vinyl person writing about music you need to hear 4eva wading in the Cosmic slop byline and opinions:plentiful https://www.clippings.me/sounddqualities https://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mluavvzbjs2i✒️ by The System.... https://youtu.be/EHxbxAQSQMM?si=ekw6t3RBRU0tfuCL15 May 2026 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluavvzbjs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mlt7cxs2dc2dUnder The Stars: Bay Area Music Column @48hills.bsky.social New Music: Martin Luther, Spacemoth, 37 Houses Live shows incoming: Sleater-Kinney x Liz Phair at The Greek TsuShiMaMiRe at Bottom of The Hill Human League, Soft Cell, and Alison Moyet at The Warfield https://48hills.org/2026/05/under-the-stars-martin-luther-mccoys-first-solo-flight-in-14-years-exudes-bay-ease/14 May 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt7cxs2dc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mlmn6yubsk2k#SF #CULTURE "Massive vibing" at the top of Haight St ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social https://48hills.org/2026/05/the-freaky-little-fotomat-thats-changing-sf-nightlife/12 May 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmn6yubsk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mllqkvaclk2vThis LA-based post punk trio Automatic plays Outside Lands this year in SF. I've seen them a couple times..they friggin rock. My ✒️ from 2019: https://insearchofmedia.com/2019/09/25/automatics-signal-the-declarative-whir-of-three-women-assembling-a-gloomy-good-cold-wave-buzz/11 May 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllqkvaclk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mldvecszl22gBK-based producer J Words "rides all those celestial planes, where footwork aspires to be house." Old Skool Cafe serves Sunday Supper. Bay Area’s bliss abyss big hooks, loud choruses, & melodic as f*ck refrains." All in Under The Stars @48hills.bsky.social https://48hills.org/2026/05/under-the-stars-music-jwords-neal-francis-lyra-pramuk-bliss-abyss/08 May 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldvecszl22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3ml7ehx3et22wppl are funny06 May 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ehx3et22whttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3ml7dnvtves2wok06 May 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7dnvtves2whttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3ml4gv7c6t22qOn Acknowledge Kindness, SF indie pop oracle Glenn Donaldson, aka Reds, Pinks & Purples, continues that “enveloping ennui” or, as others have dubbed it, “SF Sadcore vibe” that spins those late '80s college rock-sounding arrangements. ✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social https://www.treblezine.com/reds-pinks-purples-acknowledge-kindness-review/05 May 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4gv7c6t22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mkptxmnqo223Juju Rogers funk, punk, & soul on Pink Guitars, Spaceships N Voodoo Dolls. Tom Smiths' ever-morphing Otoliths from Oakland. Hackney-born singer Bel Cobain is next for Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings It's all in @48hills.bsky.social music column Under The Stars: https://48hills.org/2026/04/under-the-stars-juju-rogers-drops-some-psyche-funk-voodoo/30 Apr 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkptxmnqo223https://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mknzegl6422g#culture The 1990's are experiencing a major cultural renaissance, driven by Gen Z & Millennial nostalgia for a pre-smartphone era. Look no further than the small streaming screen from #Hulu ✒️ for @treblezine.bsky.social https://www.treblezine.com/four-essential-time-capsule-needle-drops-from-love-story-and-mike-nick-nick-alice/29 Apr 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknzegl6422ghttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mkdoktp6ok22UTS: Music Column @48hills.bsky.social According to the IMS Business Report 2025, presented at the 2025 International Music Summit the global electronic music industry was valued at $12.9 billion. Count Om Records as a day-one contributor to that figure. https://48hills.org/2026/04/under-the-stars-om-records-announces-30-year-embarcadero-blast/25 Apr 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdoktp6ok22https://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mkb4tyf5722w✏️ Under The Stars Music Column for @48hills.bsky.social Shabazz Palaces at The Chapel SF DIS at 540bar tonite Hollie Cook wows in dub, Jeff Parker( @intlanthem.bsky.social ) bounces back Altın Gün too Om Records announces 30-year Embarcadero blast https://48hills.org/2026/04/under-the-stars-om-records-announces-30-year-embarcadero-blast/24 Apr 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb4tyf5722whttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mk7n3wah2c2h#HOF Finally got to write about the almighty #CHIC for @treblezine.bsky.social Can we just take a second to drill down on the fact that Chic bestowed the seeds upon not one but two genres that have gone on to dominate 21st century music, financially-culturally? https://www.treblezine.com/chic-risque-hall-of-fame-review/24 Apr 2026 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7n3wah2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mjz2vxn6dc2c21 Apr 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz2vxn6dc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mjpqz5lr7k2m✒️ @48hills.bsky.social 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 Under The Stars ----- https://48hills.org/2026/04/under-the-stars-irreversible-entanglements-channel-peace-vibrations/17 Apr 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpqz5lr7k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mjmwkcxixc23sending newsletters and ducking emails16 Apr 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmwkcxixc23https://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mjhctog4t22r#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?” ✒️ for @48hills.bsky.social https://48hills.org/2026/04/record-store-day-2026-brings-a-1983-treat/14 Apr 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhctog4t22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mj3j3ilk5227Over @48hills.bsky.social : Ulrika Spacek, Slake, Little Hill Lounge, Mortified, Vinyl Williams, Radio Sofia—so much great music https://48hills.org/2026/04/under-the-stars-music-stern-grove-sf-bay-popfest-lineups-lesbian-doom-folk/09 Apr 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3j3ilk5227https://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mj3fn75dqk2mOver 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 https://www.treblezine.com/best-hip-hop-albums-21st-century/09 Apr 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3fn75dqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3miywezrszk2iDid all the festivals decide in a secret meeting this week to drop "embargoed" press releases in a 48 hour span? jeez.....08 Apr 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3miywezrszk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mix7pdbkqs2w🚨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. https://48hills.org/2026/04/whats-up-at-the-black-cat-great-jazz-for-one/08 Apr 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix7pdbkqs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mijpytz6i22oThe 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. https://48hills.org/2026/04/under-the-stars-welcome-to-the-era-of-the-womack-sisters/02 Apr 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijpytz6i22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mijpukc62s2oSomebody sounds like they know what they are talking about... [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijpukc62s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/padlife.bsky.social/post/3mi7pcvymwk2aJill 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. ✒️ for @treblezine.bsky.social link ---- https://www.treblezine.com/jill-scott-to-whom-this-may-concern-review/29 Mar 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:jremvuwrtimcpkappc3aseax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7pcvymwk2a