sound qualities
@padlife.bsky.social
vinyl person writing about music you need to hear
4eva wading in the Cosmic slop
byline and opinions:plentiful
https://www.clippings.me/sounddqualities
4eva wading in the Cosmic slop
byline and opinions:plentiful
https://www.clippings.me/sounddqualities
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SML’s second album, "How You Been," finds the supergroup loaded tip to tail with ideas about Afrobeat & prog-rock.
While everything moves a bit slower, it hits all the chakras with a unique, different type of force.
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
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@intlanthem.bsky.social
While everything moves a bit slower, it hits all the chakras with a unique, different type of force.
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/10/unde...
@intlanthem.bsky.social
📻 #SF/ WestCoast self-proclaimed punks, Spiritual Cramp, schelprockin’ down Clarion Alley, totin’ a boombox.
De La Soul, Pharcyde, and Lush drop releases
KeiyaA expresses atmospheric heft...... #UnderTheStars
@beggarsgroup.bsky.social
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
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De La Soul, Pharcyde, and Lush drop releases
KeiyaA expresses atmospheric heft...... #UnderTheStars
@beggarsgroup.bsky.social
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
Under the Stars: Spiritual Cramp gives a sloppy punk kiss to SF with 'Rude' - 48 hills
Plus: KeiyaA's atmospheric heft—and 'tis the season for new releases from immortal crews like De La Soul, The Pharcyde, and Lush.
48hills.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
📻 #SF/ WestCoast self-proclaimed punks, Spiritual Cramp, schelprockin’ down Clarion Alley, totin’ a boombox.
De La Soul, Pharcyde, and Lush drop releases
KeiyaA expresses atmospheric heft...... #UnderTheStars
@beggarsgroup.bsky.social
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
De La Soul, Pharcyde, and Lush drop releases
KeiyaA expresses atmospheric heft...... #UnderTheStars
@beggarsgroup.bsky.social
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
🦃Gobble Gobble! Ho, Ho, Ho, patrons! It's gift season for the music lover, art enthusiast, or otherwise cool person in your life.
So many choices: Charlie Brown vinyl, The Fillmore tees, and Old Skool Cafe eats... Hop in!
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/take...
So many choices: Charlie Brown vinyl, The Fillmore tees, and Old Skool Cafe eats... Hop in!
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/take...
Take me to tinsel town: a music lover's holiday gift guide - 48 hills
Fillmore merch, kaleidoscopic Peanuts Xmas vinyl, books to cheer any genre buff, donations to the arts, much more
48hills.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🦃Gobble Gobble! Ho, Ho, Ho, patrons! It's gift season for the music lover, art enthusiast, or otherwise cool person in your life.
So many choices: Charlie Brown vinyl, The Fillmore tees, and Old Skool Cafe eats... Hop in!
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/take...
So many choices: Charlie Brown vinyl, The Fillmore tees, and Old Skool Cafe eats... Hop in!
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/take...
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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Manute Bol, Spud Webb, and Dominique Wilkins
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Manute Bol, Spud Webb, and Dominique Wilkins
Having a little side convo w/@padlife.bsky.social about DJing around SF in the 90s got me thinking about a weekly I had playing jazz, hip-hop, acid jazz, soul etc at Dalva on 16th St and some of the records I'd spin. This was one of them.
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United Future Organization Feat. Monday Michiru - My Foolish Dream (VIDEO CLIP)
YouTube video by DJ Paulo Riei
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November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
If the kaleidoscopic Charlie Brown Xmas vinyl doesn't compel, the donation suggestions to stellar local arts non-profits will! Check our 2025 music lover's gift guide ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ @padlife.bsky.social
Take me to tinsel town: a music lover's holiday gift guide - 48 hills
Fillmore merch, kaleidoscopic Peanuts Xmas vinyl, books to cheer any genre buff, donations to the arts, much more
48hills.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Born 22 Nov 1950, musician Tina Weymouth, founding member & bassist with Talking Heads. Described as one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s, they helped to pioneer new wave by integrating elements of punk, art rock, funk & world music with avant-garde sensibilities. #TalkingHeads
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Born 22 Nov 1950, musician Tina Weymouth, founding member & bassist with Talking Heads. Described as one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s, they helped to pioneer new wave by integrating elements of punk, art rock, funk & world music with avant-garde sensibilities. #TalkingHeads
Messy moves units.......
