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This week around the San Francisco Bay Area: Love! Honey! Medicine! Class war! Typos! Beards! And a moonlighting winemaker.
Let’s preview the week’s upcoming shows, shall we?
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts: 12/3/15-12/9/15”
Historically, July has been a dead period for big music festivals. Recently, however, we’ve seen two amazing festivals pop up. Next week is Phono del Sol. This week, however, is the positively epic Burger Boogaloo! There is going to be 50 years worth of the finest garage bands ever in Mosswood Park, near MacArthur Bart in Oakland. However, there is plenty more happening this week in addition to that: Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 7/3/14-7/9/14”
This is a short week. I didn’t want to work on Independence Day. Still, there is plenty left to do this week, so I hope you didn’t party too hard last night!
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 7/5/13-7/10/13”
As November rains its way into December, the Bay Area does its part in the War on Christmas with the onset of our annual secular holiday concert season. Relive that scene in My So-Called Life where Rayanne went flyering drunk in the school parking lot when Toad the Wet Sprocket play not one but two full-length album shows. And also: THE BOSS. All this and more after the jump.
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 11/29/12-12/5/12”
Officially, this is the last weekend of Summer. Which means, of course, a lot of weird festivals. Including a 90’s rock festival, a leather fest, and an amazing multiband gig full of wonderful jangle pop!
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 9/20/12-9/26/12”
The best 7 days of live music ever? Maybe… Read on!
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 4/12/12-4/18/12”
Jonathan Richman in print and Jonathan Richman in real life.
Words by Mielle Sullivan. Photography and videos by Christopher Rogers.
I’ve been to a lot of Jonathan Richman shows. I see him almost every time I get the chance. I see him yearly at The Great American Music Hall; I’ve seen him at several residencies at The Make-Out Room; and just last month, I saw him at the Swedish American Hall.
So, I was delighted to hear that he was going to be appearing, a few blocks from where I live in The Mission.
Jonathan Richman explained the reason for the existence of his ongoing residency at Swedish American Hall this week. He was in Reykjavik playing a show, and the opener was some girl playing guitar and singing, and he was thinking “whatever” but then he started really listening and fell in love with the music, as did his drummer and constant on-stage partner, Tommy Larkins. So when they found out Olof Arnalds was looking to play some shows in San Francisco, they set up these gigs. Thanks to everyone involved for getting them together because it’s always a total treat to see Mr. Richman in action. Continue reading “Show Review: Jonathan Richman with Olof Arnalds at Swedish American Hall, 7/21/10”
Today is too hot for me to come up with something witty to say… Go see some shows!
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 7/15/10-7/21/10”
Shows, shows, shows… That’s all I ever talk about. In this column at least. Ok: go support some live music venues!!!!!!
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide To Bay Area Concerts: December 2nd-December 8th”