Clockwise from top left: Claire George, Jen Dior, DEYO, Ricky Remedy featuring Smokepurpp and Zay27, Puma Blue and Caitlyn Smith. 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…

Editor Daniel J. Willis’ reaction to Smokepurpp at Outside Lands. Design: Roman Gokhman. We here at RIFF try to keep things positive. Music, like all art, should bring joy and understanding to the world. Even when music highlights society’s problems, it inspires us to understand and change the underlying…

Ryu Kurosawa of Kikagaku Moyo performs at Golden Gate Park during Outside Lands on Aug. 11, 2018. Photo: Joaquin Cabello. I’m back with my best and worst of Day 2. Don’t worry, less than half is about pork products. I even mention music once or twice in there! Daoud…

Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on August 11, 2018. Photos: Shawn Robbins and Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Touting her new record, High As Hope, Florence and the Machine played her first U.S. show Saturday at Outside Lands with the new…