"Players only love you when they’re playing” is the sing-along moment in the earworm "Dreams", and it remains all-time.
But the lyric? That’s some gangster shit.
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/fleetwood-ma...
"Players only love you when they’re playing” is the sing-along moment in the earworm "Dreams", and it remains all-time.
But the lyric? That’s some gangster shit.
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/fleetwood-ma...
Fleetwood Mac : Rumours | Treble 100, No. 59 | Treble
A ubiquitous piece of pop cultural history, with Rumours, Fleetwood Mac didn't just create a phenomenon, they conjured some voodoo
www.treblezine.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Messy moves units.......
"Players only love you when they’re playing” is the sing-along moment in the earworm "Dreams", and it remains all-time.
But the lyric? That’s some gangster shit.
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/fleetwood-ma...
"Players only love you when they’re playing” is the sing-along moment in the earworm "Dreams", and it remains all-time.
But the lyric? That’s some gangster shit.
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/fleetwood-ma...
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Co-signed!
@48hills.bsky.social 48 Hills is one of the best outlets for SF politics and culture reporting. Please help if ya can!
…we need them more than ever now that Daniel Lurie has the hyper gentrification death machine back up and running at full speed...
48hills.org/2025/11/5-qu...
…we need them more than ever now that Daniel Lurie has the hyper gentrification death machine back up and running at full speed...
48hills.org/2025/11/5-qu...
5 quick ways to save 48 Hills - 48 hills
Donate, sustain, upgrade, advertise, share: Here's how to ensure your favorite local indie outlet survives into 2026.
48hills.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Co-signed!
Russell 'early' Cunningham, cofounder of Vancouver label Pacific Rhythm recently passed. I'd been following, listening and really digging on the label's sound and easy going type of production that sounded like no other.
#RIP 🕊️
@48hills.bsky.social
✒️ 48hills.org/2022/04/unde...
#RIP 🕊️
@48hills.bsky.social
✒️ 48hills.org/2022/04/unde...
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Russell 'early' Cunningham, cofounder of Vancouver label Pacific Rhythm recently passed. I'd been following, listening and really digging on the label's sound and easy going type of production that sounded like no other.
#RIP 🕊️
@48hills.bsky.social
✒️ 48hills.org/2022/04/unde...
#RIP 🕊️
@48hills.bsky.social
✒️ 48hills.org/2022/04/unde...
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Some thoughts on the value of small rooms to a vibrant music scene and some specific memories of SF's Edinburgh Castle. So many amazing nights spent there - we need spots like this more than ever right now!
When it comes to live music, little rooms play a huge part. When Edinburgh Castle closed in SF, it was goodbye to another "little room" in the Bay.
Under The Stars
+
Oakland's Indigo Elephant
Producer Maryam Qudus
&
Khruangbin touches down
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
Under The Stars
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Oakland's Indigo Elephant
Producer Maryam Qudus
&
Khruangbin touches down
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Some thoughts on the value of small rooms to a vibrant music scene and some specific memories of SF's Edinburgh Castle. So many amazing nights spent there - we need spots like this more than ever right now!
When it comes to live music, little rooms play a huge part. When Edinburgh Castle closed in SF, it was goodbye to another "little room" in the Bay.
Under The Stars
+
Oakland's Indigo Elephant
Producer Maryam Qudus
&
Khruangbin touches down
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
Under The Stars
+
Oakland's Indigo Elephant
Producer Maryam Qudus
&
Khruangbin touches down
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
When it comes to live music, little rooms play a huge part. When Edinburgh Castle closed in SF, it was goodbye to another "little room" in the Bay.
Under The Stars
+
Oakland's Indigo Elephant
Producer Maryam Qudus
&
Khruangbin touches down
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
Under The Stars
+
Oakland's Indigo Elephant
Producer Maryam Qudus
&
Khruangbin touches down
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
SML’s second album, "How You Been," finds the supergroup loaded tip to tail with ideas about Afrobeat & prog-rock.
