Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts: 12/18/14-12/21/14

Coming to The Warfield
Coming to The Warfield

This is kind of a short week… Because venue owners and staff gotta take a holiday, too!

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 3/27/14-4/2/14

One of these two people will be playing Bill Graham Civic on Saturday.
One of these two people will be playing Bill Graham Civic on Saturday.

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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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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 1/31/13-2/6/13

 

Playing at The Fillmore this Saturday, and in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Playing at The Fillmore this Saturday, and in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

We’re smack dab in the middle of SF Sketchfest, which we’re happy to call the Greatest Comedy Festival in America, and Dakin’s running around laughing himself silly, so I’m taking over the task of recommending shows for those of you who love music but hate laughing. That can only mean one thing, though … more sports references! Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 1/31/13-2/6/13”

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

Auditioning for the band opening for Kopecky Family Band on Sunday.

I know that December tends to be a time to purchase gifts for friends and family members. But Shopping kind of sucks. Instead, go to a show?

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 8/2/12 – 8/8/12

Coming to Shoreline Amphitheater on August 3rd

The final week before Outside Lands, and we have a whole lot on our docket. We’ve got no less than 8 bona fide rock legends coming to town, as well as 3 of SpinningPlatters’ all time favorite acts. Consider this your warm up for Golden Gate Park.

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The Top 4 Reasons you should attend High Sierra Music Festival

The twentieth Annual High Sierra Music Festival, which takes place in Quincy, CA, is almost upon us and if you’re still seeking out plans for the long weekend of July 4th, then you should consider heading up to the mountainous town located eighty miles North of Reno to experience four days of music, exercise, workshops, parades and much, much, more.

Formed in 1991, the family-oriented, kid-friendly festival attracts between 7,000 – 8,000 attendees as well as a myriad of influential music acts that span across neo-hippie jam band-friendly genres including roots rock, electronica, afrobeat, jazz, bluegrass, and funk. There’s a lot of entertaining options offered up on the Plumas Sierra Fairgrounds to consider so without further ado, here are the top four reasons you should attend High Sierra Music Festival (HSMF)…

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New Release Round Up 4/20/10 – 43 Instant Album Reviews

What's better than some 420 on 4/20? When one of these comes out.

Man I got through a lot of albums this week. Not a record but I kinda don’t know where I’m at right now. Need to go outside and lay in the sun. Continue reading “New Release Round Up 4/20/10 — 43 Instant Album Reviews”

Marie’s Best of SXSW 2010 Awards

This is one happy award winner!

Let me start off by saying that I probably saw 1% of possible bands to see at SXSW, and none of them were the bands everyone is talking about.  I didn’t bother waiting in line for She and Him.  I left a venue Hole was playing right before they came on twice.  I don’t give a crap about The Black Keys or Broken Bells, and my feet hurt too much to watch Miike Snow (which I actually kinda regret).  My point being that my awards are highly subjective and only the opinion of me, Marie.  A special thanks to YouTube for making these awards possible.

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