Red Rum Club, courtesy. We’ve got Canadian pop from Dan Mangan, alt-country gone minimalist from Rhett Miller of Old 97’s, folk from Hand Habits, a synth-pop lullaby from mmeadows, bruk revival from WheelUP and Kaidi Tatham, trumpet-flavored rock from Red Rum Club, shoegaze dream-pop from Bolinas and folk-pop harmonies…

The best albums of 2021 include Bleachers, My Morning Jacket, Ryley Walker, ZHU, Diana Ross, Made Kuti and Femi Kuti, Allison Russell, Chris Pierce, Hand Habits, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney, Weezer, Amy Shark and Heartless Bastards. Welcome back to RIFF’s year-end album roundup! If you’re joining us…

Clockwise from top left: Destroy Boys, BLACKSTARKIDS, Reva DeVito, iamnotshane, Hand Habits and Juice. BLACKSTARKIDS make you feel like you’re the star of your very own coming-of-age movie in this week’s Tuesday Tracks, which also include the airy melodies of Reva DeVito and Midas Hutch, the righteous anger of…

Photos: Paige K. Parsons SAN FRANCISCO — With some artists, what you hear on the album is what you hear in concert. It’s either because their songs are written to be played live or because it just works for both; there’s little difference between the two. Others, however, rearrange…