Charlie Puth performs at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on Nov. 7, 2022. Gavin Legaspi/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Singer-songwriter and producer Charlie Puth brought his One Night Only tour to the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall Monday night. The New Jersey native, who started out posting songs on…

Charlie Puth, “Charlie.” Pop singer Charlie Puth returns with his first full-length effort since 2018’s Voicenotes, Charlie. On the dozen songs here, he tries to capture a more personal self-portrait. Charlie Charlie Puth Atlantic, Oct. 7 6/10 Most of the tracks feature a subdued synth and loop combination, allowing for Puth’s…

Cultural phenomenon Ozzy Osbourne is a hard man to pin down. Is he the originator of the look and feel of heavy metal? A guy who managed to be in the right place at the right time? A doddering madman, deteriorated by decades of drug excess? Ordinary Man Ozzy…

Like all art, music leaves a cultural imprint representing the events, feelings, successes and failures of the time that birthed it. While various styles of music capture the experience of the groups that listen to it, Top 40 pop speaks for the masses. With 2020 around the corner, let’s…

Lil Nas X performs during WiLD 94.9’s Jungle Ball at The Masonic in San Francisco on Dec. 8, 2019. Photos courtesy iHeartRadio. SAN FRANCISCO — Rapper Lil Nas X has had a breakout 2019. Thanks to “Old Town Road” and debut album 7, he racked up a bevy of award…

Camila Cabello performs at Poptopia at SAP Center in San Jose on Dec. 1, 2018. Photos: Alessio Neri. SAN JOSE — The stars came out to shine Saturday night at SAP Center for the annual spectacle that is Poptopia. The concert, organized by 99.7 NOW, has quickly become one…

Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…