BERKELEY — Hope Sandoval and Colm Ó Cíosóig have both made a name for themselves with other bands; she as the vocalist of dream pop band Mazzy Star and he as the drummer of shoegaze pioneers My Bloody Valentine. Together, they make laid-back tunes as Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions, and Friday…

Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the…