Looking for a better time than a bath tub full of rubber duckies? Look no further!
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Author: Dakin Hardwick
Fauxchella Review: Metric with Mona at The Fox Theater – Oakland, 4/18/13
Fauxchella is a brutal time for music fans. The night Metric played at The Fox, we also had to contend with like minded bands How To Destroy Angels and Savages playing across the bridge. It was a tough night of you enjoy powerful women fronting danceable rock bands. And, as much as I truly love this band, I was thinking hard about what I was missing. I didn’t want to feel buyers remorse. Deep down inside, I knew this was the right place to be. And the sold out crowd at The Fox tonight knew it, too.
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Fauxchella Review: Cloud Nothings, Japandroids at The New Parish, 4/17/2013
Oakland is a blessed city for music. We have some of the best venues and best crowds on Earth. For far too long we were treated as the ugly stepsister to San Francisco. However, San Francisco seems to do a great job of attracting the type of concert goer that attends because they feel obligated, and simply hangs on in the back of the room with their arms folded across their chest. In Oakland, the room explodes. Case in point: Vancouver, BC’s Japandroids played a sold out show at The Independent last year. It was shortly after the release of Celebration Rock, an album that hit with near universal acclaim. And, of course, the whole room stood still throughout the entire set. However, this warm Wednesday night in Oakland was a completely different story.
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 4/18/13-4/24/13
More prime Fauxchella shows making it really hard to get a good night’s sleep on a school night. But you only live once, eh?
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Midnight Music Movies at The New Parkway: R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet Singalong
For our third installment of Spinning Platters “Midnght” Music Movies (this one starts at 10:30) at The New Parkway, we are thrilled to be able to present to you the first 22 chapters of R Kelly’s magnum opus Trapped In The Closet. Tickets are moving awfully fast (not just marketing speak), and you should buy them right away!
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 4/4/13-4/3/13
Go to shows! Everybody go to shows!
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 3/28/13-4/3/13
Hello there, Bay Area live music lover. As we reach April, we know that the next 30 days will be quite busy. We haven’t even started with the Coachella bands coming to town, and, well, I’m already exhausted just looking at this thing!
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 3/21/13-3/28/13
Here is another lovely week to be a bay area resident. Please go to a show or 20!
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 3/14/13-3/20/13
Yes, all of our friends are enjoying SXSW this week. That doesn’t mean that we can’t party up here! Let’s have a better time than them without the chaos or terrible beer selection!
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Noise Pop Review: Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside, Before The Brave, Kacey Johanssing at Great American Music Hall, 3/1/13
Normally, four band shows are too much to bear. However, the good folks ay Noise Pop managed to piece together a complete package that more than impressed. We got to enjoy for distinct musical projects that both complimented each other, and still remained entirely unique. We ended up enjoying 4 straight hours of great music.