Trying to pin down exactly what kind of band Fruit Bats is can be a little tricky — and that’s part of the appeal.

Acclaimed artist Fruit Bats will be performing on Isle of Palms at The Windjammer on July 17 in support of the forthcoming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "They say a bird in the hand is worth somethin', but I forget what," Eric D. Johnson sings on "The Saddest Part of the Song," the ...

The Portland-based indie-rock band Fruit Bats certainly deserves your attention, even if the name doesn’t always ring a bell. Even the HiFi doorman cordially greeted me: “’Sup, man? You here to see ...

As musician Eric Johnson approached the 20th anniversary of “Echolocation,” the debut album by his indie folk rock band Fruit Bats, he felt it was as good a time as any to do some reflecting. Johnson ...

The Fruit Bats have been around since the late ’90s, centered around lead singer-songwriter and only permanent member of the band Eric D. Johnson. On April 29, Fruit Bats performed in Thalia Hall, ...

Fruit Bats as a four-track project in his bedroom. He was soon coaxed out of shyness while playing as a side-man for a few notable bands: The Shins, Califone and Vetiver. Fruit Bats eagerly awaited ...

Hello from in here to all you out there. Fruit Bats’ eighth LP opens with this invocation, this call from an isolated vocal room to your headphones somewhere out in the world. It’s a beckoning for ...

Frontman Eric Johnson never intended for the Fruit Bats to be a solo project. "But because I was the one who put it together and had the most enthusiasm for it, it just ended up being me," he says ...

Califone’s Tim Rutili and Ben Massarella played a major role in ushering guitarist Eric Johnson into the local rock scene. They recruited the Naperville-bred musician for the touring version of their ...