Bell X1 9 p.m., Wednesday, March 1 The Chapel Tickets: $20-$22. Dublin mood-rockers Bell X1 return to the United States this month, supporting their seventh LP, Arms, and we’ve got your tickets to the show at The Chapel on March 1. As singer Paul Noonan told RIFF in October, Arms…

This weekend is looking like a good one for the folk fans and bluegrass buffs. The Kitchen Dwellers and Gipsy Moon will be playing at the Great American Music Hall on Friday. The two groups are currently on their nationwide co-headlining tour and RIFF is giving you a chance…

Dan Layus TONIGHT Slim’s Tickets: $18-$43 Is the current state of the country bumming you out? RIFF understands. So does singer-guitarist Dan Layus, which is why Layus wants you to join him tonight at Slim’s. Layus, formerly of Augustana, is currently on his Dangerous Things tour and is the…

Kolkota duo Parekh & Singh defy the common perceptions of what it means to be a band from India. Their recently released debut album Ocean is a whimsical dose of folky dream pop. It’s an antithesis to the vivid technicolor and bombast of Bollywood, and there are no sitars in sight.…

Zak Starkey and Sshh Liguz are SSHH. Photos: Celine Teo-Blockey LOS ANGELES – It’s three days after the election and President-elect Donald Trump is about to head out to the White House. I, meanwhile, am at the Hollywood Hills bungalow that Zak Starkey and his longtime partner, Sshh Liguz,…

Jackie Greene Annual Birthday/Thanksgiving Show, with Phil Lesh and friends 8 p.m., Saturday The Warfield Tickets: $29.50-$40. Celebrating a birthday can be fun, but how much cooler would it be if you were a successful singer-songwriter who’s worked with some of the biggest names across several genres? Fans of Jackie…

Did you miss out on getting tickets to the sold-out Majid Jordan show at the Regency Ballroom next Wednesday? As a consolation, RIFF has a pair of tickets to the the Toronto R&B duo’s afterparty at Social Hall SF, which will feature an appearance and DJ set from the Drake…

Jerry Lee Lewis, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, and Paul McCartney all on the same stage? It has happened, though perhaps not in a normal festival timeframe. They are just a few artists who’ve performed live at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies…

Scottish twins Charlie and Craig Reid, better known as The Proclaimers, are making a stop in San Francisco on their latest North American tour. They play the Great American Music Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The Proclaimers, Jenny O 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 19 Great American Music Hall Tickets:…

Temples, Riptides 9 p.m., Saturday Great American Music Hall Tickets: $21. Temples are playing at the Great American Music Hall this Saturday, and RIFF wants to send you to the show. The psychedelic rock band from Kettering, England, begins their 13-city North American tour this week. Their debut album, 2014’s…