Wilco, “Cousin.” The best compliment for a new Wilco record is saying you can’t wait for bedtime to lay in a dark room with headphones, soaking up the misery and patchy optimism in songs with unpredictable paths. Cousin Wilco dBpm Records, Sept. 29 8/10 Get the album on Amazon…

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…

  When California garage rocker Tim Presley of White Fence joined forces with Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon, the results subverted everyone’s expectations not only of them but of music in general. Under the moniker Drinks, the duo’s 2015 debut, Hermits On Holiday, flaunted its disdain for convention. Presley’s raw…