Clockwise from top left: Flor, KAYE, Dreamer Boy, Savage Ga$p, SimxSantana and High Waisted. 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 new singles, but who has time to…

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on March 21, 2019. Photos: Chloe Catajan. Photos: Chloe Catajan. OAKLAND — In the last stretch of his Upside Down Flowers tour, Andrew McMahon went all out to bring summertime early to the Fox Theater on Thursday. Palm…

Flor. Courtesy: Catie Laffoon NAPA — Zach Grace, McKinley Kitts, Dylan Bauld and Kyle Hill amble into the Napa Valley Expo bingo hall fresh off an energetic early set at Bottlerock, laughing and joking with each other, four voices crashing over each other. The four members of flor are…

Messing around with COIN at BottleRock Napa Valley on May 25, 2018. Photo: Roman Gokhman. I think this column is morphing into more of a “my favorite Roman stories” list, but what still holds true is that memorable interviews still lead better stories. I tell the RIFF staff, which…

Muse performs at BottleRock 2018. Photos: Alessio Neri, Martin Lacey and courtesy NAPA — Muse electrified BottleRock Napa Valley during the first day of the annual festival with a blistering set chock full of the band’s biggest hits from throughout its 20-year-old catalog. Muse defined what it means to be…