Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 1/13/11-1/19/11

His pre show meal. Catch him this Tuesday at The Fillmore!

Another week of gigs to keep your ears sated. This is typically a quiet period around these parts, but there are a lot of interesting things going on this week if you are willing to give your ears a challenge.

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A Music Nerd’s Guide To SF Sketchfest 2011

This is a picture of Chris Hardwick. He's not related to me, but he will be in San Francisco for Sketchfest. I will be hitting him up for birthday money, anyways. Hopefully I can fool him.

To the uninitiated, San Francisco’s Sketchfest is probably the most overwhelming 2 1/2 weeks out of the entire year, in terms of live entertainment booking. Its closest cousin is probably Austin’s SXSW festival, where you have a wide array of up-and-coming talent mixed with veterans, all playing some very intimate spots.

As a person that considers himself to be an expert of sorts on taste, I am going to sift through this year’s line-up, and let you know what you should be going to at this year’s Sketchfest. I will guide you through which Emmy winners or CSI corpses (both of which are well represented by this event), in my humble opinion, is most worthy of your hard earned dollar.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 1/6/11-1/12/11

Welcome to the first Spinning Platters Bay Area concert guide of 2011! Admittedly, it will be a brief one; the new year is getting off to an exceptionally slow start for shows. But if the photo above of this week’s featured performer hasn’t already sent you running for a bag of Funyuns, look after the jump for some highlights.

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Spinning Platters Guide To New Year’s Eve 2011 In The San Francisco Bay Area

It’s scary how quickly New Year’s Eve is approaching. It’s almost 2011, and if you are like me, you haven’t figured out what you are going to do. Well, here are a few tips shows that you can still decide to head out to!

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 12/23/10-12/29/10

The Tenderlions are at Popscene tonight.

Hey folks… Sorry, but this is a short list this week. Even musicians and club owners need to take a holiday! But, if you really can’t deal with it anymore, here are a few outings you can make:

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 12/16/10-12/22/10

Twas the week before Christmas, and all throughout the Bay Area clubs, things are looking a bit sleepy. But, fear not! Because there is something high quality in the cards every night for the next 7 days, including a few rare performances by legends!

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Exclusive Deets on the John Colins Live Music Showcase

Tomorrow night (December 14th), at the newly-renovated John Colins in downtown San Francisco, DIG is hosting a one-time private event with a guest appearance from a major recording artist whose music has been featured on Jay Leno, the OC, Charmed, and Grey’s Anatomy – just to name a few. A reliable, anonymous tipster (yes, I actually have those believe it or not) has given me the details on who the surprise artist is. Read on to find out…

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 12/02/10-12/08/10

At Mezzanine, 12/02/10

Another wildly eclectic week of amazing live music here in the Bay Area! Check out the awesomeness!

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 11/18/2010-11/24/2010

Noomi Rapace, err, Carrie Browstein and Janet Weiss with their new supergroup, WILD FLAG, at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland earlier this week. Photo by Inger Klekacz.

Check out the concerts around the Bay Area this week — after the jump.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 11/11/2010-11/17/2010

Old queen extraordinaire Rufus Wainwright brings her latest extravagant musical project to San Francisco for its world premiere this weekend. Photo by Michael Forester.

Check out the concerts happening around the Bay Area this week — after the jump.

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