Tag Archives: poppy
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ALBUM REVIEW: Poppy lives up to her name on alt-pop variant ‘Zig’
Poppy, “Zig.” Poppy has tested out just about ever corner of rock, from heavy metal to lo-fi, Kawaii metal and grunge. She’s left few stones unturned. Since the artist, born Moriah Rose Pereira, is an adventurer, she turned toward alt-pop on Zig to keep covering new ground. Zig Poppy Sumerian,…
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REVIEW: Smashing Pumpkins, Jane’s Addiction in fine form at Chase Center
The Smashing Pumpkins perform at Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 15, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — “Cherub Rock” was the dividing line. It was getting late in the Smashing Pumpkins’ almost two-hour set Tuesday night at Chase Center. Until then, the crowd was pretty evenly spaced, age-wise,…
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QUICK TAKES: Shapeshifting Poppy defiant on biting ‘Stagger’ EP
Poppy performs at UC Theatre in Berkeley on March 8, 2022. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. Alt-rock shapeshifter Poppy returns with Stagger, the follow-up to 2021’s Flux and the singer’s first release on her new label. Stagger EP Poppy Lava/Republic, Oct. 14 8/10 Musically, the four-song set feels like a natural evolution from Flux, which…
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REVIEW: Poppy comes alive at spirited Berkeley gig
Poppy performs at the UC Theatre in Berkeley on March 8, 2022. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. BERKELEY — The always enigmatic Poppy returned to the Bay Area on Wednesday, bringing her Never Find My Place Tour to the UC Theatre. The name was fitting for an artist who seems to thrive on not…
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The 108 best albums of 2021: 30-21
The best albums of 2021 include Doja Cat, Poppy, Desperate Journalist, Demi Lovato, Garbage, James McMurtry, Deafheaven, Parquet Courts and Polo G. Best of 2021 We’re in the top 30 now! You’ve hopefully been waiting on the edge of your seat for a full week to get to this…
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REVIEW: Poppy packs plenty of punch, goes with the flow on ‘Flux’
“Flux,” by Poppy. Just when you think you’ve got Poppy figured out, think again. On her new album, Flux, the musical shapeshifter stays within the rock universe but taps into a much different musical space than her prior efforts. That’s not to say Poppy (whose name is Moriah Pereira) leaves…
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RIFF REWIND 2020: Run the Jewels, Taylor Swift and Poppy
Taylor Swift, courtesy: Beth Garrabrant. Way, way back in 2018, long before the sickness came, I had the crazy idea to list my five (or so) songs of every year from 1967 to the then-present day of 2018. Amazingly, I actually did it. It was a lot of years…
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RIFF’s best concert photography of 2020, starring Tove Lo and KISS
RIFF photographers’ best work in 2020 included these shots of Poppy, Seventeen, The Struts, Colony House, Little Image, KISS, Injury Reserve, Suzi Analogue, Elbow, Tones & I, Thundercat, Thrice, Tove Lo, George Clinton and Ramblin’ Jack Elliot. In this abbreviated year of concerts, we asked our photographers to provide…
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The 75 best albums of 2020: 50-41
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…
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REVIEW: Poppy lights up the Great American Music Hall at ‘I Disagree’ Tour opener
Poppy performs at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 22, 2020. Photos: Chloe Catajan SAN FRANCISCO — The opening night of any tour always brings some specter of intrigue and excitement. For pop and hard rock enigma Poppy, there was an extra shroud of mystery in…