Photos: John Mattimoe MILL VALLEY — Suzanne Santo mesmerized the audience at the Sweetwater Music Hall almost soon as she stepped on stage, her haunting voice practically stopping hearts as she belted out: “If we’re gonna drink, pour it straight. Don’t water down my whiskey babe.” Santo’s raw intensity mixed…

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…