Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts: 4/30/15-5/6/15

Give me a chance. Now we can dance.
Give me a chance. Now we can dance.

Yup. Two Sleater-Kinney shows this week. You’ve waited almost a decade for this. Other stuff is happening, too, but none of that actually matters. Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts: 4/30/15-5/6/15”

Outside Lands Journal: Day 3, 8/10/14

Photo by Paige Parsons
Photo by Paige Parsons

Ending a festival is always a little bittersweet. Because you had fun, but you are also tired. So tired that you will end up seeing fewer acts, but it’s OK. Quality over quantity, eh? And these were probably the best sets of the weekend.

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Show Review: Lucius at The Independent, February 7, 2014

They are not two, but Lucius
They are not two, but Lucius

It was a dark and stormy night. At a Bay Area venue, thousands of brightly colored hair adults descended in the night lighting the way with their dollar store glow sticks. This was not that place. Outside The Independent, rain did nothing to make the mood soggy. Instead, people were willfully lining up along Divisadero Street eagerly waiting to enter the sold out show.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 2/6/14-2/12/14

This guy is playing this instrument at Brick & Mortar on Wednesday.
This guy is playing this instrument at Brick & Mortar on Wednesday.

Did you know that going to see live music is good for your health? Keep yourself young and healthy and go see a band or seven!

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