Zach Bryan performs at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on May 31, 2024. Steve Carlson/STAFF. The lineup for Outside Lands Music Festival 2025 has yet to be announced, but music fans now know who’s playing at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on the following weekend. Concert promoter Another Planet…

RIFF’s best albums of 2024 include Ariana Grande, Zach Bryan, Suki Waterhouse, Rosali, Doechii, Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson), Father John Misty, A.G. Cook, Fontaines D.C., Remi Wolf, Norah Jones, Pearl Jam, Maggie Rogers, Nilüfer Yanya and Ray Lamontagne. Never before has the music landscape been so fragmented. But…

Zach Bryan performs at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland on May 31, 2024. Steve Carlson/STAFF. OAKLAND — Not even the I-880 chicken and beef special could stop Zach Bryan from playing to the biggest crowd of his life. While a semi crash on the freeway spilled raw meat all over…

RIFF photographers’ favorite concert photos in 2023 included these shots of Arctic Monkeys, Future, Karol G, Kim Petras, Lil Wayne, Lupe Fiasco, Måneskin, MisterWives, Mr. Bungle, Muse, NF, P!nk, Post Malone, Queen, Static-X, Taylor Swift, Isley Brothers and Zach Bryan. We asked our photographers to share their favorite concert…

Zach Bryan performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. on Aug. 21, 2023. Sean Liming/STAFF. OAKLAND — “I’m really sorry it’s Monday,” country star Zach Bryan said at the outset of his show at Oakland Arena. “If it was up to me, no one would have to go in…

The best albums of 2022 include Amanda Shires, Mitski, Shinedown, Jack White, Sharon Van Etten, Luke Combs, Blackpink, Broken Bells, Lamb of God, Bad Omens, Noah Cyrus, Kevin Morby, Freedy Johnston and Zach Bryan. Welcome back! Or, if this is your first click into our list of the best…