the residents – Spinning Platters

Show Review: 50 Years of The Residents, Castro Theatre, 09/17/2021

Photos and review by: Alan Ralph @ARPhotoSF

In mid-July, legendary art-rockers The Residents announced the “Dog Stab!” tour, a 22-date run around the US to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their first live performance (in 1971!). A month later, they cancelled all except for three California shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz “due to continued concerns about the spread of Covid-19 cases from the Delta variant”. The show in San Francisco also served as the reopening of the historic Castro Theatre, which has been closed since March 2020, and Spinning Platters was invited to attend!

Show Review: The Residents Present Shadowland at the Regency Ballroom, 4/10/2016

Four decades of experimental musicianship, catalogued onscreen and crammed neatly into a minimalistic trio performance

If you’re an act that’s been around for over 40 years, chances are that there are a few people who have heard of you. You probably have some chart-topping hits, your members are household names, and everyone in the band has been in some scandal or gossipy news story at some point during their career. This is the way of rock music — for everyone, it seems, except for The Residents, who exist as an experimental entity far more than any kind of traditional “band”. Formed in Shreeveport, LA and eventually based in San Mateo, CA, the Residents have managed to remain anonymous for the entirety of their career, and each of their subsequent works takes any previous notions of “what kind of band” they were and throws them bodily out the window. With such a dizzying body of work behind them, it’s never a sure thing what the group will do on each of their tours, and their current magnum opus Shadowland is no exception.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 2/21/13-2/27/13

Headlining the Take Action Tour at The Fillmore on Tuesday

It’s the week before Noise Pop, so you might think “lemme get some rest,” but no! The world of live music in the Bay Area will never let you rest. Get out there and see some shows, because the band that wrote the best song ever is playing this week, and local heroes are all over town, playing farewell shows, covering classic artists, and generally being amazing. Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 2/21/13-2/27/13”

Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 4/14/11 – 4/21/11

barb rare tube CROP — Duran Duran will be at The Fillmore on Saturday. Jane Fonda is not as likely to be there.

Are you looking for an incredibly busy week? Because we’ve got one brewing!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are way too many things happening in the bay this weekend. Fauxchella for the win! (See, I spelled it out!)

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