Clockwise from top left: STACEY, Faye Webster, Azure Ray, Lydia Ainsworth, Black Map and Lucy Dacus. Whether you’re listening to the resonant rock of Lucy Dacus, confessional folk from Faye Webster or the post-hardcore heaviness of Black Map, this week’s selections are a treat for the ears. We round…

You could call it “pop.” Or maybe “dance.” Even “mystical.” Lydia Ainsworth’s second album, Darling of the Afterglow, seems to defy labels, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Lydia Ainsworth 8:30 p.m., Saturday Swedish American Hall Tickets: $13-$15 “I feel like there are a lot of bands today…

Tinache, courtesy. 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…