It’s starting to feel like I only see bands at Tokyo Garden, which is fine. It’s my local, to use hipster speak (see definition 1). The place feels like home, is within walking distance and tends to have cool bands stopping through.
Inferno of Joy: This San Francisco four-piece puts on a … theatrical performance, let’s say. Lots of gyrations. Lots of sweating and jumping around. Lots of animal screams. This is rock and roll revival. Having never seen/heard the band before (other than quick clips on Youtube) I found myself making easy comparisons. This isn’t quite fair to the band, but it’s probably good reference for others.
1. MAKE YOURSELF EXPENDABLE
Laid-back reggae/rockers The Expendables are playing what’s probably the biggest gig of the weekend, tonight at Fulton 55. If you like Slightly Stoopid, you’ll like them. We hear it’s closed to selling out. So don’t slack. [More]
One of the Beehive’s favorite local bands, Blake Jones and the Trike Shop, is trying to get the hell out of town and they need our help.
The Trike Shop has set up a Kickstarter campaign in an effort to raise travel money for a tour of England the guys will embark on in May:
The goal of the Kickstarter campaign is to raise $2000 by May 18th. So far, they’ve raised $813. A pledge of $10 or more comes with some pretty great prizes, which can you read more about here.
Blake Jones is a champion for local music, and is involved in some of Fresno’s better cultural efforts — from FUSE Fest to the Rogue Festival to The Underground Garden Project (the Trike Shop also was kind enough to play the first Beehive Birthday Bash, too).
We truly hope the community can give something back to this deserving band by sending them on their merry way to jolly ole England.
I heard 40 Watt Hype sold out Tower Theatre. And the Tweetup was a blast. We’ll have some photos and videos on the site as soon as we can.
But in the meantime, what did you do this weekend? Fill us in. There were a lot of cool events we missed, but we’d love to hear about ‘em. Did you go to one? Did you try a new restaurant? Ready, set, comment!
Here’s your rundown of tonight, plus the week ahead …
TONIGHT
Head over to Elbow Room, where you can catch a night of acoustic pop/soul with Brett Young, Justin Hopkins, Erik DiNardo and Randy Coleman, all of whom are out-of-towners. It starts at 6 p.m., and from the looks of things, is free.
It’s starting to feel like I only see bands at Tokyo Garden, which is fine. It’s my local, to use hipster speak (see definition 1). The place feels like home, is within walking distance and tends to have cool bands stopping through.
