Show Review: Two Nights with Sleater-Kinney at The Masonic, 5/2/15-5/3/15

Sleater-Kinney
Sleater-Kinney

The last time Sleater-Kinney played a show in San Francisco, it was a two-night stand at the Great American Music Hall that ran May 2nd and 3rd, 2006. Exactly nine years to the day, they returned to San Francisco, only instead of returning to that intimate, 600-seat club, they played nine blocks away at the newly-restored Masonic Theater. The fact that they put so much care and thought into the tour routing meant that this was going to be a special event; the fact that these shows both sold out in milliseconds proved that San Francisco cared just as much about their return as the band does.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts: 4/30/15-5/6/15

Give me a chance. Now we can dance.
Give me a chance. Now we can dance.

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”