RELIGIOUS APPEAL

Last night, we got all indie and cray cray at The Voice Shop with Achievement House. Tonight, we let out our aggression.

Xerxes, one of the latest signings from No Sleep, will be making a stop in Fresno. They are definitely one of the heavier acts on a label that hosts bands like Into It. Over It, Balance & Composure and Aficionado. We can’t wait to see what they’ve got!
Who else is on board for this show? Code Orange Kids. This has to be one of the most aggressive bands we’ve heard in awhile. Hell, you’d have to be this heavy to get all the blogger buzz that they’ve been getting. We’d also like to point out that these guys just announced this morning that they signed with Deathwish. Does that tell you how heavy they are? They are no joining the likes of Touche Amore, Pulling Teeth and many other amazing bands that have blown us away over the years. Catch these guys before they blow up.
We also have Cabin Fire on board! We haven’t book these guys in years and we are glad to see them back. Also, last night just wasn’t enough Daniel Schultz for us. We added Troubled By Insects to tonight’s show. Come see some droned out shit before you get your face melted off.

It’s all about the Tower tonight. We are pleased to present some of Fresno’s finest bands tonight at the Voice Shop. The owners have been outrageously nice and are excited to be venturing out as a music venue. So show up and let them know that you appreciate them hosting us as an all ages spot!
As excited as we may seem, we are pretty bummed to say goodbye to Daniel Schultz. Tonight will be his last performance with Achievement House. As we’ve said before, he is a big supporter of Religious Appeal and we are a big fan of Coattrack tapes.
The Voice Shop is right next to Fresno’s newest hangout spot, Tower Sports Club. The show at Voice Shop might be all ages, but feel free to venture next door for a drink or two. Their drinks are insanely cheap. Like…cheaper than most happy hours in Fresno. Go support them. Trust us.

We are excited to present an all-local/all-ages show right in the heart of the Tower District. Remember the days of going out to Tower on a weeknight, paying a few bucks and seeing awesome all-ages show? We want to relive a little bit of that. Thankfully, the wonderful people over at The Voice Shop are very happy to host this show. Come one, come all.
This show will also be Daniel’s last time drumming for Achievement House. We sure are going to miss him. He has been a very big supporter of Religious Appeal and we can’t thank him enough. We even put out our local compilation, Sounds From Below, out on his Coattrack cassette label.
The Quiet Americans, Light Thieves and Brother Luke will also be performing. See you there!

Venia, the Minnesota-based hardcore band, will me making a stop after passing us over on their last couple of tours. We were lucky enough to catch their set at Sound & Fury last year. Let’s see how things go for them over at the CYC! Ill Intent, who are no stranger to these parts, are on tour with them and Bent Life. Here is the info:

February 2nd, 2012
Religious Appeal presents
Venia
Ill Intent
Bent Life
more TBA
@CYC
901 F St.
Fresno, CA
7:30 $8

You saw Backtrack tear the CYC apart during their tour with Trapped Under Ice. Now, come check them out on their headlining tour. We are pleased to present Backtrack, Minus and Alpha & Omega at the CYC. Here is the info:

March 8th 7PM
Backtrack
Minus
Alpha & Omega
@ Chinatown Youth Center
901 F St
Fresno, CA

We are only two days into the new year, but why slow down? Tonight, we’ve got Rotting Out, Downpresser and Stick Together coming by the CYC. If you haven’t paid close attention to hardcore music, Rotting Out has been on top. They recently came through Fresno supporting Bane and Defeater and are back again with a headlining gig. We are very excited to see where these guys are going to go.

We are also very excited to be hosting Downpresser again. We always love seeing these guys come through after all these years. Stick Together is another band you may have been hearing a lot of. We know a lot of California kids are stoked to see these guys come through.

We’ve also got Bridges and Farooq on board to open up the show. Note the time on the flier! This show will be starting a little later than usual. No worries. This won’t be running super late. This is hardcore, after all.

Tonight is the night. We are pleased to present the Religious Appeal New Year’s Eve/birthday bash at the Ranch. This show is FREE. Thats right! You get awesome local bands (yes, Fresno has quite a few of them) spanning from multiple genres for nothing at all. Just come out with an awesome attitude and make a friend or two. Seriously. All are welcome to this bash. Oh! Some of us will also be in some fancy New Year’s Eve attire. We suggest you do the same.

We’ve been waiting for a great “indie” show to come to Fresno.  This one is sure to not disappoint.

Pinback, the San Diego indie rock band that has been a huge name on the circuit for nearly a decade, will be stopping in town for the first time.  They released their last body of music,  Information Retrieved Pt. B,  on Black Friday.

If you haven’t heard or listened to these guys, crawl out from under your rock and check them out!

Fun fact:  Rob Crow, Pinback’s frontman, was in town a few years ago with his doom metal side project Goblin Cock.  That was an odd show…

This year has been too good to us. We’ve had the privilege of bringing bands such as Ceremony, Lemuria, Trapped Under Ice, Touche Amore, Sabertooth Zombie and more. We got back to our roots with pop punk with The Story So Far. We exposed our “indie” side and brought Brothers Young to play with our amazing friends in Achievement House and Fierce Creatures. We showed Fresno what a basement show is all about with Elmo Marconi. We were FINALLY able to put out a zine (Such Is Life) AND a compilation tape (Sounds From Below) featuring some great local bands. We got some of you to make a mixtape/CD for our mixtape party. Also, we had the privilege of going out on the road with Seahaven and Troubled Coast. We get all gushy just by thinking about these things. But who is really responsible for the awesome times? This leads us to something you never want to hear, but this is a good thing in this case:

It’s not us, it’s you.

Sure, we slap our name on all these shows, but why would we want to keep doing these things if YOU didn’t support us? The shows and projects aren’t successful just because we put them on. They are successful because you show up and show us how to have a killer time. As a “thank you”, we would like to invite you to our FREE New Year’s Eve birthday bash.
We figured it was a good time to celebrate. Why? We had such a rad time at least year’s New Year’s Eve show AND our very first show was on January 1st, 2005.
We’ve got a whole new round of bands for this one – and in true Religious Appeal fashion, we’ve got a mix of friends involved.

Religious Appeal presents
The Religious Appeal New Year’s Eve/Birthday Bash with..

Achievement House
Goreshack
Light Thieves
XFarooqX

December 31, 2011
@ The Ranch
8426 N. Sunnyside Ave
Clovis, CA
7PM FREE

RSVP here.

From time to time, we light to write these long posts about bands that we love. We’ve met some amazing bands and people over the years. We’ve even been lucky enough to keep some strong relationships with these people. Troubled Coast is one of these bands.
Their last album, Letters, had us hooked from the beginning. Their forthcoming EP, their first for Pure Noise, really blew us away and we can’t wait to hear them live. Come check these guys out.
We’re also excited to see The American Scene tonight! These guys have been through Fresno a few times, but we are glad to be hosting them this time around. Such a solid band!
We are also pleased to have RMS Olympic play his first Religious Appeal show tonight. Come check out some angry shit. We love it.