
The Brick Wall: Hey dude, might be worth checking out, mildly sorta hots girls playing the accordion, Amber Lee and the Anomalies. Plus SF's Renee De La Prade. [$10 7:30-10, All Ages]
Fulton 55: Electro country blues? Mmhawa? That's what Restavrant is all about. Also there is some Selma indie rock from The Long Black Veils. Details:
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