Christine and the Queens perform at Fox Theater in Oakland on Oct. 26, 2018. Photo: Shawn Robbins. This is the second in a three-part series. Read the introduction to learn how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” in PART 1. Favorite Shows 2017 | Favorite Shows…

Octavio Genera of The Soft White Sixties in San Francisco on March 24, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles rockers The Soft White Sixties don’t like to be put in a box. Their second LP, Alta California, is an eclectic and dynamic record that sees the band…

Photos: Joaquin Cabello SAN FRANCISCO — New York garage rockers Public Access T.V. brought their tour to Bottom of the Hill Saturday, fresh off releasing sophomore album Street Safari last month. The quartet’s set was crisp, fun and short enough to leave the small packed room wanting much more.…

The Soft White Sixties, courtesy. 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 new singles from all genres and backgrounds,…

Soul rockers The Soft White Sixties may have moved from the Bay Area to Los Angeles a year ago, but they have stayed busy. Besides touring seemingly constantly, making several returns to San Francisco, they had time to record a new EP. The Ocean Way was released Friday and has…

Jack White performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorim on Aug. 23, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. This is the second in a five-part series. Read how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” acts HERE. 10 – JACK WHITE at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – Aug. 23…

The Soft White Sixties, courtesy. Interviewing a band at the same time is always a challenge when it comes time to transcribe the audio. When I met up with the Bay Area’s The Soft White Sixties at their Berkeley recording studio shortly before the New Year, I wasn’t anticipating…

The Soft White Sixties, courtesy. BERKELEY — Octavio Genera, frontman and vocalist for San Francisco soul rock quartet The Soft White Sixties, sits in a plush chair in front of a futuristic dashboard of mixers and video monitors worthy of clandestine agency’s control center. The Soft White Sixties, No,…

Nine Inch Nails perform at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park on Aug. 10, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Nine Inch Nails perform at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park on Aug. 10, 2013. Also, check out videos and photos of Phoenix, Young the Giant, The Yeah…