Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…

A post shared by Mario Piombō (@mario.piombo) on Oct 9, 2017 at 9:04pm PDT The Mystic Theatre in Petaluma has opened its doors to evacuees affected by the windswept wildfires. The North Bay music venue plans to provide temporary shelter for those in need, and will supply food from…

Cheap Trick. Photos: Chloe Catajan and Paige K. Parsons SAN FRANCISCO — The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival brought out the “golden” in Golden Gate Park last weekend. Following a sullen week marked by the massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival and the death of rock icon Tom Petty,…

Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…

Photo: Chloe Catajan BERKELEY — Who knew that when Natalie Portman swore The Shins would “change your life,” her words would still ring true years later? The Shins not only became the anthem for 2004 film Garden State, but also the anthem for indie lovers. The Albuquerque band performed in…

Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…

San Francisco’s The Love Dimension takes the hazy sound of ‘60s psychedelia and pairs it with a garage rock twist. The band itself has quite an alternating lineup, but frontman Jimmy L. Dias remains the steady pillar of it all. Fittingly, Dias told RIFF last January that he aims to make music…

Tiny Telephone Recording turns 20 and wants to share the milestone with you. To celebrate, a huge shindig will take place on Oct. 7 at the studio’s San Francisco location. Festivities include DJ sets by Toro Y Moi and Astronauts, etc., a performance by Mayya & the Revolutionary Hell Yeah!, and…

Photos: Chloe Catajan MOUNTAIN VIEW — Only at a Kings of Leon show will you see loads of people wearing hats embroidered with the word “ASSHOLE.” It’s a reference to “Fans,” one of the many songs the group played during their two-hour set at Shoreline Amphitheatre on Thursday. The…

Courtesy Glen Campbell, legendary country singer and guitarist, died on Tuesday. His publicist, Tim Plumley, confirmed the cause as his longtime battle with Alzheimer’s. Diagnosed in 2011, Campbell did not let the music stop. Despite the disease advancing, he spoke openly about it, embarked on a 151-night farewell tour, released documentary Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me,…