Fruit Bats' Eric D. Johnson has a knack for finding big questions in everyday places. On the band's new album, The Landfill, ...

Eric D. Johnson-led band Fruit Bats confirmed 2024 U.S. Tour dates. Also in the performance sphere, Fruit Bats announced a live compilation, Starry-eyed, in Stereo, available as a tour exclusive ...

Trying to pin down exactly what kind of band Fruit Bats is can be a little tricky — and that’s part of the appeal. Depending on the album, Fruit Bats, which will perform July 17 at The Windjammer on ...

Acclaimed artist Fruit Bats will be performing on Isle of Palms at The Windjammer on July 17 in support of the forthcoming album "The Landfill," out June 12 via Merge Records. Ticket information can ...

Sitting in his L.A. home earlier this year, Eric D. Johnson, the leader of shapeshifting indie-rock band Fruit Bats, kicked around the idea of making a short EP that would serve as a “mid-term project ...

As the show went on, it became harder and harder to deny how gripping Johnson’s vocals were, in no small terms, a triumph. During songs such as “The Balcony,” he ...

Eric D. Johnson has announced a new album as Fruit Bats, The Landfill, due out June 12 via Merge. It’s the follow up to last year’s Baby Man, and about it, he says, “Full swashbuckling band vibes, ...

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 ...

As of spring 2026, Eric D. Johnson will have spent exactly half of his life releasing music as Fruit Bats. Twenty-five years will have passed since the project’s debut album, and the man behind it ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sitting in his L.A. home earlier this year, Eric D. Johnson, the leader of shapeshifting indie-rock band Fruit Bats, kicked around the idea of making a short EP that would serve as a "mid-term project ...