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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.

New Music: Isaac Aesili’s ‘Hidden Truths’ brings elegant electronic grooves

Released just a couple of weeks after the spring equinox, Issac Aesiliʻs sophomore release unfurls before a turbulent planet with the elegant poise of jejune lilies...
Culture

Silenced in place? SF’s resilient music scene faces its latest obstacle

As Broken Horse, an enduring San Francisco band that calls its oeuvre Western Doom Noir, erupted into tuning instruments at its Rite Spot comeback show...

50 years of Jimi Hendrix’s radical, redefining ‘Band of Gypsys’

By the time Jimi Hendrix and his Band of Gypsys—released on Capitol Records March 25, 1970—came together for their two-night performance at the Fillmore East on New Years 1970, with...

New Music: ‘Who Sent You?’ asks free jazz combo Irreversible Entanglements

"We’re living in the present, and there are pressing issues that are happening to us personally," stated bassist Luke Stewart of the free-jazz outfit...

New Music: Monophonics’ ‘It’s Only Us’ summons classic soul’s expansive phase

Veteran San Francisco based psychedelic soul outfit Monophonics seem to be going through a "thing." Their latest record Itʻs Only Us (Colemine Records) with the first three song titles "Chances," "Suffocating," and the...

Staying in? Binge on mixtape romance ‘High Fidelity’

In the updated, rebooted, race and gender-swapped HULU 10-part series High Fidelity, adapted from the 1995 Nick Hornby classic novel (made into a hit movie in...

New Music: Rejoicer’s ‘Spiritual Sleaze’ brings attention to the Israeli beat scene

Yuvi Hawkin, the Tel Aviv-based producer who records using the moniker Rejoicer, chops up and filters a confluence of styles ranging from neo-fusion jazz,...
Music

Noise Pop snaps, crackles, and jangles with surprises and new favorites

Facilitators of Noise Pop Music and Arts Festival know the key to running a successful week-long bill of shows throughout the Bay Area, which extended...

New Music: Okay Kaya’s ‘Watch This Liquid Pour Itself’ laughs through the tears

In another world, minus the music, Kaya Wilkins, the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Norway producer and songwriter, could use her Okay Kaya performance model to do edgy stand-up material....

The wonder-chops of Thundercat

With chops like Jaco Pastorius and the humor of Frank Zappa, Stephen Brunerʻs shell game is out the bag. The Los Angeles bass wiz known...
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