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.

All Ears: How to craft the perfect BBQ playlist

July 27, 2020

Guess what chicken butt, it's summer. Time for properly charred specialty foodstuffs—and don’t we need 'em? Grab a grill, a heating source be it propane...

New Music: Oakland collective SMARTBOMB has that feeling of futurism

July 23, 2020

Beat music, the defiant all-inclusive electronic aesthetic that seizes and chops up odd bits of hip-hop, library music, jazz, bass music, IDM, and anything...

New Music: A classic Oneness of Juju re-release jolts consciousness

July 21, 2020

Witness the rhythmic agency of soundtracking a movement. Prudent is the beat that moves your feet and mind simultaneously, jolting up new pathways of...

New Music: Compilation recalls the greatness of Om Records’ city synthesis

July 17, 2020

Better go grab yourself a burrito and Jarritos before you sit down to assess the money behind today's electronic music. According to the Ibiza...

Forget what makes sense: Anteloper vaporizes on ‘Tour Beats Vol. 1’

July 16, 2020

Free jazz trumpeter Jaimie Branch, and drummer Jason Nazary—longtime friends and collaborators—recorded over two years ago in a shipping container-turned-recording studio in Brooklyn. They...

New Music: Jayda G channels life-force into the moment with ‘Both of Us’

July 13, 2020

Let's get one thing straight. Jayda Guy is smart. Like nerdy, goofy, love the environment, NASA scientist-type intelligence. No joke. She's got the marine...

New Music: With ‘Mordechai,’ Khruangbin follows inner compass to success

July 8, 2020

Attaining the title "DJ's DJ" during the early 2000s, a certain heyday for San Francisco's musical landscape, was one of the loftiest forms of...

Out of the Crate: Revolutionary records to spin you into summer

July 6, 2020

With this past weekend, summer's officially here—and while that may not mean dancing in the streets, you can certainly use some new protest and...

New Music: An array of excellent sounds to discover (and artists to support)

July 2, 2020

Here we are halfway through 2020, with so much to keep an attentive eye on that you might walk into the shower fully clothed....

New Music: With ‘Move Out,’ SUMif drops a rousing synth command

June 28, 2020

When the creative juices get ignited, possibilities ARE unlimited. Words pogo directly to and from the ole ticker. So instantly after Steph Wells, of the...