Reviews of albums, films, concerts, and more from the Bay Area Music and Movie Nerds
2015 is starting to find its footing, and before the crush of Sketchfest, Noise Pop and Fauxchella hit the Bay Area, find your own musical footing with this collection of winter warmer shows.
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts: 1/8/2015 — 1/14/2015”
Confession: I don’t know as much about jazz as I should. I do consider myself a music nerd, but my collection of jazz records consists of a handful of excellent staples (Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, John Coltrane’s Meditations and A Love Supreme, Dave Brubeck’s Time Out, and compilations from Sun Ra, Thelonious Monk, and Joao Gilberto), and I have a good idea as to who is important in the field. Pharoah Sanders is a name that I know from other artist’s referencing him as an influence more than anything else. That, and he played on Coltrane’s Meditations, which, in my own humble opinion, is one of the greatest pieces of art created by mankind. Continue reading “Show Review: The Pharoah Sanders Quartet at Yoshi’s, 1/3/14”
There is absolutely no reason for you to ever stay in on any night of the week. Well, except for the night that Nickelback are playing. You can stay in that night.
Continue reading “Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 6/14/12-6/20/12”