NOFX, “Double Album.” Fat Mike and NOFX were holding out on us with their previous release. Double Album NOFX Fat Wreck Chords, Dec. 2 8/10 Turns out, there were more songs recorded for 2021’s Single Album that the band didn’t feel made the cut, but now we can all enjoy them…

It seems that things have taken a toll on frontman Fat Mike of NOFX, because Single Album oozes with the sense of decay and instability that comes with uncertainty, insecurity, controversy and tragedy. You can’t say Michael Burkett hasn’t taken these things head-on; however, addressing controversies, watching the passing of his…

Circa Survive performs at the 25th Anniversary Warped Tour at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on July 21, 2019. Photos: Gary Chancer. MOUNTAIN VIEW — The 25th and possibly final iteration of the Vans Warped Tour, dubbed by some as “punk rock summer camp,” went out with a…

Photos: Alessio Neri CONCORD — Thousands flocked to the Concord Pavilion Sunday to see a couple of the biggest names in punk and enjoy tastings from two dozen breweries at the Punk in Drublic festival. The headliners, Bad Religion and NOFX, incited chaos, in all the best ways. Punk in…

Courtesy Da PugletPugs The one day a year when binge drinking is socially acceptable and every asshole with a Guinness in their hand is suddenly one-sixteenth Irish is upon us again. The RIFF team would be remiss in our duties if we did not supply you, our dear readers, with a soundtrack for…