West coast new romantic icon Riki has been touring a lot in the past few years. On the heels of releasing a new single, “Pulser,” she performs her first headlining show in the DMV at DC9 on Thursday, March 20.
We highly recommend that you catch this concert!
Riki released of two new songs on Friday — “Pulser” and “Devil’s Games.”
Stream “Pulser” by Riki on Bandcamp:
The evolution of Riki is as dynamic as it is undeniable; Riki’s music has steadily flowered with finesse, feeling, and vision.
In 2020, Riki released her widely acclaimed self-titled debut for Dais Records, reimagining moody new wave synthetics across a vibrant palette of melodic melancholia, prompting a string of rapturously received tours and festival appearances.
Riki unveiled her sophomore LP, Gold, in 2021 to mark another tier in her art-pop ascension. Produced by Telefon Tel Aviv’s Joshua Eustis, and echoing eclectic ’80s touchstones from Saâda Bonaire to Strawberry Switchblade and Bryan Ferry to Bananarama, Gold ultimately transcends its influences, fusing private heartbreak with anthemic emotion in swooning, singular fashion. “Marigold” was the lead single from the album: an idealized look at otherness becoming wholeness via dialogue between lovers.
Watch the official music video for “Marigold” by Riki on YouTube:
Los Angeles-based Riki is a visual artist and musician who, before founding her solo endeavor in 2017, was active in the deathrock/anarcho-punk scenes of the California Bay Area. (She was formerly a member of Crimson Scarlet.) She characterizes her lyrical muse as “very much what’s going on in my life, things I wanted to say but didn’t have the platform.”
Riki
W/ Delores Galore, Donzii
DC9
Thursday, March 20
Doors @ 7:30pm
$22.05
All ages
