Reviews of albums, films, concerts, and more from the Bay Area Music and Movie Nerds
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.
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 10/24/13-10/30/13”
School is back in session soon, right? So you should go out and enjoy some shows before you have to return to the old grind!
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 8/22/13-8/28/13”
More prime Fauxchella shows making it really hard to get a good night’s sleep on a school night. But you only live once, eh?
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 4/18/13-4/24/13”
An age old argument in music is this: is this band better live or on record? Electronic music seems to be the ultimate fertile ground for this argument because essentially the live show is the record plus lights, isn’t it? Well, not if it’s done right.
Brandt Brauer Frick perform in two different varieties. There’s the Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble, an 11-piece combo that plays the material as written on composition paper. Then there’s the core trio, which leave the paper at home, and take chances on stage. Is this electronic music done right? Continue reading “Show Review: Brandt Brauer Frick with Psychic Friend and James & Evander at Rickshaw Stop, 11/11/2011”
I’d like to thank Jason LeRoy for taking over the list for the last couple of weeks. I hope that you listened to him, because if you didn’t, we’re just going to have to turn this website around and go back home…
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 11/4/2010-11/10/2010”