Culture Archives - 48 hills

Music

Under the Stars: Last Planet breaks out, Buffalo Daughter returns…

John-Paul Shiver - June 7, 2023

Plus: STS9 hit Santa Cruz, Spaceghost gets reworked, and Kuzco brings the 'woop.'

Music

At 69, The Damned’s Captain Sensible is keeping it punk

Joshua Rotter - May 16, 2023

On gratefulness, vegetarianism—and how Lemmy from Motörhead saved the band.

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Eight Mountains’ brings us to the peak of male friendship

Dennis Harvey - May 10, 2023

High-altitude nature provides expansive background for class-spanning platonic love.

Music

DJ Delon celebrates 30 years of downtempo grooves in a changing Bay

John-Paul Shiver - April 23, 2023

On sharing memories with Jupiter's patio redwood, and the joys of winding down the party.

News + Politics

Introducing our new publisher, Imelda Carrasco

48 Hills - April 19, 2023

48hills is expanding with your help. Please welcome our latest addition to the team!

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Eating well in the shadow of New York

Tamara Palmer - April 12, 2023

Bon Appétit says our restaurant culture isn’t “conducive to innovation right now,” but have they tried these new spots?

LGBTQ

The New York Times has done serious damage with its coverage of trans people

Tim Redmond - February 19, 2023

There's no such thing as 'objectivity' when it comes to basic human rights.

Movies

Ficks’ Picks Epic List: Our fave 2022 films (part one!)

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 13, 2023

The best indies and blockbusters of the year that was, in double and triple feature form for the cinema completist in you.

Music Review

With audience assist, the Grammys did right by hip-hop and (almost) Beyoncé

John-Paul Shiver - February 8, 2023

65th edition of the awards was actually good, celebrating global and essential roots forms.

Stage Review

Culture on the precipice of gentrification in ‘Paradise Blue’

Charles Lewis III - February 6, 2023

Dominique Morisseau's latest Detroit Cycle addition at Aurora Theatre highlights jazz as Black community safe space

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Under the Stars: Last Planet breaks out, Buffalo Daughter returns…

At 69, The Damned’s Captain Sensible is keeping it punk

Screen Grabs: ‘Eight Mountains’ brings us to the peak of male friendship

DJ Delon celebrates 30 years of downtempo grooves in a changing Bay

Introducing our new publisher, Imelda Carrasco

Good Taste: Eating well in the shadow of New York

The New York Times has done serious damage with its coverage of trans people

Ficks’ Picks Epic List: Our fave 2022 films (part one!)

With audience assist, the Grammys did right by hip-hop and (almost) Beyoncé

Culture on the precipice of gentrification in ‘Paradise Blue’

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