RIFF’s best albums of 2023 include Olivia Rodrigo, Paramore, Lana Del Rey, Mitski, boygenius, Slowdive, Hozier, Yves Tumor, Foo Fighters, Corinne Bailey Rae, Kylie Minogue, The Clientele, Avenged Sevenfold, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, Caroline Polachek, Blur, Feist, Sonic Youth and Billy Woods with Kenny Segal. Our album reviews are…

Feist, “Multitudes.” Leslie Feist has been feeling it all during the pandemic. Multitudes is her sixth album, and her first in six years. Inspired by the birth of her daughter and impacted by the sudden death of her father, Feist confronts her place in the world and her sense…

“1, 2, 3, 4/ Get your wo”—oops; wrong song. Sorry, Feist. I’ve made abundantly and repeatedly clear that I’m not a fan of most music from the ’00s, especially the death throes of alt rock and hip-hop’s transition to being all about how rich rappers are. This is making…

After a seven-year hiatus, Broken Social Scene is back with new album Hug of Thunder. The Canadian collective is as famous for their sprawling, emotional, baroque-pop as their ability to swell from 10 to 19 members onstage, at any given show. These days, they continue to grow concomitantly off-stage as well. Broken…

Feist, “Pleasure.” There’s a moment on the new Feist album, Pleasure, that calls back to her breakthrough album The Reminder. As the track “Any Party” winds down, the sounds of someone (let’s assume it’s Ms. Leslie Feist) leaving the party rise to the forefront as the music fades away.…