There’s that adage about how each new decade brings a trend of nostalgic revival of whatever was trending 30 years prior. As we enter  the 2020s, one would expect a ’90s revival; yet Australian band Cut Copy once again summons its synth-pop ancestors on its sixth studio album, appropriately titled Freeze, Melt.…

Vein, courtesy. 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 new singles from all genres and backgrounds, so you can…

  Photos: Kyle Kohner LOS ANGELES — “How is our sound still working?” Cut Copy frontman Dan Whitford joked after a brief downpour interrupted the Aussie trio’s ’80s-inspired synth-pop set Saturday during the Air & Style festival at Exposition Park, near the USC campus. The rain sent many scurrying toward any available…

Kyle Kohner’s five-part series ranking the 50 best albums of 2017 continues with numbers 40 to 31. Missed the first entry? Start at the beginning. 40. Ariel Pink – Dedicated to Baby Jameson Dedicated to Bobby Jameson signals a return to Ariel Pink’s roots with a lo-fi approach, thus making this project feel less manufactured…

Cut Copy had always been a fun but polarizing group of electro-rockers. Over the years, the group consistently besieged ears with a sugar-coated pop sound that many continue to dismiss for its simplicity. Even now, pretentious cynics still undervalue Cut Copy as mere Nu Romantic counterfeits from the ‘80s. Those listeners…

The Presets, courtesy. SAN FRANCISCO — At last summer’s Download Festival, Australian electro-rocker trio Cut Copy overcame playing in the daytime and put up one of the best performances of the event. They worked the crowd into a tizzy for their entire 45-minute set. Sunday night at a sold-out show…

Cut Copy, courtesy. This story originally appeared in the Oakland Tribune. Australian dance-pop trio Cut Copy has a secondary mission as it embarks on its largest headlining tour of America and Mexico: Drink as much good coffee at as many different coffee shops as possible. Cut Copy, the Presets…

The Jesus and Mary Chain performs at The Fillmore in San Francisco on Oct. 19, 2017. SAN FRANCISCO — The folks behind this year’s Download Festival, held Saturday at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, targeted fans of newer bands in the dance, alternative and Britpop molds, as well…