Reviews of albums, films, concerts, and more from the Bay Area Music and Movie Nerds
Sadly, one of the highlights of the Fall concert season is taking a year off: Michael Franti’s Power To The Peaceful festival in Golden Gate Park. It’s ok, it’s coming back next year. I think that you will find plenty to do, don’t worry about it.
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 9/8/11-9/14/11”
Happy Labor Day! Let’s appreciate the working men and women of American by going to an awesome show this week! What do you say?
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 9/1/11-9/7/11”
My cat keeps sitting on my hands, making it really hard to type something witty. So I’ll get her to talk to you instead:azMNBSAMBDS,MCDEHBJCD GQWCHVJEC VEN
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 8/25/11-8/31/11”
As we wind down our Summer, it feels good to know that our live music experiences will keep coming at you. Here’s what I think you should be doing this week in San Francisco and it’s surrounding cities.
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 8/18/11-8/24/11”
For four years running now, the good people at Another Planet and Superfly have put together a massive outdoor music festival in the part of San Francisco so far west that most people don’t even know it exists. The weather is unpredictable, the terrain in this portion of Golden Gate Park is difficult, and with 5 stages, decisions are always tough to make. Well, all I can say about the first two is to bring layers and wear sturdy, comfortable shoes. As for who to see when? Well, I’ve studied the band schedule and the map, and based on my impeccable taste in music I am ready to present to you the most fulfilling plan for your Outside Lands experience.
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In order to warm up for Outside Lands, here is a list of many lengthy, multi-band shows this week that also are awesome.
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 8/4/11-8/10/11”
So, I’ve spend the last few days drooling over the Treasure Island Festival line up… So much that I almost forgot to do this. But, that would be sad for everyone out there, because this week is awesome. Besides, there are great shows every night until that shindig happens.
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 7/28/11-8/2/11”
There’s a whole lotta indoor gigs for you this week… Perfect for getting out of the brisk cold July air. Now, got get your groove on!
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 7/21/11-7/27/11”
Nellie McKay is a woman that is dead set on trying to surprise us. She is one of the few artists to find her records in the “Easy Listening” department of the record store with an explicit lyrics sticker on the cover, only to eventually put out an album of Doris Day covers. She recently made one of the most interesting moves of her career, a operetta out the life of Barbara Graham, the 3rd woman to ever get sentenced to death in the state of California.
Continue reading “Show Review: Nellie McKay at Yoshi’s — San Francisco, 7/14/11”
This weekend we have a brand new festival opening up at Potrero del Sol Park. It’s going to be awesome, but there are many other wonderful things to do. Just like these:
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 7/14/11-7/20/11”