Alfa Mist (left) and Bongeziwe Mabandla. We traipse through human emotions this week. Angry anthems by MisterWives, BERRIES and The Gulps contrast morose musings by Sondre Lerche, Charlotte Lawrence and Alfa Mist with Bongeziwe Mabandla. Finally, a sunny single from OTR helps us find light in all the darkness.…

Charlotte Lawrence performs at Noise Pop at Swedish American Hall in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2019. Photos: Sean Liming. SAN FRANCISCO — From the moment the setlist was taped to the stage, a setlist that Charlotte Lawrence wouldn’t be able to follow, very little went according to plan…

Kamaal Williams will perform Friday at the Starline Social Club for the annual Noise Pop Music Festival. Hardly anyone goes to music festivals without at least one must-watch band. Still, it’s almost impossible to properly familiarize yourself with giant lineups like Noise Pop. Everything from maddening noise rock to sexy trap…

Stove, “Mosquiter.” 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…