Atmospheres is our weekly excursion into the outer reaches of sound with resident selectors GAHR and LUCAS curating a mix of electronic, ambient and experimental records. Every Thursday at 9p.

No Room For Squares is a weekly showcase of classic jazz albums from the decade between 1955 - 1965, one of the most exciting eras in recorded music. No Room For Squares will feature iconic artists like Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk on iconic labels like Blue Note, Impulse! and Prestige. Plus, we’ll have whisky specials each week, so you can sip on a delicious dram while taking in some of our favorite bebop, hard-bop and post-bop albums from the collection.

Another week, another birthday celebration for an icon. For this week’s HFLS, we honor the one-and-only Herbie Hancock with a night of records that span his eclectic, trailblazing career.

Early arrival always recommended, low speaking voices always required.

Join us on Sunday April 13th for another Silent Sunday deep listening session. This one will feature André 3000s ambient album New Blue Sun in its entirety. One half of Outkast, one of the most influential hip hop duos of all-time, A3K’s “flute record” shocked the internet and the music industry when it dropped in November of 2023, completely devoid of beats and bars. Instead, we get 90 minutes of evolving atmospheric textures and ambient bliss. Since it’s release, it has been one of the most requested albums for Silent Sunday. We are excited to finally give it it’s proper due.

Silent Sunday is by reservation only. Tap here for all the details and to secure your spot.

Atmospheres is our weekly excursion into the outer reaches of sound with resident selectors GAHR and LUCAS curating a mix of electronic, ambient and experimental records. Every Thursday at 9p.

Join us for Selector Series this week as we welcome Oakland-based artist, singer and multi-instrumentalist Tauwoo.

Through his creative practice he explores the vulnerability and fragility of the human spirit as a way of connecting the deeply personal with the universal, and the grief of the natural world.

8p Wednesday April 9.

No Room For Squares is a weekly showcase of classic jazz albums from the decade between 1955 - 1965, one of the most exciting eras in recorded music. No Room For Squares will feature iconic artists like Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk on iconic labels like Blue Note, Impulse! and Prestige. Plus, we’ll have whisky specials each week, so you can sip on a delicious dram while taking in some of our favorite bebop, hard-bop and post-bop albums from the collection.

For this week’s Monday night High Fidelity Listening Session we celebrate the music (and April 2 birthday) of the late, great Mr. Marvin Gaye.

Early arrival always recommended, low speaking voices always required.

Join us for Selector Series this week as we welcome Oakland-based artist, singer and songwriter Angel Adedokun.

Angel is known for her ethereal vocals and raw, confessional songwriting. Blending Rock, Jazz, Salsa, Cumbia, Pop, Soul, and Funk, and more, her unique and sultry sound along with her unique storytelling captivates audiences. Angel's mission is to tell the truth and bring people together through music. In addition to music, Angel is an accomplished actor, dancer, choreographer, and educator with credits like Nollywood Dreams, Hairspray, and Jesus Christ Superstar for performance and Heathers, Hedwig and The Angry Inch, and Caroline or Change for choreography. She also leads vocal and acting classes for Tomorrow Youth Repertory, co-founded Oakland’s Yeah, Art!, and served as education director for two years. Instagram: @angeladedokun.

For this week’s HFLS, we’ll be celebrating the 10th anniversary of Kendrick Lamar’s 2015 masterpiece To Pimp A Butterfly.

9p, 3.17.25. Low speaking voices required.

We are pleases to welcome DJ NFS and Matt from Cone Shape Top to the hi-fi for this week's Selector Series. NFS & Matt are DJs, artists, musicians, curators, and culture workers known for showcasing their broad tastes through Cone Shape Top, a shop and project space they run out of their home in Oakland. Matt has been spinning eclectic sets for over 20 years, from ambient to house and every zone in between. Never beholden to genre, they relish finding relationships between varied and often disparate sounds to create shifting and unexpected moods. They currently share sounds through The Blurred Crusade, a monthly show on SutroFM. NFS (Not For Sale) is an Oakland raised and based DJ that weaves together sonic worlds that invoke esoteric and mystic atmospheres often extracting on more offbeat offerings that range from ambient, leftfield club, post punk, noise and avant pop; often with a penchant for juxtaposing contrasting tempos and rhythms. Together they also run the recurring party EGG! at Stork Club and monthly show Cone Zone on Lower Grand Radio.

This week’s HFLS features four of our of favorite contemporary soul artists of the 21st century. We’ll be spinning “A Seat At The Table” by Solange, “The Visitor” by Kadhja Bonet, “A Rose In The Dark” by Cleo Sol and “Frank” by the late, great Amy Winehouse.

Our program begins at 8p. Early arrival always recommended and low speaking voices always required.

Join us as Oakland’s own Niema Jordan curates records as part of Selector Series Season 10. Niema is a creative multi-hyphenate, working across journalism and filmmaking to tell impactful stories.

