Thursday nights from 9p til close our trusty resident selectors DJ Patrick and GAHR take you on a journey to the astral plane with an amalgam of electronic, ambient, experimental and psychedelic albums you’re not likely to hear at any other point on the Shiru system.

This week’s Selector Series features two of the Bay’s most exciting DJs and vibe curators, Charles Hawthorne and FLORIDAWTR

On Sunday April 7th, we are pleased to present two iconic albums for your listening pleasure. Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life and Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.

Song in the Keys of Life is Stevie Wonder's magnum opus. An ambitious and groundbreaking blend of funk, soul, pop and jazz, seasoned with cutting-edge technology, it took over two and a half years of near constant recording and features over 125 collaborators to complete.The sprawling double LP (and bonus EP) put an emphatic exclamation point on what is now considered Stevie's "classic period."

What's Going On, released five years earlier in 1971, is an artistic statement of creative expression much like Songs. Marvin Gaye, like Stevie, had grown up in, on and with Motown and by the early seventies, he was eager to break out of the classic sound. What he created is a prescient album of social and political commentary on what it's like to be Black in America. Fifty years later, it endures as one of the greatest albums ever made with themes that, heartbreakingly, still resonate today.

Silent Sundays are by reservation only. Secure your spot today. Highballs, beer and wine available. Once the needle drops, the talking stops.

We’re excited to welcome Bay Area artist and music connoisseur Andy Cabic of Vetiver to the hi-fi for this week’s Selector Series.

Hard to believe it’s been two decades since Madlib and MF Doom dropped one of the best collaborative hip hop albums of all time. We’ll be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of this gem with a spin of Madvillainy followed by some other Madlib joints.

Join us on Mondays during happy hour as we continue our partnership with Keys To The Cityand present intimate solo performances on a vintage Rhodes Eighty-Eight electric piano. Catch the vibe (and the drink specials!) from 5p - 6:30p.

Your trusty residents are back for the very first Feels Like Friday of 2024. Pamchop and GAHR are back at the controls for a night a soulful and funky selections starting at 8p.

We are pleased to partner with Light In The Attic Records to present a first listen of the recently remastered and reissued 1970s jazz-funk classic Seasons by keyboardist Pete Jolly. This long out of print gem gets a new life on vinyl and we’ll be playing it before it’s available. Thursday March 28 @ 8p sharp!

Our second Selector Series night of the week is a special one. We have singer-songwriter Dent May in the building to give us an exclusive first listen of his new album “What’s For Breakfast?” before it drops. Plus, he’ll be selecting and spinning records before and after the new album listening session. Not to be missed!

We’re hyped to host a special Tuesday night edition of Selector Series just so we can welcome Nappy Nina to the hi-fi. The Oakland-born Brooklyn-residing writer, emcee and producer joins us for a night a beautiful music and community.

Our final HFLS of Women’s History Month and the fourth of four “Who Run The World” listening sessions features none other than “The Queen of Soul” herself, Aretha Franklin on what would have been her 82nd birthday.

Join us on Mondays during happy hour as we continue our partnership with Keys To The Cityand present intimate solo performances on a vintage Rhodes Eighty-Eight electric piano. Catch the vibe (and the drink specials!) from 5p - 6:30p.

Every Thursday night we take you on a journey in sound, playing electronic, experimental, psychedelic and ambient records curated by DJ Patrick and GAHR. 9p - midnight.

We are thrilled to partner with Impulse! Records to host a First Listen for the new live Alice Coltrane album, The Carnegie Hall Concert. On Thursday March 21, join us at 8p to hear this legendary 1971 concert, released in full and on vinyl for the first time.

We are hyped to welcome the crew behind up-and-coming creative collective Nothin But Hits to the hi-fi for this week’s Selector Series. 8p - 11p.

This week’s High Fidelity Listening Session features four of the best to ever do it, the High Prietesses of classic jazz. We’ll be spinning albums from Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane.

Join us on Mondays during happy hour as we continue our partnership with Keys To The Cityand present intimate solo performances on a vintage Rhodes Eighty-Eight electric piano. Catch the vibe (and the drink specials!) from 5p - 6:30p.

Every Thursday night we take you on a journey in sound, playing electronic, experimental, psychedelic and ambient records curated by DJ Patrick and GAHR. 9p - midnight.

We are thrilled to welcome acclaimed Oakland painter and visual artist Taylor Smalls to the hi-fi for a night of soulful selections.

We present another “Who Run The World?” version of HFLS this week featuring four underrated women in jazz. Jutta Hipp, Abbey Lincoln, Shirley Scott and Bobbi Humphrey didn’t get nearly their due when they were actively recording, but we’re here to put some respect on their names and celebrate their amazing contributions to the world of jazz.

We’re celebrating International Women’s Day with an entire night of fantastic music made by women. The ultimate Ladies Night!

Mellat Makeda (Makeda) is an Oakland born musician, composer, and self-taught producer. She plays piano/keyboard and currently works as a music educator as well as composing music for various Oakland based short film projects. Her piano playing is heavily influenced by jazz, classical, and 70’s and 80’s soul music. 

Throughout March, we’ll be diving back into our “Who Run The World” programming for our weekly HFLS. Who Run The World features incredible music made by incredible artists who happen to be women. On Monday 03.04, we’re featuring four killer albums from four contemporary soul purveyors, Erykah Badu, Cleo Sol, Lady Wray and Brittany Howard. Do not miss this one!

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To kick off our Women’s History month programming we are pleased to present the Knowles sisters in hi-fi. For this deep listening session we present Beyonce’s landmark 2016 release Lemonade and Solange’s equally striking debut A Seat At The Table, released just a month later.

Silent Sundays are by reservation only, so secure your spot today. And remember, once the needle drops, the talking stops.

We are thrilled to continue our partnership with the SMARTBOMB fam for this season of Selector Series. On Wednesday 02.28 we’ll be welcoming talented musical multi-hyphenate Versaam to the hi-fi for a night of some of their favorite albums.

For this HFLS, we return to another edition of our Labels We Love series, featuring four albums from the short-lived, but impactful Oakland-based label Black Jazz Records.

Join Booked & Busy, an Oakland-based Black queer collective as they bring you a night of Black Vinyl at Bar Shiru. Nina Sol and Charles Hawthorne will be curating records for the night. Kick off Black Joy Parade weekend in style.

We kick off Season 8 of Selector Series with ascendant Oakland lyricist and producer ovrkast.

A night of silk and soul from the one and only Nina Simone. We’ll be spinning four excellent albums from the singer, pianist and composer.