Happy Mid/Late Rocktober. Good luck clearing your calendar!
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Author: Dakin Hardwick
Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 10/11/12-10/17/12
We’ve reached the mid way point in “Rocktober,” and things certainly aren’t mellow… I may be at a show all 7 of these days. You will be, too!
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 9/27/12-10/04/12
I think we can all agree that this is a weird week. Heavy on legends, but plenty of places where you can experiment, sonically. Please, have fun with it!
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Show Review: Wilco with Cibo Matto at The Greek Theater – UC Berkeley, 9/21/12
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 internet connections or the pockets deep enough to purchase from a scalper. It took almost a year for these guys to finally book a full fledged tour, playing these songs the way they should be played- outdoors, in front of thousands of people. I guess they needed to really get to know these songs before playing them on the big stages. The wait paid off.
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 9/20/12-9/26/12
Officially, this is the last weekend of Summer. Which means, of course, a lot of weird festivals. Including a 90’s rock festival, a leather fest, and an amazing multiband gig full of wonderful jangle pop!
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Live Blogging With The Devil: Carly Rae Jepsen “Kiss” vs Corin Tucker Band “Kill My Blues”
Tuesday, September 18th. The last record release date of the Summer. This is a special one, too! Two women from the Pacific Northwest have released two highly anticipated sophomore albums. Carly Rae Jepsen is the voice behind the ubiquitous hit “Call Me Maybe.” Corin Tucker is 1/3 of the legendary riot grrl super group Sleater-Kinney. Tonight, I will be listening to both of these records, beginning to end, for the first time. Both records are 12 tracks, so I will be giving my thoughts about 24 different songs as I listen to them. I will alternate between Carly and Corin. For those that wish to follow along at home, I have made a playlist in rdio.com! Keep refreshing, because I will update as I go…
Now, without further adieu, here is “Live Blogging With The Devil: Carly Rae Jepsen vs Corin Tucker”:
Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 9/13/12-9/19/12
Another SpinningPlatters Contest this week! One lucky reader and a guest will get to see The B’z at The Warfield on Monday, September 17th! All you need to do is fill out this form to enter! Deadline for entry is Friday, September 14th at noon, and the winner will be notified via email. That being said, here are several shows that you need to go to:
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 9/6/12 – 9/12/12
The legendary “Rocktober” seems to be starting early this year… September’s show schedule is already full of conflicts and killer shows. Please, read on!
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 8/23/12 – 8/29/12
It’s time for another beautiful week of rock & roll! LA’s FYF Fest is bringing a bunch of really special gigs to SF, starting this week Desaparecido’s first ever show in SF! It’s going to be a good Late Summer.
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 8/16/12 – 8/22/12
I am amazed by the amount of the amount of dust that I’m still finding in places after Outside Lands this year… Yes, it was good fun, but it’s time to enjoy some music indoors, over concrete. And, well, we’ve got a wonderful week of excellent music on our docket.
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