If there is one thing Steve Earle knows, it’s trouble. The long-time Nashville recording artist taps into his checkered past on this his 21st record, So You Wannabe an Outlaw. Earle has always seemed to be the next big country artist. His songwriting and singing talents got him signed to…

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’ve pooled our resources to find some 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’ve pooled our resources to find some of…

Bleachers may only be on its second album but Gone Now feels like something you have known for a lifetime. Gone Now Bleachers June 2 Jack Antonoff started Bleachers as a side project to his other band, Fun., back in 2013. Little did he know that his side project…

Roger Waters, “Is This the Life We Really Want?” Twenty-five years between albums may seem like a long time, but when you’re the father of the most successful concept albums in the history of rock music, who’s going to rush you? Roger Waters is back with Is This the life…

Baseball, apple pie, and Pokey LaFarge are all American to the core. LaFarge’s eighth studio album, Manic Revelations, fits his Americana roots as well as the classic chinos and fedora he sports on the cover of the new album. Manic Revelations Pokey LaFarge May 19 If you’ve never heard a…

Kevin Garcia, one of the founding members of Central Valley indie band Grandaddy, passed away Tuesday after a massive stroke. Kevin Garcia GoFundMe account The family of Kevin Garcia has set up a GoFundMe page to help with funeral costs. To donate, click here. “We are absolutely shattered to say that…