RIFF photographers’ favorite concert photos in 2023 included these shots of Arctic Monkeys, Future, Karol G, Kim Petras, Lil Wayne, Lupe Fiasco, Måneskin, MisterWives, Mr. Bungle, Muse, NF, P!nk, Post Malone, Queen, Static-X, Taylor Swift, Isley Brothers and Zach Bryan. We asked our photographers to share their favorite concert…

MisterWives perform at The Warfield in San Francisco on October 11, 2023. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — MisterWives and Bishop Briggs performed at the Warfield on Wednesday as their co-headlining Don’t Look Down tour winds down on the West Coast. The New York pop band focused their set primarily on…

MisterWives, “Nosebleeds.” Imagine the nicest person you know. Somebody who is fun, outgoing and is always looking at the bright side. Now imagine that person’s cool composure snaps, they walk out on the dance floor and smack the absolute tar out of someone while ’80s-synths and pop-rock guitar distortion…

Alfa Mist (left) and Bongeziwe Mabandla. We traipse through human emotions this week. Angry anthems by MisterWives, BERRIES and The Gulps contrast morose musings by Sondre Lerche, Charlotte Lawrence and Alfa Mist with Bongeziwe Mabandla. Finally, a sunny single from OTR helps us find light in all the darkness.…

RIFF photographers’ best work in 2021 included these shots of (clockwise from top left) Lil Baby, Lindsey Stirling, J Balvin, Murs, Black Veil Brides, Tinashe, Bleachers, MisterWives, J. Cole, Korn, Megan Thee Stallion and KISS. Concerts returned, first tentatively and then in full force. We asked our photographers to…

MisterWives perform at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on Nov. 23, 2021. Gary Chancer/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — New York pop band MisterWives took to the stage on Tuesday night for The Resilient Little Tour at the Regency Ballroom. And what a stage it was; covered in flowering vines,…

Misterwives perform during their “SUPERBLOOM: The Live Dream” livestream on Dec. 12, 2020. Courtesy of the band. MisterWives’ streamed performance on Saturday was an embodiment of what girl power in the music industry is all about: luminescent vocals and a rebel grandeur neatly wrapped up in the pizzazz of…

The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): The Jayhawks, Lady Gaga, Royce da 5’9”, Poppy, MisterWives, The Weeknd, Donna Missal, Caleb Landry Jones, Songhoy Blues and Homeboy Sandman. Welcome back to RIFF’s top album countdown! If you’re here just to complain about the order or lack…

MisterWives, “Superbloom.” In the several times I’ve interviewed New York’s MisterWives, it’s become my habit to ask vocalist Mandy Lee, drummer Etienne Bowler and their bandmates whether they’ve had any internal fights—something they pointed out at our first meeting hadn’t yet happened. Behind the scenes, Lee and Bowler were an…

Clockwise from top left: Flor, KAYE, Dreamer Boy, Savage Ga$p, SimxSantana and High Waisted. 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…