Reviews of albums, films, concerts, and more from the Bay Area Music and Movie Nerds
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”
What does the Bay Area concert scene have in store for Valentine’s Day weekend? Look after the jump to find out.
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 2/10/11 — 2/16/11”
Episode 7 of the Spinning Platters podcast features a discussion of the Treasure Island Music Festival with our guest Sandy Burciaga of the LA-based arts, music and skateboarding site Grimy Goods. We also discuss the history of our websites, and take our usual trips into tangential territory. Continue reading “Spinning Platters Podcast Episode 7 — It’s a Community”
Sunday at Treasure Island Music Festival was my first Sunday at the festival. In previous years, I always had something going on that Sunday, or the weather was bad, or I was too darned tired from being at a Mezzanine afterparty on the previous night. But this year, as a conscientious journalist, I had to come on Sunday and report on the entire day. Well, almost the entire day. I should explain. Continue reading “Treasure Island Festival Diary Part 3: 10/18/09 Sunday”
The Decemberists live in an exciting gray area between folk and rock, between pop and prog. How they keep playing to bigger and bigger audiences continues to amaze me. Perhaps it’s the indescribable that people like best? They came to the Fox in Oakland last night on their tour for The Hazards of Love, promising to play that new album in its entirety and then follow it up with a set of fan favorites. Continue reading “The Decemberists at The Fox Oakland, 5/20/09”
On to the more of my SXSW thoughts…
Back to Wednesday Night! Continue reading “Dakin’s SXSW Diary, Part Two”