Fruit Bats live in concert.
ON TOUR

Fruit Bats

18
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

79
%
Based on 
18
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
%
Based on 
critic concert
reviews

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Critic Consensus

Based on 18 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Fruit Bats is rated as an impressive live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Fruit Bats concert reviews describe live shows and performances as effortless.

ON TOUR

Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA, United States (May 9); Various Venues, Carrboro, NC, United States (July 24);

Latest Release

A River Running to Your Heart (April 14, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Chicago, United States (1997 - present) (1997 – present)
Bio
Fruit Bats is an American rock band formed in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois. The group has had many personnel changes but revolves around songwriter Eric D.
Has Performed With
Vetiver

Critic Concert Reviews

Parklife DC (USA)

April 25, 2023
%
Eric D. Johnson fronts Fruit Bats at 9:30 Club on April 22, 2023.

Parklife DC (USA)

April 29, 2022
%
The transformation of a songwriting vehicle from an individual endeavor into a full-fledged outfit is one of the more remarkable progressions to behold.

The Santa Barbara Independent (USA)

March 15, 2022
%
Eric D. Johnson Presented Songs Old and New on March 9

Parklife DC (USA)

November 26, 2019
%
Theres a comfort to the Fruit Bats music. Eric D.

Radio UTD (USA)

September 30, 2019
%
Fruit Bats and Sun June warm the already very hot hearts of their Texas audience.

The Santa Barbara Independent (USA)

June 24, 2019
%
What Fruit Bats singer Eric D. Johnson described as Santa Barbarans’ permanent stage of stokitude was out in full force for their Friday show at SOhO.

Exclaim (Canada)

September 19, 2016
80
%
Sitting effortlessly in the pocket Fruit Bats' set breezed over the mid-afternoon sunny lawns of Rifflandia from their Sunday (September 18) main stage perch.

Past critic reviews published in

The Owl Mag (USA), Spectrum Culture (USA), Consequence (USA), The Know (Denver Post) (USA), The Wild Honey Pie (USA) and more

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