The best albums of 2021 include Jackson Browne, J Balvin, Cheekface, Jame Blake, Tori Amos, Billy Gibbons, IDLES, Paul Weller, Jon Batiste, Rostam, The Killers and Between the Buried and Me. Welcome back to RIFF’s top album countdown! If you’re here just to complain about the order or lack…

Pearl Jam performs at Oracle Arena in Oakland on Nov. 26, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. First off, yes, I’m doing the Christmas column nearly a week before Christmas. It’s the last pre-Christmas column. Blame the concept of time. Anyway, at the risk of going full Grinch on you, I can’t…

Photos: Brandon Jernigan ZZ Top, the “little ol’ band from Texas,” didn’t waste any time shooting the breeze Sunday night at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco. Playing the second of two Bay Area shows on a tour supporting new live compilation album Live – Greatest Hits From Around…

ZZ Top. Courtesy. For nearly 47 years, prospector-bearded guitarist Billy Gibbons and bassist Dusty Hill, along with ironically clean-shaven drummer Frank Beard, have been uniting catchy blues rock and boldly humorous lyrics with raunchy innuendo as ZZ Top. ZZ Top 7 p.m., Saturday Mountain Winery in Saratoga Tickets: $69.5-$229.50. 8 p.m., Sunday…