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.

Spend Valentine’s in an indie Village of Love

February 9, 2020

Listen up, San Francisco.....This year Valentines' Day doesn't have to be filled with the normcore angst of hunting down chocolates, bidding for pre-wrapped roses,...

New music: Jeff Parker’s ‘Suite for Max Brown’ is jazz for a digital world

February 2, 2020

The concepts which evolved into Suite For Max Brown, prolific guitarist Jeff Parker's tribute to his mother, were engineered during his fall 2018 residency...

Noise Pop’s latest round showcases newcomers

January 27, 2020

Earlier this month Noise Pop, the annual independent music festival that takes place in San Francisco the week of February 24-March 1, announced its...

Culture

Comedian Moshe Kasher’s ‘Crowd Surfing’ album mortifies, delights

January 22, 2020

Packing 10 tales of embarrassing scenarios involving everyday people caught in tawdry situations, Crowd Surfing, the new comedy album from Oakland native Moshe Kasher sees the...

New Music: Werkha strikes dance floor gold with ‘The Rigour’

January 19, 2020

Widespread critical acclaim on releases from Yazmin Lacey, Kaidi Tatham, and Children of Zeus made underground and mainstream heads around the world acknowledge First Word Records in 2018....

All Ears: 17 music releases to look forward to in 2020

January 16, 2020

Between embargoes and secret release dates that see artists dropping projects when a Twitter trend is to their benefit, it's a little perplexing assembling a strong...

New music: Orion Sun brings winter warmth with ‘Ne me quitte pas’

January 9, 2020

Here we are, dead-ass in the January winter of a new decade. Maybe at the brink of war? And the future, like clockwork, Googles up a...

For thriller ‘Uncut Gems,’ an electronic soundtrack of erupting chakras

January 7, 2020

Daniel Lopatin, AKA electronic musician Oneohtrix Point Never, teams up with directors Josh and Benny Safdie a second time to deliver a supernaturalistic score, which documents the inner dreams of...

LA producer Elusive steps into a fidgety ‘Ambient Void’

December 28, 2019

For his 20-plus year career and the latter part of this decade, Elusive—the Los Angeles based producer—has remained steadfast about that work. Making music with...

Our critic picks 2019’s Music of Note

December 18, 2019

There is no through-line to this 2019 Music of Note line-up. Just honest music that runs the gamut of progressive soul, breakbeat mayhem, a...