Clockwise from top left: Ida Maria, Claire George, Working Men’s Club, Matt Muse, Doss and Jax Anderson with K.Flay. “Sick of You” by Ida Maria is the punk rock song that perfectly captures the overwhelming feels and frustrations of the past year. Also, catch more songs by former Bay…

Clockwise from top left: Claire George, Jen Dior, DEYO, Ricky Remedy featuring Smokepurpp and Zay27, Puma Blue and Caitlyn Smith. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new…

This is the second year the RIFF staff has compiled our weekly new music column, Tuesday Tracks, highlighting standout tunes that were, perhaps, flying under the radar. And what a productive year 2018 was. Chloe Catajan, Max Heilman, Vic Silva, Tarandeep Kaur and Matthew Eaton took shifts plunging into an ocean of songs…

Claire George SAN FRANCISCO — Former Heartwatch frontwoman Claire George may now call Los Angeles home, but she still chose San Francisco’s Cafe Du Nord on Friday to debut her first EP as a solo singer-songwriter-producer, titled Bodies of Water. George, who had already released three contemplative singles from…

Jackie Venson 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…

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…

Photo: Molly DeCoudreaux The afternoon sky is overcast in San Francisco’s Mission District as indie rock and pop quintet Heartwatch gathers at the home of guitarist-keyboardist Eric Silverman to rehearse. The band is gearing up to play in front of another huge crowd: BottleRock Napa Valley. It’s potentially their most-significant…