Show Review: Icona Pop, k. flay, Sirah at The Fillmore, 12/18/13

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Icona Pop were supposed to play The Fillmore back in August. I was out of town, and bummed that I couldn’t make it. I don’t generally get excited about illness, but I was happy that one of the members falling ill led to a rebooking to a date I can make.  The rescheduling didn’t hurt attendance, either, as it was still the hottest ticket in town. They are riding high on a debut record where nearly every track is all over the radio, from the spring time smash “I Love It,” to the current “All Night,” they are one of the few break out acts of 2013. So selling out The Fillmore was a most epic way to end a stellar year.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 12/18/13-12/24/13

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Spinning Platters Interview: Janet Varney, Cole Stratton, and David Owen, Organizers Of SF Sketchfest

SF Sketchfest

This is the 13th year of the SF Sketchfest, and it seems to be getting bigger every year. The event’s founders, David Owen, Janet Varney, and Cole Stratton tooks a few minutes out of their day, busily putting together another epic line up, in order to chat with me. Tickets for all dates go on sale on December 15th, and you can find a full line up of festivities here:

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Spinning Platters Interview: Director Sini Anderson of “The Punk Singer”

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The Punk Singer is a documentary about the life of Kathleen Hanna, the feminist icon best known for being the frontperson for two of the most innovative bands of the last twenty years: Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Spinning Platters had the honor of getting to sit down and talk with the director of this film, Sini Anderson. The film covers nearly all of Hanna’s life, and is a fantastic document. The movie opens Friday, December 6th at The Roxie in SF!

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 12/4/13-12/10/13

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Coming to The Fillmore, this Thursday Night!

Wednesday, December 4th

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 11/27/13-12/3/13

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 11/20/13-11/26/13

Monday Night at Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Monday Night at Brick & Mortar Music Hall

Part of this fantastic week of music includes show presented by yours truly… Come join us for Social Studies, Ash Reiter, and The She’s at Brick & Mortar Music Hall on the 25th! You can win tickets, too, if you enter here by November 22nd at 6 PM!

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Win Tickets to Social Studies with The She’s and Ash Reiter at Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 11/25/13

Social Studies from Phono del Sol
Social Studies from Phono del Sol

Spinning Platters are proud to present Social Studies at Brick & Mortar Music Hall on Monday, November 25th at 9:00 PM. This is the final night of their month long residency at Brick & Mortar, and features opening sets from The She’s and  Ash Reiter. We are really excited about this show. So excited that we want you to join us! We’ve got three pairs of tickets to give away. Simply enter to win by taking this short Social Studies Quiz!

Of course, if you don’t like to leave things up to chance, or you don’t remember much from school, you can always buy a ticket. After all, they are only six bucks! Just click here to buy tickets!

See you on the 25th!

Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 11/13/13-11/19/13

Playing at Slim’s on Monday

Here’s another wonderful 7 days of rock!

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