While everything moves a bit slower, it hits all the chakras with a unique, different type of force.
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/10/unde...
@intlanthem.bsky.social
While everything moves a bit slower, it hits all the chakras with a unique, different type of force.
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/10/unde...
@intlanthem.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
SML’s second album, "How You Been," finds the supergroup loaded tip to tail with ideas about Afrobeat & prog-rock.
While everything moves a bit slower, it hits all the chakras with a unique, different type of force.
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/10/unde...
@intlanthem.bsky.social
While everything moves a bit slower, it hits all the chakras with a unique, different type of force.
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
48hills.org/2025/10/unde...
@intlanthem.bsky.social
Under the Stars: Mr. Washington blows into town
Plus: Alice Coltrane live, Fake Your Own Death, Park Shadow, Sessa, and it's 3am in SF—do you know where Lolo Zouaï is?
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
#SFJAZZ
lnkd.in/eDTP7pJ3
Plus: Alice Coltrane live, Fake Your Own Death, Park Shadow, Sessa, and it's 3am in SF—do you know where Lolo Zouaï is?
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
#SFJAZZ
lnkd.in/eDTP7pJ3
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Under the Stars: Mr. Washington blows into town
Plus: Alice Coltrane live, Fake Your Own Death, Park Shadow, Sessa, and it's 3am in SF—do you know where Lolo Zouaï is?
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
#SFJAZZ
lnkd.in/eDTP7pJ3
Plus: Alice Coltrane live, Fake Your Own Death, Park Shadow, Sessa, and it's 3am in SF—do you know where Lolo Zouaï is?
✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
#SFJAZZ
lnkd.in/eDTP7pJ3
🔔Hear ye, hear ye! We’d like to indulge your ⏺️ addiction with 6 vinyl reissues from Summer/Fall 2025.
Sharon Jones to De La Soul, with some So-Do in the middle too.
The column is Heavyweight.
@daptonerecords.bsky.social
✏️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/6-great-viny...
Sharon Jones to De La Soul, with some So-Do in the middle too.
The column is Heavyweight.
@daptonerecords.bsky.social
✏️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/6-great-viny...
6 Great vinyl reissues from Summer/Fall 2025 - Treble
Sharon Jones, Sly and the Family Stone, Manu Dibango and more
www.treblezine.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🔔Hear ye, hear ye! We’d like to indulge your ⏺️ addiction with 6 vinyl reissues from Summer/Fall 2025.
Sharon Jones to De La Soul, with some So-Do in the middle too.
The column is Heavyweight.
@daptonerecords.bsky.social
✏️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/6-great-viny...
Sharon Jones to De La Soul, with some So-Do in the middle too.
The column is Heavyweight.
@daptonerecords.bsky.social
✏️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/6-great-viny...
Tom Brady knows the Humpty Dance?
Learn something new erryday, mang.
Learn something new erryday, mang.
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Tom Brady knows the Humpty Dance?
Learn something new erryday, mang.
Learn something new erryday, mang.
"Great things start in little rooms. We started in a little room." — André 3000 at Rock 7 Roll Hall of Fame last night-------
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Great things start in little rooms. We started in a little room." — André 3000 at Rock 7 Roll Hall of Fame last night-------
My boss, Marke B, @48hills.bsky.social featured a very insightful interview with François Kevorkian.
His anthemic remix of "You're The One For Me" by D-Train was not just proto-house; it established a template and left a deep cultural imprint.
ENJOY:
48hills.org/2025/10/part...
His anthemic remix of "You're The One For Me" by D-Train was not just proto-house; it established a template and left a deep cultural imprint.
ENJOY:
48hills.org/2025/10/part...
Dance music legend François K: 'I can't cry for DJs who feel challenged to play for two hours' - 48 hills
Rare interview with 71-year-old trailblazer before SF appearance delves into past, present, and forward-looking sounds.
48hills.org
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My boss, Marke B, @48hills.bsky.social featured a very insightful interview with François Kevorkian.
His anthemic remix of "You're The One For Me" by D-Train was not just proto-house; it established a template and left a deep cultural imprint.
ENJOY:
48hills.org/2025/10/part...
