Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 4/11/13-4/17/13

FEAR THE BEARD
Where have you gone, (baseball’s) Brian Wilson? You weren’t there for the San Francisco Giants’ 2012 ring ceremony.

Concerts! Shows! Performances! And this week in the Bay Area, they’re extra-beardy!

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Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 2/3/11-2/9/11

Cat Power!

You know what’s awesome about February? It’s one step closer to Noise Pop, Fauxchella, and SXSW. It may be a little slow, but there are plenty of reasons not to go to bed early this week.

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Album Review: Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown

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Lou Barlow was a founding member of Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh.  Dinosaur Jr. is another of those seminal US bands that I missed out on by growing up over the pond and my only real exposure to them has been through the songs they have on Rock Band games. Sebadoh is unknown to me, but I have some experience as a casual listener to Barlow’s previous lo- and lower-fi releases.  Goodnight Unknown is approximately, depending on what you count, Barlow’s  eleventh release.  A pioneer of the lo-fi sound is back with fourteen new songs on Goodnight Unknown. Continue reading “Album Review: Lou Barlow — Goodnight Unknown”