John-Paul Shiver

writer

United States

John-Paul Shiver is a music-based writer, record, and burrito addict talking about music, past, present, and future, you need to hear...
Bylines: The Wire, Resident Advisor, SF Weekly, Mission Local, Treble, 48hills, Bandcamp Daily, PulpLab, AFROPUNK, and Drowned In Sound.

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48 hills

11/21/2024

The Grammys actually get some things right (and show the Bay a little love) - 48 hills

The often-derided corporate-friendly awards are seeing things a little differently, in the light of a 'New Blue Sun.'

Treblezine

Are You Gonna Go My Way is Lenny Kravitz at his most concentrated

Resident Advisor

Madison McFerrin - I Hope You Can Forgive Me · Album Review ⟋ RA

The LA singer-songwriter enriches her once a-capella work with beautiful acoustic arrangements and electronic flourishes.

48 hills

08/13/2024

Dick Dale via the Dead: otherworldly BALTHVS grooves at Outside Lands Night Show - 48 hills

The Bogotá power trio is known for its global sound, but brought electric SF specificity to Rickshaw Stop.

48 hills

11/13/2024

Walking in space with Quincy Jones: 4 LPs pointing up his cosmic genius - 48 hills

The entertainment impresario and musical mastermind possessed a singular talent for stellar collaborations.

Treblezine

Naked Roommate : Pass the Loofah Naked Roommate soundtracking the daily hustle of surviving “the failures of disaster capitalism.”

Treblezine

ATCQ in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Nah...

48 hills

03/07/2024

Noise Pop report: Hailu Mergia shot Ethiopian jazz into stratosphere for adoring GAMH crowd - 48...

The septuagenarian keyboardist was all but forgotten, driving a DC cab, but he's making up for lost time with fire.

Mission Local

08/30/2024

Pachyman and Osees bring big dub-punk energy to the Chapel

When Pachy García, a.k.a. Pachyman, opens for the punk-adjacent Osees as part of their annual fall residency at The Chapel on Tuesday, Sept. 3, the