Our weekly excursion into the outer reaches of sound, with a selection of electronic, experimental, psychedelic and ambient records curated by resident selectors DJ Patrick and GAHR.

Selector Series Season 10 rides again on Wednesday 02.19 with Bay Area native and vinyl connoisseur DJ FLOW at the controls sharing some of his favorite records from his vast collection of vinyl.

For our next Silent Sunday, on Sunday February 16, we are excited to feature two albums by the incomparable, the late, great producer J DILLA. Dilla Day is officially on February 7, but we're keeping the love going by featuring one of our favorite producers in this no-talking, deep listening session.

We'll be featuring his incredible posthumous album "Donuts" alongside "Champion Sound" his collab album with kindred spirit Madlib, together here as Jaylib.

As always, Silent Sunday is by reservation only. You can get all the details and secure your spot by tapping here. Once the needle drops, the talking stops.

Our weekly excursion into the outer reaches of sound, with a selection of electronic, experimental, psychedelic and ambient records curated by resident selectors DJ Patrick and GAHR.

This week’s HFLS is another edition of Labels We Love, featuring the short-lived, but impactful Oakland-based record label Black Jazz Records.

8p. Low speaking voices required.

It seemed fitting to launch SEASON 10 (!) of Selector Series during our anniversary week and, given that we’ve collaborated with SMARTBOMB since Season 4, it seemed fitting to have W.A.L.A. kick it off.

W.A.L.A, (also known as Asonic Garcia) is an artist, producer, experimental musician and curator based in Oakland, CA. Finding a passion for music in the bay area independent hip-hop scene of the late 90’s/early 2000’s, Garcia would find himself immersed in the studies of underground art & music movements and their cultural impacts, while throwing and performing DIY shows in his hometown of Vallejo, CA.

We are kicking off our anniversary week (!) with a HFLS featuring some of our most-played albums of the past six years. 6p onwards for an excellent selection of albums, including Journey In Satchidananda, The Low End Theory and Channel Orange.

For this week’s HFLS we are partnering with Living Jazz to feature a night of The Queen of Soul, celebrating one of the most iconic artists to ever walk the earth. This listening session happens on Monday 01.13.25, just a few days before the In The Name of Love concert event happening on Saturday 01.18 at the beautiful Paramount Theater in Oakland. This will be a powerful celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision and legacy through the iconic music of Aretha Franklin.

But first, join us on Monday for a celebration of Aretha’s recorded works and join the Living Jazz crew for an evening of music and community. Please note the earlier 6p start time for this HFLS.

On Sunday January 12, we'll be kicking off the this new season of Silent Sunday with two groove-laden gems: Talking Heads' 1980 masterwork, the Eno-produced "Remain In Light" and Fela Kuti’s 1975 album “Expensive Shit”.

Tap here for all the details and to make your reservation today.

We kick off 2025 in style with a soulful first HFLS of the year. D’Angelo’s Voodoo turns 25 this month and Black Messiah just turned 10, so it’s the perfect time to give these two masterpieces a spin on the hi-fi. 8p.

Join us for the third annual New Year’s Eve’ning at Bar Shiru. Our evening soiree is from 6p - 9p and includes a prix fixe cocktail menu, fun prizes and all-vinyl DJ sets by GAHR, Pamchop and Lucas. Plus you’ll be outta here just in time to either avoid the mayhem altogether, or get to your midnight destination. Tap here for all the details and make your reservations now!

Excited to close out season 9 of Selector Series with another SMARTBOMB collab! Samplelov will be gracing the hi-fi and it’s definitely going to be a good one!

Rochelle “Roshi” Lopez, aka Samplelov, is a musician, DJ, event organizer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Oakland, CA. Known for blending soulful guitar, layered vocals, and stripped-down loops, Roshi’s sound evokes old-school R&B with indie influences. Their artistic journey deepened when they inherited their mother’s 1970s soul record collection, sparking a passionate dive into vinyl collecting. For Roshi, vinyl became a bridge to their ancestry and culture—a tangible way to honor the past while inspiring their creative future.

For tonight’s HFLS, we celebrate the 65th Anniversary of “Time Out” by Dave Brubeck!

“Time Out” remains one of Jazz’s most enduring albums for its brilliant balance of technical experimentation and commercial appeal. A cherished gem from our library that we cannot wait to celebrate with you all.

The listening session starts at 8pm. Early arrival is recommended. We kindly ask you to use your low-speaking voice and to be mindful of everyone’s enjoyment of the featured album.

For our final Silent Sunday of 2024, on Sunday December 15th, we'll be featuring two albums by two of our favorite contemporary R&B artists. Join us for a deep listening session of Frank Ocean's 2012 masterpiece "Channel Orange" and the solo debut from SAULT vocalist Cleo Sol "Rose In The Dark."

Tap here to reserve your spot and join us for an afternoon of intentional listening.