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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 6/19/14-6/25/14
Author: Dakin Hardwick
Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 6/12/14-6/18/14
Thursday, June 12th Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 6/12/14-6/18/14”
Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 6/5/14-6/11/14
Thursday, June 5th Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 6/5/14-6/11/14”
Win Tickets To See Michael Ian Black at The Chapel on Sunday, June 8th
Groundbreaking comedian Michael Ian Black is coming to The Chapel on Sunday, June 8th for a wonderful evening of slightly surreal stand up. Wonder why this face looks so familiar? Well, he started out as a member of MTV’s The State, one of the greatest shows in television history. (Don’t agree with me? It’s ok to be wrong.) In the 20 years since this program blew our minds, Black has been on a series of programs including Stella, Viva Variety, Ed, VH1’s Best Week Ever, and most recently, Trust Me, I’m A Game Show Host. He also has a fabulous podcast called Topics that I highly recommend you start downloading.
We have a pair of tickets to give away to his gig at The Chapel to one lucky Spinning Platters reader. You’ve got to be over 18 to enter, and all entries must be received by Friday, June 6th at noon. We will be informing the winner via email. Simply use this form to enter! And if you don’t believe in chance, you can buy tickets here!
Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/29/14-5/28/14
Thursday, May 29th Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/29/14-5/28/14”
Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/22/14-5/28/14
Show Review: Nickel Creek, The Secret Sisters at The Fox Theater – Oakland, 5/19/14
To paraphrase Laura Rogers, lead vocalist for The Secret Sisters: “When Nickel Creek come on, you are going to smile, and stay smiling the whole time they are on stage.” It’s been nearly seven years since the great Southern California trio have last toured as a unit. Despite all three members making many trips to the Bay Area throughout the hiatus, it’s remained a very lonesome and sad seven years. During this period, we had to weather a folk revival with a slew of lesser bands become bigger than Nickel Creek ever were. Simply put, the world needs Nickel Creek.
Show Review: Big Scary, HIPS at Bottom Of The Hill, 5/16/14
HIPS is a new project from Drew Denny of Big Whup, Natalia Rogovin of Social Studies, and Christina Gaillard of Crown Plaza. A few minutes on HIPS’ Soundcloud page and one can pretty easily discern that this project has very little to do with any of these bands. They advertise themselves as doing “DANCE JAMS // GRINDING // LATE NIGHT DRIVES // MAKING OUT.” I’ve never heard music that immediately conjures up the image of making out on the back of a van late at night while driving through a forest before I heard HIPS, but these ladies have managed to do just that. Continue reading “Show Review: Big Scary, HIPS at Bottom Of The Hill, 5/16/14”
Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/15/14-5/21/14
Thursday, May 15th Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/15/14-5/21/14”
Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/8/14-5/14/14
Thursday, May 8th Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/8/14-5/14/14”