Sometimes I get exhausted just putting this list together, let alone trying to figure out how I can be in 20 places at once... Thursday, May 16th Janelle Monae with San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall Janelle Monae is the single most exciting thing happening in R&B right now. Actually, she could be the [...] The post Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/16/13-5/22/13 appeared first on Spinning Platters .

One half Veronica Falls and the other Brilliant Colours, leaves us with Baggy Attitude, who've just dropped new track "Don't Ask Me". continue reading >>
By: Brendan I'm a couple of years late to the party on this one but, my goodness, I love this song. The Shangri-Las have been resurrected (with all due respect to the still rocking Mary Weiss)! Hunx & His Punx describe their music as "Hairdresser Pop." You can download the free mp3 of their song, [...]

Mixtape: Fourteen Songs about Love for Valentine's Day (Podcast #300) In case you've managed to avoid this news until now, February 14th is Valentine's Day, the greeting card industry holiday that can compel even the least romantic to confront the topic of love. Over the past few years, plenty of our favorite indie rockers have explored the excitement and complications of love in terrific songs. Here, we've collected fourteen tracks about love's many facets, including the swooning romanticism of Real Estate , Cass McCombs , and [...]

Dick Diver & friends Hunx and his Punx, Woods, and The Oh Sees. [...]

After a successful Kickstarter campaign to overcome financial hurdles (“sequins don't grow on trees, ya know??!!!”), the Brandy Baugh and Seth Bogart-produced TV variety show called Hollywood Nails is almost here. Campy, sleezy, and trashy are all adequate adjectives to describe the show about “gossip, BBWs, control top panty hose, good hair, JUSTICE, and gay pets,” duh. Like an episode of Pee Wee’s Playhouse on acid and glitter balls (that’s cocaine and glitter), the pilot episode of Hollywood Nails features cameos from Grass Widow, King Khan, Nobunny, King Tuff, Shannon Shaw, [...]

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Hunx and his Punx will be embarking on a brief West coast tour beginning – and ending – in September. Perhaps "embarking" is too grand of a word – it's four dates total. In fact, we can name them all right now: PomonaSanDiegoLosAngelesLasVeg as. Phew. Did you catch all that? While it only adds up to a matter of hours, that doesn't mean it will be any less fun. Hunx, with or without his Punx, is famous for providing an, um, intimate live experience. Find the tour dates on their [...]

Catch 'em at: 9/13 - Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse 9/14 - San Diego, CA @ San Diego Music Thing 9/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Los Globos 9/16 - Las Vegas, NV @ Neon Reverb After-Party Pool Party Watch 'Lovers Lane' here. Purchase Hunx & His Punx items via Insound. MP3: Hunx & His Punx - Too Young To Be In Love
uno de los grupos más refrescantes, irreverentes, autoparódicos y adorables de la actual escena californiana, que hubieran calzado como un guante en "hairspray" , la película de john waters . shannon shaw , una de las "punkettes" de hunx and his punx , es aquí bajista, cantante y compositora. una suerte de beth ditto disfrazada de etta james , desgranando deliciosas canciones donde garage, doo-wop, surf y rock and roll conviven en perfecto concubinato. la acompañan ian amberson a la batería y cody blanchard [...]
uno de los grupos más refrescantes, irreverentes, autoparódicos y adorables de la actual escena californiana, que hubieran calzado como un guante en "hairspray" , la película de john waters . shannon shaw , una de las "punkettes" de hunx and his punx , es aquí bajista, cantante y compositora. una suerte de beth ditto disfrazada de etta james , desgranando deliciosas canciones donde garage, doo-wop, surf y rock and roll conviven en perfecto concubinato. la acompañan ian amberson a la batería y cody blanchard [...]
San Francisco-based trio Grass Widow , made up of Hannah Lew (bass), Raven Mahon (guitar), and Lillian Maring (drums), collectively share duties on vocals, weaving together melodies steeped in metaphor as gleamed from each of the members' personal narratives. Always shying away from directly referential, confessional song structure, this lo-fi post punk band steadfastly refuses to get behind one specific front person. Since 20102s "Past Time" , the band has toured extensively throughout the US, the UK, continental Europe, and China. In the meantime, they founded their own label, HLR , [...]

Hairdresser Blues is out now. Watch 'Private Room' here. Purchase Hunx & His Punx items via Insound. MP3: Hunx - Let Me In
Following the release of their stellar Castle Face debut Yes On Blood, The Mallard's little star has been rising, well, quickly to say the least. A tour with Thee Oh Sees, a recent show with The Fresh & Onlys, and an upcoming slate of live gigs a mile long - it's nice to see [...]

The last trip for Hunx in town was a little underwhelming, at least so far as the live show, so I was hoping he could redeem himself on this particular evening, backed by a strong supporting cast of openers. Read on for my thoughts and the excellent images of one Brian Gray. When the Vomettes took to the stage just after ten, I originally liked their pummeling sound; it was sort of snotty and grimy, but also a little bit unfocused. But, the longer they went [...]
Hunx and His Punx + Natural Child + Jean-Eric + King Louie's Missing Monuments performing at Siberia on April 16, 2012

I worship at the church of karaoke. The parishoners and I are there to confess and meditate, to feel welcomed by a community, to hear a good sermon or two, to perchance see someone speak in tongues and have the words of the Lord Bon Jovi be channeled through a mere mortal. And, of course, to have some drinks and venture to make complete fools out of ourselves. Karaoke exists in a vacuum of taste, where anomalies and exceptions always seem to arise and mess with my preconceptions. Maybe, like me, this is the only time you can really tolerate a Billy [...]

Date Wednesday, April 18th Location Mohawk Doors 900 pm Tickets $8 from Frontgate Need a little fix of poppy garage rock on Hump Day, then I think you better do your best to make your way over to Mohawk to catch this excellent show! Opener Hunx and His Punx just released [...]