Phoenix photographed at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, on June 10, 2017. Photo: Alessio Neri RIFF doubled in readership in 2017, and as editor-in-chief, so did my workload. As one of five people running our humble little publication on a day-to-day basis, while planning as far out as…

Max Hershenow and Alex Winston are Post Precious. Courtesy: Catie Laffoon. Michigan singer-songwriter Alex Winston and MS MR’s Max Hershenow are so over big labels. Together as new duo Post Precious, Winston and Hershenow are going back to basics when it comes to writing, recording and releasing their own…

MS MR prior to their show at the Independent in San Francisco on June 16, 2013. Jennifer Gokhman/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — To be fair, Lizzy Plapinger did not force herself onto Max Hershenow, who had sent the Neon Gold Records cofounder an email asking if she knew singers interested…

MS MR perform at the Independent in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. I met up with Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow in June, prior to MS MR‘s opening set for CSS at the Independent. It was the duo’s second time performing in San Francisco, and their…