Clockwise from top left: Catholic Action, The Ocean Blue, Yoke Lore and Jax Anderson, Lauren Ruth Ward, Kasador and Ruthie Collins. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of…

Bishop Briggs performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2019. Photos: Gary Chancer. SAN FRANCISCO — Bishop Briggs let it be known that she was a champion on Saturday as she brought her infectious energy to the Warfield. Opening with “Champion” a new track from her…

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…

Photos: Ian Young SAN FRANCISCO — Imagine Detroit singer-songwriter Jax Anderson inside a phone booth filled with water. In this scenario, she would touch all of the H2O molecules in that phone booth every few minutes. Anderson, who records and performs as Flint Eastwood, constantly stayed in motion at her Popscene show…

Flint Eastwood (Jax Anderson), courtesy. In classic Westerns, the cowboys wear white hats or black hats, and those Stetsons often represent the characters’ true personality: righteous or evil. Spaghetti Western-loving Detroit singer-songwriter Jax Anderson, who performs as Flint Eastwood, has also used her noggin cover to make more than a…

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…