👀 @48hills.bsky.social Music column Under The Stars this week Farewell Mr Willie Colon of #Fania Hello to The Kitchenettes & Maria BC album release shows at SF's 4 Star Theater Three decades in John Tejada, electronic music Don, keeps pushing an arsenal of sounds ✒️ 48hills.org/2026/03/unde...

As a drum and bass album, Goldie's 1995 album 'Timeless' overachieved—particularly for the Bay Area's drum and bass aficionados #UnderTheStars @padlife.bsky.social

Noise Pop Report from @48hills.bsky.social Illuminati Hotties wear capes, too. Orcutt Shelley Miller avant-rock buzzsaw 48hills.org/2026/03/nois...

#jazz #experimental For newcomers to the SML, Anna Butterss, Jeff Parker multiverse, I ✒️ about all three in the @treblezine.bsky.social Best Jazz Albums of 2024 list. Get familiar: www.treblezine.com/the-20-best-... @intlanthem.bsky.social

LA-based experimental jazz supergroup SML touched down at Joe Henderson Lab & performed 4 sold-out shows as part of this year's Noise Pop Music Festival in SF. The Afrobeat-Krautrock, collective did not disappoint. @intlanthem.bsky.social ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social 48hills.org/2026/03/nois...

#album #review Momoko Gill pairs a subtle emotional approach with masterful jazz musicianship on Momoko ✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social www.treblezine.com/momoko-gill-...

REVISIONIST BLUES Indeed............

Heavyweight! The Best Vinyl Reissues column @treblezine.bsky.social is back. The Emotions, Style Council, Crown Heights Affair, and yes.... The Power Station gets unpacked along with some other items in this session. This is Heavyweight. www.treblezine.com/6-great-viny...

Bevy of textures ✒️ Under The Stars from @48hills.bsky.social Carlos Niño & Friends DIRECTIONS IN STEREO DJ Night Punk at Mabuhay Gardens this Saturday DJ at Riptide in SF New ELECTROSOUL from DJ Harrison @stonesthrow.bsky.social 48hills.org/2026/02/unde...

Noise Pop Industries' 33rd installment of their early-year music festival kicked off last Thursday. Here is @48hills.bsky.social first report: 48hills.org/2026/02/nois...

"Why does Davis still matter? His tinkering with jazz and music at large is still influencing how we hear composition," writes @padlife.bsky.social ~ Find out where to celebrate the great's 100th birthday in this edition of #UnderTheStars

Noise Pop

#MilesDavis centennial celebrations in The Bay at SF Jazz & Presidio Theatre Drum & Bass don Calibre never disappoints LA's DJ Harrison new release on @stonesthrow.bsky.social Arthur Russell's alt-rock band The Necessaries Gets an expansive reissue UnderTheStars💫 ✒️ 48hills.org/2026/02/unde...

Ring the alarm! Noise Pop — San Francisco’s vanguard celebration of independent music and art festival, one of America’s oldest in operation — is returning for its 33rd year. Here's your guide, by @padlife.bsky.social

Have a great Monday

Here's @48hills.bsky.social Essential Guide to Noise Pop 2026 "This year, festival organizers have stressed that half of the 150-plus acts performing at 20 venues throughout San Francisco and the East Bay are local" 48hills.org/2026/02/happ...

Under The Stars ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social For Valentine's In #SF We bring the beats Disco, Jungle, UK Garage, Hip-Hop by way of Trumpet, Bass-music..... plus Dinner Date at 4 Star Theater with Mae Powell 48hills.org/2026/02/unde...

All Day, Son. All Day......👇

#BOTD #repost Flack possessed elegance and finesse in the delivery of her story-songs. From Les McCann to Donny Hathaway, Luther Vandross, and through to MF DOOM......Her influence remains evergreen. ✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social www.treblezine.com/four-ways-ro...

It's difficult to reclaim 'Under the Cherry Moon' as cinema in its entirety. But the soundtrack album? Another reinvention. Read our Hall of Fame on Prince's 'Parade' www.treblezine.com/prince-parad...

#HOF 💜 ♊ 🥁"Parade" turns 40 in March and is #PRINCE at his most 80's pop star zenith. Plus, it's the last hurrah for The Revolution. It represents, yet another 🎼 reinvention. Join us as we deep dive @treblezine.bsky.social www.treblezine.com/prince-parad...

'Naive Melodies' is a tribute and a surreal, wild trip through the Talking Heads discography read through the lens of Black experimentalism. #BBERecords ✒️ for @treblezine.bsky.social www.treblezine.com/various-arti...

> the dreamer < marc mac #4hero #bossa #soulsky youtube.com/watch?v=JPgf...

