BET! Appreciate cha!

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Under the Stars: IRRIVERSIBLE ENTANGLEMENTS vibrate Future Present Past. Bar Part-Time's wax. DJ Platurn gets his Amoeba bag. Ty Segall's Earth Tongue slithers Los Rakas celebrate Earth Day at the GG Bandshell

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sending newsletters and ducking emails

Record Store Day 2026 brings a '1983' treat - 48 hills Annual brick-and-mortar booster re-releases Flying Lotus vinyl classic (among many others) to tempt you inside on April 18.

While there was a bunch of pop stars taking residence on Billboard’s charts in 2006, and several adventurous producers breaking through with novel electronic sounds, nobody on the “overground” was movin’ like Flying Lotus @padlife.bsky.social

Record Store Day 2026 brings a '1983' treat - 48 hills Annual brick-and-mortar booster re-releases Flying Lotus vinyl classic (among many others) to tempt you inside on April 18.

#RSD 2026
"But when the track “1983” blew through SF, it was one of those cuts… Any DJ worth their salt not only had it, but when they rolled to the gig, they’d ask the opening DJ, “Yo, did you play that FlyLo shit yet?”

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Joint💥

Under the Stars: Stoked for Stern Grove and SF Bay Popfest lineups, 'lesbian doom folk' - 48 hills Ulrika Spacek, Slake, Little Hill Lounge, Mortified, Vinyl Williams, Radio Sofia—so much great music.

Over @48hills.bsky.social :

Ulrika Spacek, Slake, Little Hill Lounge, Mortified, Vinyl Williams, Radio Sofia—so much great music

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The Best Hip-Hop Albums of the 21st Century | Treble After two decades come to a close, we survey 100 of best hip-hop albums of the 21st century, from Aesop Rock to Z, Jay.

Over at @treblezine.bsky.social
Our 100 Favorite 21st Century Hip-Hop Albums
We revisit a list from a few years back, revamp it, double the size, unrank it and showcase the rap records that made our millennium

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Did all the festivals decide in a secret meeting this week to drop
"embargoed" press releases in a 48 hour span?

jeez.....

joint!

What's up at the Black Cat? Great jazz, for one - 48 hills The TL joint treads in the giant steps of the legendary Blackhawk venue, as Veotis Latchinson's D'Angelo tribute made clear.

🚨Black Cat Jazz Supper Club hushes the "doom-loopers."
For @48hills.bsky.social , I hit up the Black Cat Jazz Supper Club at 400 Eddy Street, where that space is reviving bristling live music & introducing something else that's very now.
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you said "menfolk" not mad at cha....

Under the Stars: Welcome to the Womack Sisters era - 48 hills A stunning musical legacy comes through. Plus: Rediscovering Rocketship, Jesse Appelman's 'newgrass,' RIP Bob Power, more

The BEST Music Happenings in San Francisco and Beyond:

Under the Stars from @48hills.bsky.social

Now, you're informed.

Womack Sisters on Daptone

Rocketship at The Chapel

August Lee Stevens at SF JAZZ

Farewell to Bob Power, the forever hip-hop enthusiast.

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Somebody sounds like they know what they are talking about...

Jill Scott : To Whom This May Concern

To Whom This May Concern, Scott’s first album since 2015’s Woman, she remains diamond sharp and dart proper. Spreading music and love for music’s sake.

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Under the Stars: Welcome to the vibe edition - 48 hills Buckle up for the je ne sais quoi, with GENA, Cuzco, Mild Universe, Octo Octa, Space Ghost, Outside Lands, more.

Our weekly music column's vibes edition opens with GENA, who bring "an uncut, outside-the-box approach to R&B," writes @padlife.bsky.social #UnderTheStars

Yessir!!!!

Common : Resurrection | A hip-hop coming of age | Treble The sophomore album by Common, 'Resurrection' presented the Chicago emcee as a rising talent with a lot to say

#chicago
Common: Resurrection (1994)
Wrote about it for @treblezine.bsky.social
Hall of Fame
#Common
"And understand, these are the pre-times. Pre-J Dilla, pre-Kanye, and pre-International Anthem, for that matter, having a stranglehold on the indie jazz world."
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SF PEEPS
DIRECTIONS IN STEREO AT 540 BAR: FOOD EDITION FRI/27

Under the Stars: Vibe edition
Our music column @48hills.bsky.social with the je ne sais quoi
GENA, Cuzco, Mild Universe, Octo Octa, Space Ghost,
#OutsideLands

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Balthvs: Transmutations

#cumbia #dub #surfrock

With equal parts Jerry Garcia guitar flow and breezy Thundercat funkbone attitude, Transmutations
swirls harmonies with thick, fuzzy whammying distortion.

Wrote about it for @treblezine.bsky.social

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YES!!!!!!

Patrice Rushen : Posh | Album review | Treble Patrice Rushen Posh review - A look back at the legendary soul and R&B singer's 1980 album, newly reissued by Strut Records.

#jazz #boogie #funk

@pitchfork.com featured Patrice Rushen's
Straight From The Heart for their Sunday review this week. Here's Posh. A record reissued a couple of years ago
that began her prolific rise.....

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Under the Stars: Thank you and goodbye, Sr. Willie Colón - 48 hills Plus: March gigs from The Kitchenettes and Maria BC, Satya bids adieu, John Tejada's latest interlocking rhythms.

👀 @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

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Under the Stars: Goldie's 'Timeless'—and what it meant for 1990s Bay Area drum and bass - 48 hills Plus: The time has come for local vibe merchants 37 Houses, Lolo Zouaï's Sunset sensibilities, more.

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 Diary: Illuminati Hotties caped for BOTH, Orcutt Shelley Miller thrilled the dudes - 48 hills Free show from tenderpunk faves erased the condos closing in; avant-rock trio took the beards on wild rides at GAMH.

Noise Pop Report from @48hills.bsky.social
Illuminati Hotties wear capes, too.

Orcutt Shelley Miller avant-rock buzzsaw

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The Best Jazz Albums of 2024 | Treble Our year-end coverage dives into the work of veteran players and young lions alike in our list of the best jazz albums of 2024

#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

Noise Pop Diary: SML cooked at SFJAZZ—all sauce, no Butterss - 48 hills One key player was missing, but the LA-based future jazz outfit heated up Joe Henderson Lab just fine.

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

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Momoko Gill : Momoko | Album review | Treble Following up an excellent collaboration with Matthew Herbert on 'Momoko', Momoko Gill delivers a stellar and eclectic debut

#album #review

Momoko Gill pairs a subtle emotional approach with masterful jazz musicianship on Momoko

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