Reviews of albums, films, concerts, and more from the Bay Area Music and Movie Nerds
Review and All Photos by: Alan Ralph @ARPhotoSF Additional interviews and content here by: Emily Anderson @wisefoolfilms For decades, Europe has led the way in the heavy metal and loud rock music festival space. Monsters of Rock (the originator, which started in 1980!), Wacken Open Air, Dynamo Open Air, Hellfest, Graspop, Copenhell, Rock am Ring, … Continue reading “Show Review: The. Best. Aftershock. Ever.”
Warning! This article has unsponsored, unfiltered tales from the Photo Pit. I’m excited to share highlights of Mosswood Meltdown, an absolute pinnacle event. I’m ever grateful for its return each year and its host, John Waters.
Review by: Alan Ralph @AlanHasPicks and Emily Anderson @wisefoolfilms Onstage Photos by: Alan Ralph @AlanHasPicks AFI/Avenged/Korn Photos by: Kyle Kellogg @ Kellogg Foto Discovery Park in Sacramento was once again the site for Danny Wimmer Presents annual Aftershock Festival, a four-day rock and metal music festival featuring four stages of many of today’s bona fide headliners … Continue reading “Show Review: Aftershock 2023… West Coast’s Biggest Rock Festival!”
Aftershock 2022 was a fantastic memory that will be hungered to repeat next year. Allowing over 40,000+ people each day to chill during a sweltering 99 degrees (Fahrenheit) with large mist blowers and delicious (health or comfort) eats choices were plentiful. The stage layouts were designed with both mainstages almost back to back with alternating … Continue reading “Show Review: Aftershock Festival 2022”
Photos and Review by: Emily Anderson – EmilyAnderson.me When listening to Molly Tuttle and the Golden Highway, your entire person will elevate to a higher positivity. The upbeat, quick rhythms with elated smiles between the band and the audience were contagious. During a few short pauses of confession and conversation, she referenced San Francisco as … Continue reading “Old Crow Medicine Show with Molly Tuttle: A Definition of HOME”
Today was the cold day. Which was fine, because there were more than enough excuses to dance! Special thanks to Carl Pocket, Emily Anderson, and Paige Parsons for additional pics!
On June 18, 2000, Transatlantic played their first ever show in Bethlehem, PA. It was a loose, joyous set that was technically a little off, but felt like a big event. At the time, I thought “well that was fun. Too bad I won’t get to see them again.” Why? Because supergroups hardly ever last, … Continue reading “Show Review: An Evening with Transatlantic at The Regency Ballroom, 2/1/2014”
When The Whole Love was released late last year, I believe that anyone that heard it knew that it was a record that was screaming for a tour. Of course, when it came out, instead of doing a big road show, they opted to play midsize theaters, locking out only the folks with the fastest … Continue reading “Show Review: Wilco with Cibo Matto at The Greek Theater – UC Berkeley, 9/21/12”
On this first night of a completely sold out tour, New Jersey’s Gaslight Anthem showed that they are ready for the big time that’s around the corner for them. They didn’t do this by focusing on material from their forthcoming album, Handwritten, but by blowing through nearly two hours of their infectious combination of punk, pop, … Continue reading “Show Review: The Gaslight Anthem with Dave Hause at The Independent, 7/5/2012”
When we started Spinning Platters back in 2009, we really weren’t thinking about the fact that our name could remind people of two ground breaking, classic R&B groups. We were really trying to get at a pun on records, CD’s, and hard drives. I’m not sure where the trigger came from reminding us of The … Continue reading “Show Review: The Spinners at Yoshi’s – Jack London Square, 2/3/12”
