RIFF’s best albums of 2023 include the Rolling Stones, Blink-182, Cleo Sol, Miley Cyrus, Allison Russell, Victoria Monét, Kali Uchis, Fall Out Boy, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Manchester Orchestra, Janelle Monáe, JPEGMafia with Danny Brown, Blondshell, Doja Cat, Andre 3000, Mick Jenkins, Sir Chloe, Ryuchi Sakamoto, James…

Fall Out Boy performs at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on July 5, 2023. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — If you thought the crack of explosive fireworks ended with the Fourth of July, Fall Out Boy would like to have a word. The Chicago band rolled into…

Fall Out Boy, “So Much (For) Stardust.” So Much (For) Stardust, the eighth album from Fall Out Boy, is less of a return to a band’s original sound and more of an infusion of the spirit of those early years into the band you see today. So Much (for)…

Green Day performs during the Hella Mega Tour at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2021. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — It wasn’t the first post-pandemic concert here but the Hella Mega Tour at Oracle Park on Friday—with Green Day, Fall Out Boy, Weezer and the Interrupters—was…

Is there anything that Weezer cannot do? Mere months after releasing OK Human, its 14th studio album, the veteran band is back with Van Weezer, its metal-inspired pandemic-delayed album that’s more than a year in the making. Now, this isn’t a metal album, per se, but it pulls from the…

Brian Posehn performs at ID10T Festival at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View on June 25, 2017. Chloe Catajan/Staff. You’ve definitely seen Brian Posehn as an actor. Even if the name doesn’t ring a bell, you’ve seen him in something. He has 119 acting credits on IMDb. In the last…

Grandpa Metal is Brian Posehn’s first metal album. It’s not his first album. The actor, writer and comedian has released numerous comedy albums. He’s also released a few metal songs by himself, though for this album, Posehn didn’t go it alone. Grandpa Metal Brian Posehn Megaforce Records, Feb. 13…