Phoenix photographed at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, on June 10, 2017. Photo: Alessio Neri RIFF doubled in readership in 2017, and as editor-in-chief, so did my workload. As one of five people running our humble little publication on a day-to-day basis, while planning as far out as…

Photo: Jay Demetillo This is the final in a three-part series. Read how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” acts in PART 1 and 10 through 6 in PART 2. Favorite Shows 2016 | Favorite Shows 2015 | Favorite Shows 2014 Favorite Shows 2013 | Favorite Shows 2012 5 – TOM PETTY at BottleRock…

Dreamcar performs at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on April 9, 2017. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — A few minutes into L.A. new wave band Dreamcar’s sold-out show at the Great American Music Hall show on Sunday, it became difficult to remember this band was playing…

Dreamcar, courtesy Steve Erle. The last time drummer Adrian Young played a “first show” with a band he called his own was in 1989, when the 19-year-old became a member of a little-known punk and ska collective called No Doubt. Dreamcar, Oslo 8 p.m., Sunday Great American Music Hall…

Third Eye Blind in 1998. Photo: Otto Kitsinger 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, April 3 to 10. Our concert calendar features artists of all genres, with a focus on the best…

Dreamcar. Courtesy: Steve Erle. If it took you this long to piece together that new wave and synth rock band Dreamcar is actually comprised of members of No Doubt and AFI’s frontman, Davey Havok, and then cruise over to the Great American Music Hall website to buy tickets to…

Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Oftentimes, new singles are lost among the sea of radio hits and artists that are tough to sort out on Spotify go unnoticed—these are the hidden gems we’ve decided to share. This month, we’re starting a weekly feature for…