Matt Corby, courtesy Billy Zammit. Tuesday Tracks brings forth a handful of first-timers and two return visitors this week. We delve into global issues with Matt Corby, lament relationship struggles with tracks by LANNDS and Sylo, and stomp on blood-sucking parasites with Dream Wife. Illiterate Light and Hatchie both…

Dream Wife, “So When You Gonna…” Icelandic-U.K. trio Dream Wife is back following its 2018 self-titled debut. Sophomore album So When You Gonna… finds the band on both ends of the pop-punk spectrum. From loud, screamed anthems to poetic mellow ballads; Dream Wife tries a little of this and that without…

Clockwise from top left: Gillian, Charlie Burg, Dream Wife, Miquela and Teyana Taylor, Low Cut Connie, andCautious Clay with Remi Wolf and Sophie Meiers. Low Cut Connie, “Private Lives” — Low Cut Connie’s Adam Weiner explores people at their most authentic—namely, who they are in private. The single has an infectious hook that’s…

Christine and the Queens perform at Fox Theater in Oakland on Oct. 26, 2018. Photo: Shawn Robbins. This is the second in a three-part series. Read the introduction to learn how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” in PART 1. Favorite Shows 2017 | Favorite Shows…

Quicksand performs at the Great American Music Hall on July 18. Dashboard Confessional, Thrice and others also made Joaquin Cabello’s list of favorite shows in 2018. Music has always been something substantial in my life, whether it was playing in bands or taking photos on and off-stage. It has been…

Dream Wife performs at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — U.K. garage pop and punk band Dream Wife was sugar and spice and acidic bite Tuesday at Cafe Du Nord, at its first San Francisco show. Bassist Bella Podpadec, guitarist…

Dream Wife. Courtesy: Hollie Fernando “I’m gonna fuck you up, I’m gonna cut you up,” sings Rakel Mjöll of Dream Wife on “F.U.U.,” the closer to the Icelandic-U.K. pop-punk trio’s explosive 2018 debut album. Dream Wife RUSSO, BTCHKRFT 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9 Cafe du Nord Tickets: $12-$14. The song…

Dream Wife, self-titled. The countercultural, nonconformist, confrontational nature of punk reaches far beyond three-chord riffs—a reality foundational to the cleverly named Icelandic-British trio Dream Wife. Finding its main influences in Madonna and David Bowie, two legendary examples of punk manifesting far outside its stereotype, these three are set to carry the…

Deerhoof, courtesy. We pooled our resources to find some of the best new singles from all genres and backgrounds, so you can find your newest earworm without all the drama. Enjoy this week’s hidden gems. Deerhoof, “I Will Spite Survive” — Deerhoof fans know that the San Francisco art rock…

RIFF wants you to get out to more shows! To help you with that, here are our picks for where to go and who to see next week, March 20 to 27. Our concert calendar features artists of all genres, with a focus on the best hidden gems the local music scene has to offer. If you’re…