We are witnessing the dawning of a new age in the artistic journey of Florida hip-hop icon Denzel Curry. The rapper has been forthcoming about the drastic change in style that fans can expect to come from his new release, Melt My Eyez See Your Future. He’s said he wants…

Ho99o9, “SKIN.” The fusion of punk and hip-hop have had a tumultuous history, dating all the way back when Dee Dee Ramone briefly became Dee Dee King for one of the most out there rap albums ever made. Naturally, things did improve over time with artists like The Beastie…

Camae Ayewa rose from Philadelphia’s DIY music scene under the moniker Moor Mother, delivering a unique combination of industrial noise, abstract hip-hop and slam poetry. Her 2016 debut, Fetish Bones, proved a disturbing commentary on the era started by that year’s presidential election. In the midst of societal chaos and…

Kamaal Williams will perform Friday at the Starline Social Club for the annual Noise Pop Music Festival. Hardly anyone goes to music festivals without at least one must-watch band. Still, it’s almost impossible to properly familiarize yourself with giant lineups like Noise Pop. Everything from maddening noise rock to sexy trap…

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 sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…