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.

Last call at beloved live music mainstay Amnesia

March 2, 2020

People were hastily rushing into 853 Valencia early Saturday evening, Leap Day, seeking refuge from the hostile winds blowing down the corridor. Change was...

New Music: The Seshen’s sonic-visual journey through ‘Cyan’

February 26, 2020

Forget it. This version of longtime favorite band The Seshen (playing Thu/27 at Rickshaw Stop)—where lead vocalist and lyricist Lalin St. Juste emancipates herself and this...

Ethio-jazz legend Mulatu Astatke still defines contemporary cool

February 25, 2020

Mulatu Astatke’s Mulatu Of Ethiopia from 1972, re-issued by Strut Records in 2017, captures a seminal moment in Ethiopian Jazz: THIS was a certain certain type of mood,...

New Music: Stone Foxes polish their rock into ‘Gold’

February 23, 2020

Through numerous lineup changes over the years, San Francisco outfit The Stone Foxes—playing the Independent Sat/29, as part of Noise Pop 2020—formed in 2005...

New Music: Jay Som’s fever dream—from chopsticks and a trumpet

February 20, 2020

If pressure makes a diamond, then overlooked and broken instruments from yesteryear direct the creative arc of Jay Som—aka Oakland-raised, Los Angeles-based producer, songwriter,...

New Music: Andy Shauf’s ‘The Neon Skyline’ traces old flames in wee hours

February 19, 2020

It's unclear at times if Andy Shauf's unnamed protagonist, the center of 11 songs on The Neon Skyline is actually having a good time. (Shauf performs Fri/21 at...

New Music: Afrikan Sciences takes an affecting electronic ‘Journey into Mr. Re’

February 18, 2020

Eric Porter, the self-taught electronic musician who records and performs mostly under the alias of Afrikan Sciences, seems concerned with the Zen-like practice of being these...

New Music: Transcendental dancing with Eris Drew’s ‘Fluids of Emotion’

February 12, 2020

The first nanoseconds of an Eris Drew song or mixtape resemble the work of a maestro dramaturge. Everything—sound scratches, cutting in vocals, record manipulations...

As Afrobeat heroes Antibalas arrive, recalling a classic track

February 10, 2020

When Brooklyn's Antibalas—widely renowned as one of America's fiercest live Afrobeat bands—takes over The Bay for three gigs this weekend (Fri/4 and Sun/16 at The Independent...

New Music: Bells Rang’s synth-rock makes a California Wave

February 9, 2020

What is "California Wave"? According to the Bells Rang, a local electronic rock group whose self-titled EP drops Fri/14, it's a sound that’s perfect...