You know it's a good week when Insane Clown Posse are playing an opera house in Oakland. Just sayin'... Thursday, May 30th !!! at Rickshaw Stop Sacramento is, quite surprisingly, a really funky town. The city has brought us a lot of bass heavy groove acts, however none are quite is rich and deep as [...] The post Spinning Platters Weekly Guide to Bay Area Concerts, 5/30/13-6/4/13 appeared first on Spinning Platters .

I'm loving the tour posters for The Lost Brother's gigs in Ireland at the moment. This one is for Saturday's Ep launch gig in Whelans. Aiken Promotions present The Lost Brothers' headline gig at Whelans May 18th.There will also be special guest Steve Poltz on the night.Tickets are 12 euro and are available from ticketmaster and wav tickets. Here's a great tune 'Not Now Warden' off their most recent album "The Passing of the Night": [...]

The radio station celebrated its birthday So-Cal style // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.

Well another year has passed and I figured this would be the year I wouldn't post my Christmas mix but a few folks I like and others I hadn't heard of have released some Christmas music so here we are again. As I say every year: these may be holiday songs but many of them are solid songs period - many deal with themes if lost hope, loneliness and the rigors of the holiday season. In fact several of these songs remain some of my favorites - you be the judge - check them out and see which [...]
Noineen Noiny Noin is a gorgeous roots rock tree with nearly as many stylistic branches as songs. Not all branches are equally sturdy, but from any angle it's more fun to look at than the flagpole shape of a pop album. Steve Poltz is like nitrogen in the atmosphere. He has been there for as long as anyone can remember, around us all the time, but he goes mostly unrecognized. Poltz flirted with stardom in the past via cult success as a member of The Rugburns, a solo record on a major label, a co-writing credit on Jewel's [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Brent Amaker and the Rodeo : "I Can't Wait (Ric Ocasek cover)" [mp3] search for more Brent Amaker posts at Largehearted Boy The Demos : "Primitive" [mp3] from Paramount Clouds search [...]
Don't be put off by the strange title of Steve Poltz's newest record, Noineen Noiny Noin . The 2012 album is a dyamic two-disc effort that explores human emotions with a tone that matches the quirkiness of its odd title. Poltz takes listeners on an 18-track journey that criss-crosses between genres while staying true to his indie folk/rock sound. The first track of the album introduces the chaos of the songs to come. "Spirit Hands" describes a reverse coming of age story in which Poltz loses himself after already having found himself once before. Instead of reveling [...]
Celebrate Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins' birthday with a few covers of some of TLC's biggest hits.
The lineup for High Sierra Music Festival was just announced and it's absolutely a fantastic day for all my friends (based on my chat windows and the status updates I'm reading). We wait all year for this announcement locally because we know that High Sierra is one of the best festivals that all of us [...]

Your Sunday selections: ► San Diego-based Steve Poltz , the wildly entertaining singer-songwriter-satirist who rose from coffeehouse phenom to collaborate with Jewel and become known for sing-alongs, headlines this month's edition of the Sunday Night Jones at the Satellite. The evening also features Billy Harvey , the hosts Daniel Ahearn & the Jones and a post-headliner songwriter circle in the Satellite's back room. ► Guitar whiz Marnie Stern (pictured) visits the Bootleg Theater, supported by Dunes, Wet & Reckless and Cinderella Motel. ► The Chapin Sisters bring their [...]

Sunday was the last day for the Ottawa Folk Festival . The weather changed from hot to cold due to the incoming of Hurricane Irene. Luckily it didn't hit Ottawa but gutted parts of the USA. Mostly it was cool and windy. People braved the weather and came out to the workshops that happened at the festival. The workshops I attended were: Intro to Harmonica Cigar Box Guitar [...]

The band heads home Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.

The band meets the Mayberry police Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.

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Things get weird on the way to Cleveland Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
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Maren makes friends in New Haven Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.

Chop Shop/Atlantic recording artist Anya Marina has announced touring plans to support the release of her digital EP, titled 'Spirit School' . After a co-headlining show with Steve Poltz on December 5th at Mississippi Studios in Portland, OR, Marina will be kicking off 2011 with a run of dates supporting Joshua Radin , beginning on January 28th at Mr. Small's Theater in Pittsburgh, PA (see itinerary below). Buy CDs, MP3s, more: [...]
Schmaltzy as all heck, but in a good way.

Time to tango with the inbox! ++ Here's a version of the classic The Way We Were by Steve Poltz . This is one of those songs that might could go sour in the wrong hands, but if you like Ariel Pink or Devendra Banhart, there's a certain similar bead curtain hippie feel to this interpretation that makes the song unique and interesting*. [...]