Bôa (Jasmine Rodgers, Alex Caird and Lee Sullivan), courtesy Freddie Stisted. An introspective orchestral rock ballad from bôa, optimistic campfire jam from Ra Ra Riot, comforting synth-wave from Washed Out, emo rock by Carly Cosgrove, culture-blending electronic dance music from Barry Can’t Swim, late-night surf rock by Thin Lear…

Rachel Goodman’s top alt-rock and alt-pop songs of 2020. L to R; Row 1: Tame Impala, Caribou, Washed Out, Trace Mountains, The Big Moon, Future Islands. Row 2: Strfkr, Surfer Blood, Surf Rock Is Dead, Of Montreal, Hazel English, Suburban Living. Row 3: Jack River, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever,…

The best albums of 2020 include Washed Out, the Mountain Goats, Ethan Gruska, Tom Petty, Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, Logic, The Strokes, Moses Sumney, Fleet Foxes, Willie Nelson, Yves Tumor, Nicolas Jaar, Ed O’Brien, Charli XCX and Blackpink. After nearly a decade of living through 2020, we’re finally…

Washed Out, “Purple Noon.” After experimenting with jazzy psychedelia and abstract songwriting on his third record, 2017’s Mister Mellow, Georgia producer-songwriter and chillwave artist Ernest Greene, better known as Washed Out, is back to his bread and butter on his return to Sup Pop Records with Purple Noon. Purple…

Washed Out performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Aug. 16, 2017. The project of Ernest Greene will perform a DJ set several days before Noise Pop 2020 kicks off next week. RIFF STAFF. San Francisco’s yearly Noise Pop Music Festival always seems to feature a billionty bands.…

Photos: Jay Demetillo   OAKLAND — Backed with dream-like visuals and synth-heavy beats, Washed Out enamored the Fox Theater crowd one song after another on Wednesday night. Playing most of his songs off his new album, Mister Mellow, Ernest Greene has come a long way as a musician. From creating beats in…

Stevie Wonder performs at Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2012. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Stevie Wonder performs at Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2012. Check out more photos and a video playlist from the 2012 iteration of…