Clockwise from top left: Hollow Coves, (Sandy) Alex G, Elohim, Moonchild, Sui Zhen and The Shivas. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has…

Clockwise from top left: Ralph, Alessandro Cortini, Au/Ra, Alexander 23, Yuna and Ash Walker. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to…

Clockwise from top left: Laces, Electric Youth, Cat Clyde, Madi Sipes and the Painted Blue, DYGL and Mika. Madi Sipes & The Painted Blue, “Heavy Heart” — Madi Sipes’ soulful vocals against the trio’s rich, slow-burning synthpop are to your ears what satin sheets are to your skin. It’s invigorating…

Clockwise from top left: Kim Petras, NIKI, Emotional Oranges, Winona Oak, Lily Kershaw, Ciel. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to…

Clockwise from top left: BAILEN, August Eve, Altin Gün, WHIPPED CREAM, PUP, Kailee Morgue. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to…

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on March 21, 2019. Photos: Chloe Catajan. Photos: Chloe Catajan. OAKLAND — In the last stretch of his Upside Down Flowers tour, Andrew McMahon went all out to bring summertime early to the Fox Theater on Thursday. Palm…

Bülow   Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like 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…

Uffie. Courtesy photo. Though tour aggregating websites show no trace of past Bay Area gigs, Uffie has in fact performed in San Francisco once before. It was at the Rickshaw Stop in 2006. The French-American electro-pop artist, living in Paris at the time, recalls the show as one of…

Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like 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…

Much like the subconscious mind, the world of dream pop is a multidimensional place. An atmospheric rush of instrumentals offers an escape from reality as introspective lyrics present an opportunity for self-reflection. The genre’s prominence in the 1980s also conjures nostalgia for legendary bands like Cocteau Twins and The…