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John-Paul Shiver

John-Paul Shiver
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John-Paul Shiver has been contributing to 48 Hills since 2019. His work as an experienced music journalist and pop culture commentator has appeared in the Wire, Resident Advisor, SF Weekly, Bandcamp Daily, PulpLab, AFROPUNK, and Drowned In Sound.

Under the Stars: SF supergroup The Odyssey Cult lets it rip

Plus: Hardly Strictly lineup, Womack Sisters and Dark Star Orchestra at the Greek, summer stoner flick 'The Wrong Girls,' more.

Under the Stars: A harmonious system of influences (Whitesnake included)

Plus: Brandee Younger, 'The Ecstatic,' Diagonal Lines, atmos bloom, The Chutes 'Widow's Bay'—we're slipping it all in

Under the Stars: Spacemoth alights again with ‘Inward Eye’

Plus: Nate Mercereau strums up 'Fantastic Thoughts,' Issa Rae and Kool Keith come to SF, Eric André gets his bag, more music

Under the Stars: Sweeping Promises deliver more art-punk brilliance

Plus: Thee Oh Sees veer fabulously 'Off Course,' DUM1 spawns a diamond under drastic circumstances, more music

Under the Stars: Oakland’s Satya hits hard and deep with Kodachrome debut ‘Yellow House’

Plus: Jared Mattson and Ruban Nielson bring liminal sounds to Cafe du Nord, Wewantsounds heralds Hadley Caliman, RIP James Blood Ulmer, more.

Percussion wizard Carlos Niño feels a sparkling transition

Improvisational player-composer has been everywhere lately, holding 'space' as a visionary jazz wave pushes through.

Under the Stars: Oakland post-punks Marbled Eye grip with ‘Forever’

Plus: TEED's clever pre-game, Panic Shack go tits out, Karen Nyame KG's UK Funky swing, Facta's no flimflam, more music

Under the Stars: A house music master takes us back to Zanzibar

... and a techno originator flies us to Tokyo. Plus: New foamboy, Omar remixed, Broken Social Scene's tender missives, more

Oh, you’re in a giant ska band? Voluntary Hazing is laughing too

Crowd favorite 12-piece kicks off first national tour at Bottom of the Hill—bring your shutter shades.

Under the Stars: ‘Happy Today’ brings wizardly space and grace to longform jazz jams

Plus: Digital Underground's 'Sex Packets' at 35, Black Gold Sun's poignant punk, Space Ghost's remixed freedom, more music