Show Review: Memorial Day Weekend Takeover of Chicago with Deftones and more

Photos and review by: Alan Ralph @ARPhotoSF

According to Wikipedia, a mashup is “a creative work, usually in a form of a song, created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, typically by superimposing the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another, changing the tempo and key where necessary”.  If Spinning Platters were to mashup the genres of music (as opposed to song) seen during our Memorial Day Weekend in Chicago, a new genre mashup of alt-progressive-technical-death-metal-hardcore-pop-punk would have to be created.

What started out as a photo pass for alt-metal giants Deftones and progressive-metal masters Gojira turned into an entire weekend of photographing concerts, with each of the three shows being musical opposites of the others!

Show Review: Paramore with Tegan & Sara and New Found Glory at the HP Pavillion, 9/17/10

The night I got notified that I was getting the opportunity to see the Honda Civic Tour, I was ecstatic. The lineup looked extremely star-studded: Paramore, Tegan & Sara, and New Found Glory. I haven’t seen any of these bands perform with the slight exception of New Found Glory, whom I watched from afar a year or two ago when they were traveling with the Warped Tour. With the way my night started, I was afraid that the rest of the night would go horribly. Luckily for me, these bands did not let me or the rest of the packed stadium see a dull moment.

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New Release Round Up, 4/13/10 – 35 Instant Album Reviews

This is the album I made Pouria listen to for skipping last week's column

Sorry to everyone who expected to see this last week. Due to some unexpected laziness I only listened to new releases and didn’t review them. There was general outrage and I won’t do it again. Continue reading “New Release Round Up, 4/13/10 — 35 Instant Album Reviews”