RIFF’s best albums of 2024 include Ariana Grande, Zach Bryan, Suki Waterhouse, Rosali, Doechii, Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson), Father John Misty, A.G. Cook, Fontaines D.C., Remi Wolf, Norah Jones, Pearl Jam, Maggie Rogers, Nilüfer Yanya and Ray Lamontagne. Never before has the music landscape been so fragmented. But…

Zedd, “Telos” Telos is almost entirely collaborative with Zedd featuring eight different artists on nine out of its 10 tracks. Producer and DJ Anton Zaslavski pulled in the likes of John Mayer, Brit rockers Muse and Remi Wolf, all of whom brought their own sound to Zedd’s third album…

Remi Wolf performs at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on Jan. 24, 2022. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Bay-Area-born Junior Olympics ski racer turned American Idol contestant and now TikTok-viral pop singer Remi Wolf took the stage on Monday night at The Regency Ballroom to continue to “[break]…

Clockwise from top left: Little Hag, Kate Bollinger, LÉON, Remi Wolf, Sloppy Jane and MUNA. The intimate world-building of Kate Bollinger, soaring orchestral pop of Sloppy Jane, the soft-lit cynicism of Little Hag, bright turn-of-the-century anthemic pop rock of MUNA, slow dance time capsule of LÉON and the funky…

Clockwise from top left: Gillian, Charlie Burg, Dream Wife, Miquela and Teyana Taylor, Low Cut Connie, andCautious Clay with Remi Wolf and Sophie Meiers. Low Cut Connie, “Private Lives” — Low Cut Connie’s Adam Weiner explores people at their most authentic—namely, who they are in private. The single has an infectious hook that’s…

PORTLAND, ORE. — While the impending bomb cyclone was the popular topic of conversation Tuesday in western Oregon, New York musician Cautious Clay tempered worries, at least temporarily, with a simmering set of electronic soul, rock and blues-inflected R&B. The singer-producer-flautist-saxophonist-guitarist, who headlined the Fillmore in San Francisco the…