Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…

Royal Teeth, courtesy. Louisiana pop sextet Royal Teeth will make its third San Francisco stop within a 12-month stretch Thursday, when it headlines at the Chapel. Still touring in support of 2013’s Technicolor debut album, Glow, harmonizing vocalists Nora Patterson and Gary Larsen (also a guitarist), bassist Joshua Wells,…

Marina and the Diamonds perform on April 17, 2015 at the Warfield in San Francisco. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. This is the final part in a five-part series. Read how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” acts in PART 1, the runners-up in PART 2, 15 through 11…

Royal Teeth performs at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on June 29, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Louisiana’s rich musical history is packed with trumpets, washboards and accordions, and jazz, zydeco and blues are its mainstays. Southern Louisiana sextet Royal Teeth features none of those traditional elements. Royal Teeth,…

Royal Teeth, courtesy. Royal Teeth are going places. When I first saw them play in February, their opening set stole the show. I spoke to vocalist Nora Patterson and guitarist-vocalist Gary Larsen recently. Their first headlining set in San Francisco is June 29 at Bottom of the Hill. Their…

A Silent Film performs at Slim’s in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2013. Romann Gokhman/STAFF. This year I’m trying to keep a thorough list of all the shows I see, so that at the end I can have an accurate list of my favorites. This put the Wednesday performance…