Kick off May with some awesome pop music in your life.
Happy punks Slingshot Dakota make their way to CYC tonight. The drum and keys duo recently put out a new record on Topshelf that is quite impressive.
We’re ready to dance and have some good times with friends. That is why we invited some likeminded musicians to join in on the fun. Sci-Fi Caper, Fatty Cakes, Dovves and Jelly Boyz are also on the bill.
By now, Fresno is fairly familiar with the garage pop rock behind Sci Fi Caper and the sweet acoustic sounds of Dovves. It is worth noting that Fatty Cakes, a formerly one-girl band, is now a full-fledged project with multiple members.
Their promo video for tonight’s show has been all over our Facebook feed lately. Not for haters of music, conservatives, the easily offended, and boring people:
Jelly Boyz are a late addition to the show. They are rolling through from Canada for this show. Be sure to get there early to support them!
Last year’s Nickfest was pretty awesome. The Ranch was transformed into an outdoor music venue and a rad Fresno band, They Call Me Greyhound, got back together to play a basement. It was a great way to remember our friend Nick Henebury, who passed away six years ago. Many of his friends have been active in bands over the years in many bands, including Fierce Creatures, Elmo Marconi, Light Thieves, etc. It just seemed right to have everyone get together and perform.
After the festial, we got together with with Henebury family and said “Why can’t this happen again?”
Over the course of the year, we’ve thought about where we could throw another rad festival in the post-Ranch era (and for having so many good times at the Ranch, we are considering these times as such). We were fortunate enough to meet some very welcoming people over in the Tower District who were willing to host us.
This year’s festival will be taking place in the Golden Parking Lot right across from Veni Vidi Vici. The Tower Marketing Committee and Tioga-Sequoia will be sponsoring this year’s event. A music festival in the Tower District featuring indie rock and a bit of punk and local craft beer. It just seems too perfect, right? Welp, it’s happening.
This year, San Diego’s Weatherbox will coming through a few days before they kick off their US tour in New Jersey with The Front Bottoms. We are super excited that they are taking the time to come play for all of us.
Strange Vine and Quiet Americans are no stranger to Fresno music fans. We’ve seen them play all over Tower and downtown – from Audie’s to Fulton 55. They even blew people away at last year’s Catacomb Party. Prepare to see these bands play in another festival setting!
Also set to play are The Speed of Sound In Seawater (Elk Grove), Hard Girls (from San Jose, members of Classics of Love), Style Like Revelators, Light Thieves, Achievement House, The Recliners and The Return of Mega Man.
More information to be coming soon!
Click on the flier to be linked to the Nickfest fan page and be sure to “like” it for updates!
Our friends in Sound N Vision have invited us back for more fun and hangouts.
Tonight, Maps & Atlases will be playing at Cellar Door, which is definitely one of the coolest places to see a show in the Central Valley.
The theme for shows in 2013 so far have been all about nostalgia. We’ve seen M&A play numerous house shows around Fresno and, most recently, at a pizza parlor in Visalia. It is great that bands are returning to Fresno for not only new fans, but also bigger crowds.
See you all tonight! Catch us in front hearing some old classics, enjoy some new ones and toasting a drink to old and new friends.
Additional information can be found by clicking on the flier.
We couldn’t be more excited to see Comadre play in Fresno, but we are sad that this will be the last time. As we’ve stated over and over again in previous posts, Comadre has a very long history in Fresno.
They are joined by No Sir on this tour. Haven’t heard of them? Well, come you should know about ‘em! They have members of All Teeth and Sabertooth Zombie.
We’re also stoked that LA band La Bella jumped on with such short notice. Think punk meets jazz. They are pretty unbelievable. They are the perfect fit for tonight.
Locals Light Thieves and Grow are opening the show. I think this might be one of the few shows that can easily have two very different local bands on board.
Doors are at 6pm SHARP with the first band (GROW) starting soon after! There are so many shows going on tonight that you should be checking out. We suggest the Strange Vine/Steelwells show at the Arthouse.
With Kat Jones, Cold War Kids and Tera Melos (which is still coming up, get your tickets!), you’d think Fresno would be at it’s peak. Well, we aren’t even close.
Maps & Atlases, a band that used to come play Fresno house shows (do YOU remember the Metal Mansion?) and back yards, will be making their return to Visalia.
This could be one of those cool shows where you hit up that cool boy/girl and ask “Yo, you like math rock?” Let us know if it works. However, we are not responsible for heartbreak.
The coolest of cool local bands, Light Thieves, will be supporting them along with Young Man.
The band released their latest album, Beware and Be Grateful, last year on Barsuk.
Whirr is one of the few bands to cross over from the punk/hardcore crowd over to the “indie” crowd. They’ve been on the elusive punk radar through a whole lot – from their name change to Pipe Dreams.
They kicked off a tour a few weeks ago that saw the band go through SXSW and finally rounds out this weekend with Fresno as one of the dates. Lucky little us, right?
Check these guys out if you like punk, hardcore, shoegaze and hell, even indie. See you guys at CYC tonight. These guys are sure to get bigger after this tour.
If you haven’t noticed, we do a whole lot of reflecting in our posts.
This post is no different.
Comadre has always been a very special band to us. They played our first show back in 2005 with Set Your Goals at the Boys & Girls Club in Pinedale. They played our first show at the CYC with Dangers back in 2008. They also happened to play at one of the craziest shows we’ve ever been a part of – Have Heart, Shook Ones, Rotting Out, Defeater and Prove it at CYC. On top of that, there are countless other shows that they’ve been a part of here that make us say, “Wow, that was a crazy time.” Needless to say, we have a lot of love for these guys.
Sadly, with a long series of firsts comes a last. Comadre announced a last tour a few weeks ago in support of their amazing new album, appropriately self-titled.
We are excited that Fresno is now a stop on this tour. They will be on the road with No Sir, which is a band we’ve been a fan of for awhile but have not had the chance to get down here. More details to be announced in the next few days, but this is what we can tell you:
April 4th
Comadre
No Sir
@CYC – 901 F St. Fresno, CA
$7/time to be determined soon!
