Tag: Gojira

Abroad in Toronto: Dropkick Murphys, Hanabie., Hatebreed, Carcass, and more!

Photos and review by: Alan Ralph @ARPhotoSF

Occasionally, the dedicated staff of Spinning Platters gets the opportunity to watch, photograph, and/or review shows from outside of our comfortable Bay Area confines. A few previous trips have included Chicago, Dallas, and Las Vegas, to cover Deftones, Gojira, New Found Glory, Suffocation, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Mercyful Fate, Kreator, and August Burns Red. This time around, one of Spinning Platters’ two resident metalheads was somehow allowed into Canada eh and spent the week in the 416, where we saw Jinjer, Hanabie., Born of Osiris, Scream, Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise, Hatebreed, Carcass, Harm’s Way, and Crypta!

(Korn + Gojira, Benighted + Cognitive, Gatecreeper + Frozen Soul, Galactic Empire + Powerglove were also here during our week-long stay but was not able to attend any of these for various reasons, but mostly due to them being on the same night as another show!)

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Show Review: Memorial Day Weekend Takeover of Chicago with Deftones and more

Photos and review by: Alan Ralph @ARPhotoSF

According to Wikipedia, a mashup is “a creative work, usually in a form of a song, created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, typically by superimposing the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another, changing the tempo and key where necessary”.  If Spinning Platters were to mashup the genres of music (as opposed to song) seen during our Memorial Day Weekend in Chicago, a new genre mashup of alt-progressive-technical-death-metal-hardcore-pop-punk would have to be created.

What started out as a photo pass for alt-metal giants Deftones and progressive-metal masters Gojira turned into an entire weekend of photographing concerts, with each of the three shows being musical opposites of the others!

A local stagehand’s review of Slipknot’s Knotfest Roadshow at Shoreline, 7/26/19

Photos and review by: Alan Ralph @ARPhotoSF

After a few days of rehearsals at Toyota Amphitheatre in nearby Wheatland to figure out how to put together their massive stage set, Slipknot‘s Knotfest Roadshow officially kicked off at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on July 26. Joining Slipknot was an international array of metal including Volbeat (Denmark), Gojira (France), and Behemoth (Poland).

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Film Review: Godzilla

Roaring (and lumbering) back into action!

Godzilla's so vain, he probably thinks this movie's about him.
Godzilla’s so vain, he probably thinks this movie’s about him.

In comparison to 1998’s embarrassing excuse for a blockbuster, Godzilla (directed by Roland Emmerich), most popcorn flicks look Oscar worthy.  What’s refreshing about 2014’s Godzilla, directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters), is that it shows off some remarkably cool modern sequences while embracing the traditional look and feel of the classic Godzilla films and the summer movies of the late 70’s that established the blockbuster sub-genre.  After the overload of monsters and CG destruction we see in movies these days, it’s a relief to know that there’s still room for a film to embrace the origins of both and still surprise us.  Welcome back, Godzilla.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/1/14-5/7/14

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Coming to Slim’s this week.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 10/24/13-10/30/13

You are probably wondering what the above video has to do with our weekly show preview… Well, the adorable red head on the piano is playing several shows this week, including a high profile gig opening up Bridge School each day.

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 1/17/13-1/23/13

On Sunday, if you don't watch his team. he may get mad. Don't make him mad.
On Sunday, if you don’t watch his team. he may get mad. Don’t make him mad.

Dakin’s off this week, and he left me in charge, which means I totally mentioned sports. It’s championship week in the NFL, and for those of you not as sports minded as the rest of us (aka those of you make jokes like “what’s happening in sports ball this week?”), I’m also recommending some “music concerts” for you. Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 1/17/13-1/23/13”