RIFF photographers’ favorite concert photos in 2024 included these shots of Kanye West, Green Day, System of a Down, Sting, Chris Brown, Elyanna, The Offspring, David Gilmour, Alejandro Fernández, Foo Fighters, James Arthur, The Hives, Tems, Ski Mask the Slump God, U2, Maxwell and Justice. We asked our photographers…

Justice performs at Portola Festival in San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2024. Matt Pang and Gavin Legaspi/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Portola Festival offered up its annual display of freedom of love and expression and celebration of all things electronic at Pier 80 over the weekend. Music lovers crowded around…

Justice, “Hyperdrama.” Things are ramping up quickly for Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, the French electronic music duo better known as Justice. The group’s latest album arrives on the heals of an appearance at Coachella, often a good indicator of upward trajectory. While the pair have made music…

Not actual footage of the French population on its way to burn down the First and Second estates on the inaugural Bastille Day. French history does not seem like a particularly metal subject. It seems like it would be heavy on horizontally-striped shirts, excessively long cigarette holders, berets and…

Photos: Jay Demetillo SAN FRANCISCO — Traditionally, at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, people embrace the mantra “New Year, New Me.” That may very well have been the case with the official grand opening of the San Francisco Armory as an event venue, as well as…