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Where Do I Start? A Beginner’s Guide To LETTUCE [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 30, 2026October 2, 2026 B.Getz

These Boston-born, Brooklyn-refined, Denver- and NOLA-dipped maestros have been boldly adventuring through galaxies of groove for over three decades.

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Upful LIFE 2025: Favorite Records + Much More!

December 23, 2025October 21, 2026 B.Getz 44th Move, adam deitch, Best Albums 2025, Best Songs 2025, blanc du blanc, butcher brown, butcher brown letters from the atlantic, Cochemea, cochemea ancient futuros iii, cochemea gastellum, Cualli, CUALLI Tea, de la soul, De La Soul Cabin in the Sky, Deitch Teitel Fribush, DTF Another Side of the Sound, dub, ECHT!, ECHT! Boilerism, El michels affair, favorite albums, Favorite Albums 2025, Favorite Records, Favorite Records 2025, Favorite Songs 2025, FloFilz, goopsteppa, Joe Armon-Jones, lady wray, lady wray cover girl, lespecial, lettuce, lettuce cook, LIMINOID, melas leukos, Money Chicha, morillo, morillo the dub cartographer, Moses Yoofee Trio, Nicholas Payton TRIUNE, pachyman, Parkbreezy, Parkbreezy Better Days, Piet Dalmolen, polyrhythmics, polyrhythmics life from below, say she she, Say She She Cut & Rewind, scientist, surprise chef, Surprise Chef Superb, The Circling Sun, TRIUNE, yheti, yoofee

9th annual year-end favorite records extravaganza! 25 album reviews, plus dozens more inspired, eccentric, essential recommendations, DJ mixes, playlists & beyond. ~ Curated by B.Getz ~

ORGONE Throws Down December Funk At The Independent In SF

December 20, 2025January 27, 2026 B.Getz ORGONE, san francisco, Smoked Out Soul

Orgōne returned to SF to remind us why they remain heavyweight champions of West Coast funk.

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HEROES: Kruder & Dorfmeister Unveil ‘The K&D Sessions Live’ At Oakland’s Fox Theater [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 20, 2025September 22, 2025 B.Getz austria, downtempo, electronic live band, electronic music, fox theater, k and d sessions, k and d sessions live, kruder and dorfmeister, kruder and dorfmeister live band, kruder dorfmeister, live band, live electronic music, oakland, peter kruder, richard dorfmeister, trip-hop, vienna

Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister provided the central nervous system of the entire performance—chemists and conductors mixing the intoxicating potion of live instrumentation with the embryonic electronic elements that define their ethos.

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The Roots Explore 30 Years Of ‘Do You Want More?!!!??!’ At Oakland’s Kaiser [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 6, 2025September 8, 2025 B.Getz Black Thought, blue note jazz fest, henry j. kaiser oakland, hip hop, Hub The Roots, Illadelph, kaiser oakland, leonard "hub" hubbard, live band hip-hop, malik b, oakland, okayplayer, philadelphia, philly, Questlove, rahzel, the legendary roots crew, the roots, the roots do you want more

The Roots stripped down to their core to revisit the halcyon days, embarking on a thorough trek through the wayback machine with appropriate pomp and circumstance. The night offered more than merely a tribute to an important album; it was a testament to the musical ethos that gave birth to it.

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World-Bass Technician MORiLLO Mines Harmonic Convergence On Latest LP ‘The Dub Cartographer’ [review]

August 27, 2025September 2, 2025 B.Getz bass music, burning man, drum production, drums, dub reggae, dubstep, EDM, groundation, jamtronica, live band electronic, live drummer, live edm, morillo, morillo producer, psychedelic bass, reggae, scott nice, the dub cartographer, thedudewiththeoud, weird bass, world bass, world music, zach morillo

MORiLLO has unfurled a kaleidoscopic dubbed-out odyssey through the space-time continuum, a sacred compass for the curious and vibrant vessel for the wanderer.

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Meet You By The Witness Tree: Filial Musings From GD60 [B.Getz on L4LM]

August 13, 2025August 15, 2025 B.Getz

The intergenerational exchanges and treasured traditions shared within these sacred songs hit the hardest as the weekend ensued, dealing heroic doses of the spiritual medicine we so deeply desire by way of the songs of the Dead.

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Melbourne’s SURPRISE CHEF Cook Up Something Superbly Psychedelic In SF [REVIEW]

August 3, 2025October 28, 2026 B.Getz surprise chef, surprise chef 2025, Surprise Chef Superb, surprise chef tour

Surprise Chef’s 2025 North American run takes their trademark concoction of library-music from the RZA’s basement crossed with mycelial deep-pocket funk, to a myriad of stages large and small.

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GOODNIGHT, MISS LULU WHITE: A Lullaby For High Sierra 2025 [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 16, 2025July 18, 2025 B.Getz Barr Brothers, Dave Margulies, dogs in a pile, handmade moments, helm family midnight ramble, high sierra 2025, HIgh SIerra Music Festival, hsmf 2025, karina rykman, mitchum yacoub, sally baby, sally baby's silver dollars, sari jordan, steve poltz, the rumble, the slip

In its 33rd iteration, the iconic High Sierra Music Festival returned to Quincy, California on July 3rd–6th, the grandaddy of ‘em all delivering another heart-filling affair.

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GIVE FOR VIV: Viveca Hawkins Benefit Features Dumpstaphunk/Nikki Glaspie Reunion, Lyrics Born Appearance, More [B.Getz on L4LM]

July 9, 2025July 13, 2025 B.Getz Collectivity, Dumpstaphunk, east bay, funk, hip hop, ian neville, independent, Ivan Neville, jazz mafia, Kev choice, live band hip-hop, lyrics born, oakland, san francisco, soul, Uriah duffy, viveca hawkins

On Sunday June 29th, a colorful collection of Bay Area musicians, movers, shakers, and fans congregated at San Francisco’s The Independent for an inspirational benefit concert celebrating vocalist Viveca Hawkins.

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