Bloc Party performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on Nov. 20, 2019. Alessio Neri/Staff. SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been a while since Bloc Party has performed in the Bay Area. Wednesday, the British band, one of the last acts from the mid-aughts post-punk revival still active, finally returned, playing…

MØ performs at The Fox Theater in Oakland on Feb. 9, 2019. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. SACRAMENTO and OAKLAND — Taking the stage in a black wide-brimmed hat, white cut-off tank-top and black jeans, MØ began her show at Ace of Spades in Sacramento on Feb. 2 with “Purple Like the Summer…

Courtesy: Eliza Soros With MS MR, the New York electro-pop duo behind indie hits like “Hurricane” and “Bones,” label-head Lizzy Plapinger got her first taste of the music industry from the perspective of an artist. Cuco, LPX 9 p.m., Friday Popscene at Rickshaw Stop Tickets: $13. HAIM, LPX 8…

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 sort through all that? RIFF does! We’ve pooled our resources to find some of…