Kendrick Lamar performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2023. Let’s start with the standard history lesson for those of you just joining us: In 2018 I completed a quest to list my top five (or so) songs for every…

Does Avial celebrate Holi? Look, I’ll address the elephant in the room: Last week I used a holiday as an excuse to highlight bands from another country, and this week I’m also using a holiday to highlight bands from another country. I’ll own up to that. But it’s not…

Babymetal performs at The Warfield in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2019. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. Welcome to RIFF Rewind, the column that living legend LeVar Burton once read. LeVar Burton read something I wrote and I’m going to bring that up at every possible opportunity for the rest of my…