If you’re a punk rock-loving baseball nerd, we have good news for you and it comes in the form of a new record called 1994 World Series Champions, by Canadian band Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club. 1994 World Series Champions Isotopes April 14 The Vancouver B.C. natives have invented a new genre…

The Flatliners, “Inviting Light.” For better or worse, the Flatliners‘ new record, Inviting Light, represents the second sharp turn the Ontario band has taken away from what most fans have grown to know and love of its sound since its inception in 2002. Inviting Light the Flatliners Out April…

Joel Reader performs at Bottom of The Hill in San Francisco on April 2, 2017. Gary Chancer/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Bottom of the Hill played host to a four-hour marathon of homegrown, old-school punk rock Saturday in honor of a musician who spent almost the entire night onstage. Joel…

Art-pop singer Julia Holter’s upcoming release, In the Same Room, a live studio recording of 11 select songs from three previous albums, Tragedy, Loud City Song and Have You in My Wilderness, offers listeners a new vantage point from which to enjoy her work.  In the Same Room Julia Holter March…

Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO — Old 97’s shared the new alongside the old Friday night as they took a walk down memory lane with a raucous crowd at the Fillmore, in support of their new record, Graveyard Whistling. During a nearly two-hour set, the band offered a heavy helping of songs…

Photos: Gary Chancer SAN FRANCISCO — The Bouncing Souls played the first of two consecutive nights at Slim’s on Tuesday, and front man Greg Attonito seemed to direct the show with the quiet grace and wisdom that only decades of touring as a punk rock legend can provide. That said, the Souls didn’t feel 28 years…

Monique Powell is back to take care of unfinished business with the release of Save Ferris’ new EP, Checkered Past, and despite vitriol from naysayers and Internet trolls, the band has launched its first tour in almost two decades. Save Ferris in concert 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 22 The Catalyst in…

Courtesy Da PugletPugs The one day a year when binge drinking is socially acceptable and every asshole with a Guinness in their hand is suddenly one-sixteenth Irish is upon us again. The RIFF team would be remiss in our duties if we did not supply you, our dear readers, with a soundtrack for…

The Menzingers, with openers Rozwell Kid and Jeff Rosenstock, turned it up to 11 and kept it there all night on Wednesday, much to the delight of a sold-out Slim’s crowd. Touring in support of their new record, After the Party, the Menzingers joined Wednesday’s party onstage as the…

If the title Heartworms, were a play on the term “earworms,” it would be an exceedingly apt descriptor for the Shins‘ fifth record, because its 11 catchy and emotionally relatable tracks seem bound to lodge themselves firmly in both the ears and hearts of listeners. Heartworms the Shins March…