The Treefort Music Festival main stage entrance in Boise, Idaho on March 22, 2019. BOISE, IDAHO — Rain-slicked streets reflected streetlights outside the Linen Building. Echoing through the dark streets just outside downtown, the in-your-face flow of Toronto rapper Haviah Mighty was heard from inside the 100-year-old white brick building…

SALT LAKE CITY — Freezing temps and an off-the-beaten-path venue in an industrial-but-gentrifying part of town couldn’t keep fans away from Thom Yorke’s solo show at The Union Event Center Thursday night. Thom Yorke Oliver Coates 8 p.m., Saturday Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Tickets: $60-$80. The Radiohead frontman has been…

Once you have success fronting a band, it can’t be easy going solo. Everything you do is compared to your performance in the band, and unless you’re in a boy band, your good times are rarely ahead of you. As a solo artist, Brian Fallon will always be compared to…

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is showing his love for some classic songs on his latest album, Tribute to 2, which is due out this week. The 11-song album covers everyone from Sonny and Cher to Irving Berlin. Tribute to 2 Jim James Dec. 8 Right out of…

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…

When you think of Snow, Australia likely doesn’t come to mind. Yet that’s where we’re getting our latest Snow from in the form of a new album by sibling duo Angus & Julia Stone. Snow Angus & Julia Stone Sept. 15 Snow is the group’s fourth album, and if…

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…

I often wonder if beautiful and depressing can co-exist; then I listen to one of The National’s albums and realize there is a place for both, and when put together, they can be amazing. This is the case on the group’s latest album, Sleep Well Beast. Sleep Well Beast The National…

  I’m having a case of the Mondays. I’m not one to use that phrase much, but it is just one of those days where everything seems off, and it’s only 10 a.m. On my desk calendar, I just spotted the words “band, interview, Wild Cub, 1:30,” scribbled in my barely legible handwriting across the…

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…