Clockwise from top left: Angel Olsen, Foals, Sharon Van Etten, Billie Eilish, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Oh Sees, The Highwomen, Bring Me The Horizon, Gary Clark Jr., and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Well, we’ve made it. The following 10 albums are the best we heard this year.…

Joy Sterling of Iron Horse Vineyards. Courtesy. Iron Horse Vineyards CEO Joy Sterling sees her life as a series of acts. Her first was rooted in journalism. A Yale graduate, Sterling embarked on a career in news, leading her to become ABC News Deputy Bureau Chief in Los Angeles by…

Clockwise from top left: Altin Gun, K.Flay, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Lightning Bolt, Big Business, Boy Harsher, Carly Rae Jepsen, Battles, Tyler, the Creator, and American Football. We’re nearing the end of our countdown of the top 50 albums of 2019! A lot of these records would have…

Vagabon performs at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on March 23, 2017. Staff. Fans who attended Angel Olsen’s concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland two weeks ago and showed up early were treated to a a special performance by opener Vagabon, who invited Olsen onstage for “Every Woman,”…

Clockwise from top left: Alice Merton, Jenny Hval, Jpegmafia, Jessica Pratt, Kingfish, Kim Petras, Cate Le Bon, Swans, Ty Segall and Bad Wolves. We’ve reached the halfway point of RIFF’s top 50 albums list! It only get harder from here, but we can certainly guarantee a wealth of quality…

  View this post on Instagram   Hey guys I’ve decided to cancel the Big Tour. I know it sucks and its been a lot of back and forth with reschedules and rerouting, but it’s for the best. I’m gonna take this time to be with family, make some…

Clockwise from top left: Aurora, Billy Strings, Honeyblood, Bon Iver, Sum-41, Tool, Opeth, 100 gecs, Subhumans and Lizzo. Welcome back to RIFF’s year-end album roundup! If you’re joining us just now, start with part one. Our album review staff is pretty musically diverse, which might explain why Opeth, Bon…

Clockwise from top left: Clipping., Nile, Stephen Malkmus, Taylor Swift, The Futureheads, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Coldplay, The Flaming Lips featuring the Colorado Symphony, Lights and The New Pornographers. We’ve reached the end of 2019, meaning the time has come to look back over all the great music the…

Florist performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco during Noise Pop on Feb. 22, 2018. Joaquin Cabello/Staff. More than 20 new acts have been added to the lineup of the 2020 Noise Pop Music Festival, let by a group of jazz-influenced artists who will perform at SFJAZZ Center’s Joe Henderson…

Bikini Kill performs at a recent concert at The Hollywood Palladium. Courtesy: Debi Del Grande. Recently reunited seminal riot grrrl band Bikini Kill have announced a 2020 tour, which includes an appearance at Oakland’s Burger Boogaloo festival on July 11. It’s the band’s first tour since 1997. Bikini Kill’s…