East bay, we've got a super fun show happening at the Little Hill Lounge in El Cerrito on Saturday night. Oakland Weekender presenting Tony Jay (sick solo set) and the mysterious Peppercorns, featuring what we think you'll find to be some familiar faces. KALX's Poindexter on the decks. 8pm, and FREE

Thee Parkside is gone end of the year..... Pretty in Pink for Valentine's SF Bay Popfest at Bottom of The Hill in August Xiu Xiu is a Psycho Killer And R.E. Seraphin's double reissue feels like a mystery going backward It's Under The Stars.... ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social 48hills.org/2026/02/unde...

Unfortunately I have some unexpected, last-minute travel plans and I can’t set-up at the Felt Frequencies record fair at El Rio inn SF on Saturday, but Contact will have some SLR stuff for you, and you know there’ll be a ton of great records *everywhere*!

#repost Tonite at Bottom of the Hill SF Peeps..... Pateka, Richmond, Ca based art-rock, jazz fusion quartet plays tonite with clever architecture and witty visuals.... ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social 48hills.org/2026/01/dont...

The Sly Dunbar send off you really, really don't want to miss SF peeps.

💬 INTERVIEW: Pateka, the fusion band out of Richmond, CA plays an eclectic version of jazz meets experimental art-rock that is sure to snap heads in the Bay Area. They play Bottom of the Hill this Friday 1/30. I spoke with them in @48hills.bsky.social 48hills.org/2026/01/dont...

Oakland's Satya will shine at SFJAZZ Joan Baez joins Taj Mahal benefit Noise Pop Phase Three pays tribute to Bottom Of The Hill @tropicalfuckstorm.bsky.social keeps the confusion wolves at bay & We love ya, Sweet Bobby Weir, RIP Under The Stars.. @48hills.bsky.social ✒️ 48hills.org/2026/01/unde...

NEW: Farsight EP DJ DELON drum and bass mix DIS mix from Circuit 73 SF PARAMETER FESTIVAL dates and line-ups more #UnderTheStars ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social 48hills.org/2026/01/unde...

Talk to me when Sinners actually wins. Save the think piece and backslapping over nominations for the 2016 Hillary is a shoo-in election. Yep, I said it.

Happy birthday to the great Hakeem Olajuwon.

This year marks the centennial of Miles Davis, and 35 years after his passing in 1991, his legacy continues to dominate the arts like never before. Jeff over @treblezine.bsky.social assembled Miles' five best live recordings, and it's a keen list. ENJOY: www.treblezine.com/the-best-mil...

The first great debut of 2026 is by SPILLINGS, a duo comprising members of Big|Brave and My Disco, and whose sound pairs minimalist post-punk groove with massive doses of noise. Great stuff, highly recommended, I wrote about it for @treblezine.bsky.social

Binface!

Bandcamp saying "we are not Spotify"👀☝️

For the second half of January, Rickshaw Stop is cashing in on that built-in brain trust by turning the keys to the club over to its staff. "And cousin, it looks like it's gonna crush," writes @padlife.bsky.social #UnderTheStars

A Rickshaw Stop staff takeover, @rhymies.bsky.social front and center A Pavement-sized Mosswood Meltdown plus Tony Molina @slumberlandrecords.com @intlanthem.bsky.social Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer all #UnderTheStars ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social 48hills.org/2026/01/unde...

I love this man

#repost #JanetJackson #HOF Control turns 40 in February "Janet became a new funkateer and collaborated with musicians associated with Prince, MJ’s rival in the ’80s". ✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social www.treblezine.com/janet-jackso...

Happy Birthday, David Bowie! A few years ago, I wrote about the pop star aspect of this cherished cultural icon for @48hills.bsky.social Enjoy! 48hills.org/2023/04/40-y...

In 1999, Rolling Stone called Bottom of the Hill the “best place to hear live music in SF.” After the owners recently announced that they would be closing the venue at the end of 2026, we @48hills.bsky.social decided to share some vivid memories of this special space. 48hills.org/2026/01/with...

Critic @padlife.bsky.social reached out to Bay Area music insiders, producers, venue bookers, DJs, singer-songwriters, and radio officials to get a wider, broader perspective on the year’s music and how it shaped culture.

2025 was a rough one, but the music offered hope and a path forward. I reached out to Bay Area musical minds for insight on the matter and they responded with clarity. Thanks to all who participated. ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social 48hills.org/2026/01/2025...

New year, new season of Hall of Fame! #JanetJackson's Control turns 40 in February And still—she's ridiculously underrated. Wrote about the beginning of the legacy, and an album nobody really thought would amount to much, for @treblezine.bsky.social www.treblezine.com/janet-jackso...

The best albums from the Bay Area in 2025 @48hills.bsky.social Our favorite albums of the year highlight many emerging artists you may not be familiar with yet, but keep listening—by 2026, you will be! 48hills.org/2025/12/year...

Under The Stars @48hills.bsky.social #SF Jay Som, Open Mike Eagle, Cupcakke at 2026 Noise Pop Fest A Very Purple NYE at Vogue Theater #RIP Jellybean Johnson of The Time 48hills.org/2025/12/unde...