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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 6/26/14-7/2/14

Tonight and The Independent, we will all enjoy a bean feast. Also, what's a bean feast? — Tonight and The Independent, we will all enjoy a bean feast. Also, what’s a bean feast?

Thursday, June 26th

Veruca Salt, The Echo Friendly at The Independent

Veruca Salt released two fine pieces of fuzzy guitar pop goodness in the mid 90s. It’s been far too long since Louise Post and Nina Gordon have put collaborated on a project, but the new Veruca Salt record is another classic piece of Alternative Nation era rock goodness. Kennedy would be proud!

Southern Culture On The Skids, Aloha Screwdriver at Great American Music Hall

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Show Review: Southern Culture On The Skids at Great American Music Hall, 9/11/10

There are some bands that words cannot adequately describe. If I were to try and sum up the feeling one would get from listening to Southern Culture On The Skids it would include images of driving down a coastal highway in a pick-up truck while wearing a truckers hat. This quartet from Chapel Hill, North Carolina has been at it for well over 20 years, playing a playful blend of rockabilly, surf, punk rock and just a hint of traditional country & western music. I had the opportunity to check them out live for the first time at the Great American Music Hall. Hunkering down in the crowd with a beer in hand, I was about to learn exactly how much fun a woman with a bucket of fried chicken could have.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 9/9/2010-9/15/2010

Here’s another fun week of fun stuff to fill with funness. Happy funny funtimes!!

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide To Bay Area Concerts: September 15th-21st

Welcome to the next part of the saga… I will tell you what shows you will be going to this week, and then you marry my 2nd cousin, but just so you can stake claim to his portion of the hope diamond.

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