LANY performs at The Palladium in Los Angeles on Oct. 26, 2018. Photos: Matthew Eaton. LOS ANGELES — During the last few months, LANY has transitioned from sun-soaked indie darling to emerging pop superstars. During that span, frontman Paul Jason Klein split up with his girlfriend, Dua Lipa. That…

Maggie Rogers performs at The Observatory OC in Santa Ana on Oct. 18, 2018. Photos: Matthew Eaton. SANTA ANA — As Maggie Rogers took the stage at the Observatory in Orange County, “Dancing Queen” blared in the background, a fitting song for the entrance of Maryland’s dancing queen. Maggie…

Fiona Grey performs at Bardot Nightclub in Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2018. Photos: Matthew Eaton LOS ANGELES — Monday was a night for the girls at Bardot Nightclub. As part of “School Night,” a weekly music discovery concert series, Fiona Grey and Grace Carter celebrated life and love.…

Emily King 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…

England’s Pale Waves are having a big year. Riding the success of breakout single “There’s a Honey,” the Manchester quartet released its debut EP, All The Things I Never Said, along with a slew of singles in advance of full-length record My Mind Makes Noises. The band owes some of its…

Octavio Genera of The Soft White Sixties in San Francisco on March 24, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles rockers The Soft White Sixties don’t like to be put in a box. Their second LP, Alta California, is an eclectic and dynamic record that sees the band…

Quinn XCII 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…

Propelled by the critical success of his sophomore album, Nocturne, Jack Tatum has become one of the biggest names in dream pop under the moniker Wild Nothing. Tatum has separated himself from the pack with his impressive songwriting chops. A lo-fi treasure, Nocturne saw Tatum glide over an assortment…

Novo Amor performs at Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2018. Photos: Matthew Eaton. LOS ANGELES — Ali John Meredith-Lacey, better known as Novo Amor, performed a secret show at the intimate Hotel Café Thursday; his first in the city. The Welsh singer-songwriter and his band played a…

Boasting one of the freshest sounds in modern music, Dallas’ Conner Youngblood earns his place as a rising star. Blending folk, R&B and electronica seamlessly, his unique talent was immediately apparent on his 2013 EP Make Me Faster. Riding the success of that record’s hit track, “The Warpath,” along…