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…

Hozier, “Unreal Unearth.” Hozier has a style and artistry that seems to exist almost outside of time. While the Irish singer-songwriter draws on influences from folk, gospel and R&B, his sound is distinctly his own. Unreal Unearth Hozier Columbia, Aug. 18 8/10 Get the album on Amazon Music. His…

Roman Gokhman writes about his favorite interviews of the year: Cautious Clay, Rhett Miller, Suzannah Powell, Joseph, Aurora, Joy Williams, SHAED, K.Flay, Hozier, Ivory Layne, Yoke Lore, Lumineers, Just Loud, Josh Malerman, the Dandy Warhols and JR JR. As RIFF has continued to grow, my free time has continued…

Childish Gambino, Courtesy: Jerm Cohen/Outside Lands. Other photos by Joaquin Cabello and Martin Lacey. Staff. SAN FRANCISCO — Childish Gambino made the announcement shortly after taking the stage: He had just been told that his performance at Outside Lands had drawn the largest single crowd in the festival’s decade-plus history.…

Hozier, Courtesy: Alex Lake. After more than two years of constant touring in support of his debut album and massive hit “Take Me to Church,” Irish singer-songwriter Hozier needed time to recuperate. The grind of the road as well as the general state of the world—this was 2016, after all—had…

Hozier, “Wasteland, Baby.” Since releasing his 2014 self-titled debut as Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter Andrew Hozier-Byrne has only released a live EP and a single for the 2016 movie The Legend of Tarzan. It’s high time for a second full-length album. Enter Wasteland, Baby! This second outing is, perhaps, half of a solid…

Meet Hozier. That’s “Ho-zee-ehr” to you. Probably. Photo: Abby Williamson. You know how they say time goes faster and blurs together as you get older? Apparently, they’re right, because that was absolutely the case here. There are a few songs from this list that I could’ve sworn came out…

Hozier at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on Oct. 18, 2018. Photos: Abby Williamson (above) and Alessio Neri. SEATTLE and OAKLAND — When an artist comes out with a strong debut album, one hopes there’s not a long wait until they release the second. For Ireland’s Hozier, it felt like…

Hozier, courtesy. Any fans of Irish folk singer-songwriters out there? Born in County Wicklow on St. Patrick’s Day, 24-year-old Andrew Hozier-Byrne has released two EPs and is currently working on a full-length debut. The comparison mentioned in a press release I received was to a male Adele. I think Hozier is…