His anthemic remix of "You're The One For Me" by D-Train was not just proto-house; it established a template and left a deep cultural imprint.
ENJOY:
48hills.org/2025/10/part...
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SF sure has a rich history of psych-pop groups, but @magicfig.bsky.social may be its to celebrate the works of Camille Flammarion, a 19th century French astronomer and author with a deep interest in the spiritual and metaphysical realms #UnderTheStars
Under the Stars: A sip of Magic Fig's 'Valerian Tea' - 48 hills
Plus: A PJ Harvey classic at 25, 37 Houses hit Knockout, Thundercat's Baked Potato, Eris Drew's mighty kicks, more music
48hills.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
SF sure has a rich history of psych-pop groups, but @magicfig.bsky.social may be its to celebrate the works of Camille Flammarion, a 19th century French astronomer and author with a deep interest in the spiritual and metaphysical realms #UnderTheStars
🫖Sippin Magic Fig's "Valerian Tea"
Up next for !K7's DJ-Kicks mix series: Eris Drew
Under The Stars.... ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
37 Houses hit Knockout, Thundercat's Baked Potato
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
Up next for !K7's DJ-Kicks mix series: Eris Drew
Under The Stars.... ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
37 Houses hit Knockout, Thundercat's Baked Potato
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🫖Sippin Magic Fig's "Valerian Tea"
Up next for !K7's DJ-Kicks mix series: Eris Drew
Under The Stars.... ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
37 Houses hit Knockout, Thundercat's Baked Potato
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
Up next for !K7's DJ-Kicks mix series: Eris Drew
Under The Stars.... ✒️ @48hills.bsky.social
37 Houses hit Knockout, Thundercat's Baked Potato
48hills.org/2025/11/unde...
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"It’s a hands-up, hands-down celebration from one of this generation’s most exploratory jazz composers, with Jeff Parker being close right there with him." — @padlife.bsky.social's @treblezine.bsky.social review of Makaya McCraven's new EPs www.treblezine.com/makaya-mccra...
@intlanthem.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"It’s a hands-up, hands-down celebration from one of this generation’s most exploratory jazz composers, with Jeff Parker being close right there with him." — @padlife.bsky.social's @treblezine.bsky.social review of Makaya McCraven's new EPs www.treblezine.com/makaya-mccra...
@intlanthem.bsky.social
@intlanthem.bsky.social
For Makaya McCraven, a revelatory wild-card release
@nonesuch.com
"A version of jazz, not the straight-ahead album configuration (the title Off The Record delivers the sentiment), 4 you to find the music. Or 4 the music to find you.
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/makaya-mccra...
@nonesuch.com
"A version of jazz, not the straight-ahead album configuration (the title Off The Record delivers the sentiment), 4 you to find the music. Or 4 the music to find you.
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/makaya-mccra...
Makaya McCraven : Techno Logic; The People's Mixtape; Hidden Out; PopUp Shop - Treble
The jazz bandleader and drummer's simultaneous four new EPs showcase the breadth of his explorations
www.treblezine.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
For Makaya McCraven, a revelatory wild-card release
@nonesuch.com
"A version of jazz, not the straight-ahead album configuration (the title Off The Record delivers the sentiment), 4 you to find the music. Or 4 the music to find you.
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/makaya-mccra...
@nonesuch.com
"A version of jazz, not the straight-ahead album configuration (the title Off The Record delivers the sentiment), 4 you to find the music. Or 4 the music to find you.
✒️ @treblezine.bsky.social
www.treblezine.com/makaya-mccra...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Geese covered the Velvet Underground and the Stooges in San Diego 🤡
Geese Cover The Velvet Undergound And The Stooges In San Diego
Geese are currently on tour in support of their excellent new album Getting Killed, and it’s been an eventful one so far: Last week in Colorado, the Brooklyn band raffled off the remains of a flat tir...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Geese covered the Velvet Underground and the Stooges in San Diego 🤡
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It’s here! Highly recommended- lovely mostly unseen pictures, genuinely insightful new interviews, generous coverage to all Wings eras. 5⭐️
November 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It’s here! Highly recommended- lovely mostly unseen pictures, genuinely insightful new interviews, generous coverage to all Wings eras. 5⭐️