April \m/etal show photos + reviews: Arch Enemy, Mayhem, Meshuggah, and more!

Photo Galleries and Show Reviews by: Alan Ralph @ConcertGoingPro

Beginning the last weekend of March and into April, San Francisco (and Spinning Platters!) has gotten very \m/etal!  Just look at the list of 60+ band names on the left column (on mobile, look near the bottom of the page), this does not happen too often around here anymore…

Spinning Platters is going to attempt to attend, photograph, and review as many of these as possible, and throughout the month will report back here with our findings (photos and possibly a review) shortly after each show! \m/

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Aftershock 2022: What you do not want to miss!

It’s not often that we leave the breezy confines of the San Francisco Bay Area, but on occasion, we like to venture outside of our comfort zone, and the annual Fall festival in Sacramento known as Aftershock is one huge reason to do so.  They definitely didn’t hold back on the lineup this year, and it looks like a great opportunity to go and show off all the black t-shirts that we’ve collected over the past year of catching up on live events.  Like any other music festival with multiple stages and dozens of bands, Aftershock doesn’t happen without a bit of scheduling conflicts that will make it impossible to try to decide which barricade to consider posting up on.  Fear not though, as Spinning Platters will attempt to breakdown any major conflicts and present reasonably valid reasons to choose one band over another throughout the four-day weekend. 

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/3/12-5/9/12

Opening for The Black Keys this Friday Night!

Another week of rock and roll… Because sleep is totally overrated.

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