INSERT FOOT, Laura Jane Grace and Four Seasons Total Landscaping Day. Laura Jane Grace, who fronts punk band Against Me!, just announced she’ll play a solo set at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia on Aug 21. Admitting your career is over so blatantly seems kind of weird. But…

Neil Tennant (R) and Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys perform at The Royal Opera House in London on July 25, 2018. Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage. Pride Month is now a time for corporations to plaster their social media accounts with rainbow flags while leaving gay characters out of…

Neil Young (& Promise of the Real) perform at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2019. Photos: Shawn Robbins, staff and courtesy. NAPA — BottleRock Napa Valley’s Saturday headlining slots covered the generational and cultural spectrum. On one corner of the grounds, you’d find a…

Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers perform at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on March 24, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Laura Jane Grace and Against Me! drummer and producer Marc Hudson brought their intimate side project The Devouring Mothers to Bottom of the Hill Sunday…

Courtesy Da PugletPugs The one day a year when binge drinking is socially acceptable and every asshole with a Guinness in their hand is suddenly one-sixteenth Irish is upon us again. The RIFF team would be remiss in our duties if we did not supply you, our dear readers, with a soundtrack for…

Photos: Courtesy Pandora Laura Jane Grace used to be best known from Against Me!, a punk rock band famous for aggressive songs like “Thrash Unreal” and protest tunes like “White People For Peace.” More recently she’s become an outspoken critic of North Carolina’s anti-transgender bill, burning her birth certificate on stage at a…