Lizzo performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 27, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. NAPA — The impact was quick, if not immediate. The tension and excitement had been building, people jockeying for position and moving in as close to the stage as they could. With…

SG Lewis, “AudioLust & HigherLove.” SG Lewis knows the value of a dynamics in music. Having worked with the likes of Elton John, Dua Lipa and Tove Lo as a producer and cowriter, the British artist is familiar with how to craft a song from many different sources of…

Tove Lo, “Dirt Femme.” On Dirt Femme, her fifth album, Swedish pop songstress Tove Lo delivers another strong collection of synth-infused pop anthems. This time out, she digs deeper into femininity more broadly, writing songs of vulnerability. Now married, she’s said that she feels she can be rough around…

RIFF photographers’ best work in 2020 included these shots of Poppy, Seventeen, The Struts, Colony House, Little Image, KISS, Injury Reserve, Suzi Analogue, Elbow, Tones & I, Thundercat, Thrice, Tove Lo, George Clinton and Ramblin’ Jack Elliot. In this abbreviated year of concerts, we asked our photographers to provide…

Tove Lo performs at The Masonic in San Francisco on Feb. 28, 2020. Adam Pardee/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Even with a tour injury, Tove Lo could not keep from dancing during the entirety of show set at the Masonic on Thursday. The Swedish dark-pop sensation straight out of the…

Tove Lo, “Sunshine Kitty.” Often hailed as grunge’s response to synth-pop, Swedish songwriter Tove Lo takes a noticeable turn from her dark past on Sunshine Kitty. The album journeys through the divergent paths of love and romance, but does so with a more uplifting tone. It’s a potent shift from…

Photos: Alessio Neri OAKLAND — Tove Lo‘s set of relatable songs resonated for a couple hours afterward, but that is the biggest compliment one could give about her show at the Fox Theater Wednesday. If not for the suggestive dancing that accompanies the music, Lo’s set would have been forgotten sooner. It didn’t…