As Summer winds itself down brings us to “way too hot Fall,” we figured it was a good day to look back at Mosswood Meltdown 2024. Our dear friend Ben Zero took some lovely black & white shots of Go Sailor!, Wifey, John Waters, Redd Kross, Hot Laundry, Hunx & His Punx, Trap Girl, and Pansy Division for you to enjoy!
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 10/17/13-10/23/13
Thursday, October 17th
An Evening With Lionel Richie at SAP Center (formerly HP Pavilion)
Yes. Lionel Richie. Everyone needs to see Lionel Richie before they day. I saw him in Austin a last year, and he killed with a high energy, two hour set that started at 11:30 at night. Every song is a classic, and he’s one of the finest performers out there. There is nothing more fun you could do this night than dance all night long. (all night)
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Push The Feeling at California Academy Of Sciences
Friday, October 18th
Paramore, Metric, hellogoodbye at SAP Center (formerly HP Pavilion)
Paramore’s “brand new eyes” was a one of the best albums of 2009. It was a glorious peace of emotionally dynamic guitar rock. However, I didn’t know how deep those emotions ran until learning that half the band left during the tour for the record. It required Paramore to take stock if itself, and managed to take four years to produce a follow up. What we got was one of their most aggressive and ferocious record to date.
Braids, Hundred Waters, Kodak To Graph at Rickshaw Stop
Saturday, October 19th & Sunday, October 20th
Treasure Island Music Festival at Treasure Island
There is never any reason to do anything other than Treasure Island Music Festival if you are in town the weekend of said festival. It is the best music festival in America. Of course, you should read this for maximum enjoyment! The best part is that there is no overlap. So you don’t need to decide between Animal Collective and Sleigh Bells or Tricky and Atoms For Peace. It’s the best value for your festival dollar.
Monday, October 21st
The Sounds, Gemini Club at The Fillmore
I bet you forgot about The Sounds. They’ve put out several wonderful records filled with Blondie-inspired dance rock, and they aren’t showing any signs of stopping. Just because radio station programmers have decided to stop getting behind these wonderful Swedes doesn’t mean you should. I think you should be shaking your booty at The Fillmore tonight, because Mondays are hard, so your Monday night should be pure bliss.
Hunx & His Punx, Wet Drag at The Chapel
Tuesday, October 22nd
Brian Wilson & Jeff Beck w/ Al Jardine & David Marks at The Paramount Theater – Oakland
It’s official. There are now more original Beach Boys touring with Brian Wilson than touring in the actual Beach Boys. This show is, essentially, an extension of last year’s epic Beach Boys reunion tour, only instead of Mike Love, we’ve got guitar legend Jeff Beck. Which means that this show might actually be better than last year’s tour.
Laura Marling, Willy Mason at Great American Music Hall
Wednesday, October 23rd
Au Revoir Simone, Genuis, CALLmeKAT at Slim’s
Fact: Au Revoir Simone took their name from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. If that’s not enough of a selling point, then just listen to their super fun brand of synth pop:
Fred Frith, Patrice Scanlon, Grex at The Knockout
Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/16/13-5/22/13
Sometimes I get exhausted just putting this list together, let alone trying to figure out how I can be in 20 places at once…
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/12/11 – 5/18/11
Reading my Weekly Guide to Bay Area contest can be very beneficial… You always know what great shows are coming to town, and every great once in a while, we get you into one of those shows. This week, we will get one loyal reader into see Montreal-born DJ & producer A-Trak playing with one of the finest MC’s to come out of Chicago, Kid Sister rocking the Mezzanine stage this Monday Night, May 16th! All you need to do is email us at promo@spinningplatters.com before Monday, May 16th at noon! Just leave your full name and phone number so we can let you know you won, and remember that this show is 21+, so we can’t get you in if you are under age. And if you don’t like taking risks, you can always buy tickets here.
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Show Review: Hunx and His Punx with Shannon and the Clams and Grass Widow at Bottom of the Hill, 4/2/11
Hunx and His Punx played a sold-out record release show for their debut LP, Too Young To Be In Love (Hardly Art), at Bottom of the Hill on Saturday night. Also on hand were Shannon and the Clams (featuring Punx VIP Shannon Shaw), who were celebrating the release of their sophomore album, Sleep Talk. And as if that wasn’t enough, we also got the dependably awesome Grass Widow (recently seen playing with Wild Flag) as the opener. Needless to say, a fun time was had by all.
Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 3/31/11 – 4/6/11
Yeah, so normally I put a funny pic that makes fun of the name of some band playing this week. But, instead, we are giving away a pair of tickets to see the Metalliance Tour at Mezzanine on Sunday, April 3rd. It will be an amazing night of non-stop metal madness, capped off by the great HELMET! Simply email promo@spinningplatters.com by Friday at 3 PM, and one lucky winner will be picked at random. Just give me your name, email, and phone number and in the subject, put METALLIANCE CONTEST. Winner will be informed by email. And if you don’t win, tickets are for sale here!
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Noise Pop Show Review: Best Coast, Wavves, Hunx and His Punx, Royal Baths at the Regency Ballroom, 2/26/2011
Best Coast and Wavves played the final night of their Summer is Forever tour as part of Noise Pop on Saturday night. It was a sold-out affair that proved to be one of the biggest draws of the festival. Some might say it was oversold. Others might agree, but are presumably still too high to form complete thoughts.
Spinning Platters Guide To Noise Pop 2011
As we all know, tackling a festival like Noise Pop can be tough… There’s a lot if different things to do, and you know that they are all awesome, but how do we know which events are most awesomest of all? Well, since I am of great personal taste, you should simply obey my guidelines, and then you can do no wrong.
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 10/7/2010-10/13/2010
Rocktober, week 2. Pretty awesome. A few living legends, a few surprises, and a lot of awesome October live music for your pleasure.
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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 8/5/2010-8/11/2010
I’m gonna go see the Old 97’s in 45 minutes… I actually am borrowing David Price‘s computer to do this, just so I get to the show on time! Peace out, yo!
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