Tag Archives: Sofi Tukker
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Tuesday Tracks: Your Weekly New Music Discovery – June 1
Clockwise from top left: Sofi Tukker featuring Amadou & Mariam, Cola Boyy, Gunnar Gehl, Wye Oak, Ladyhawke, The Academic, BC Camplight and BOY. By now, at least in California, most of us have been vaccinated. If not, go see your local pharmacy. The hottest ticket may be your vaccination…
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Rachel Goodman’s top 25 alt-rock and alt-pop songs of 2019
Rachel Goodman’s favorite alt-rock and alt-pop songs of the year for 2019 include The Dandy Warhols, The Knocks, Nilüfer Yanya, Strand of Oaks, Sharon Van Etten, Better Oblivion Community Center, Kirin J. Callinan, Mikal Cronin, The New Pornographers, Jenny Lewis and Cigarettes After Sex. Rounding up my favorite songs…
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Q&A: Sofi Tukker follows initial success by going even “harder”
Sofi Tukker, courtesy Shervin Lainez. SAN FRANCISCO — Their biggest song may be sung in Portuguese, with more on the way in that language, but Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern of New York dance pop duo Sofi Tukker pull inspiration from whatever city or country they happen to be…
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Outside Lands musicians on the ultimate festival experience
Photos courtesy: Andrew Jorgensen/Outside Lands Ten years in, the Outside Lands Music Festival has become one of the most iconic music gatherings in the U.S. Which other festival offers a top-notch lineup alongside giant lit-up cypress trees in a magical fairy forest in the middle of a bustling metropolis?…
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Celine Teo-Blockey’s 7 albums to watch for in 2017
Sofi Tukker As I finish this list from across the ocean in Australia, I can’t help but reminisce on what an unpredictable, and oftentimes sad year 2016 has been for music fans. Starting with the tragic passing of David Bowie in January: A fearless visionary, iconoclast and personal hero.…
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Q&A: Sofi Tukker pulls from Brazilian poetry, bossa nova to make its art
Photos: Nick DeCicco TREASURE ISLAND — During a waterlogged weekend at the final Treasure Island Music Festival, New York-based house and dance pop duo Sofi Tukker was one of the few artists who managed to avoid the rain and winds, playing hours before Mother Nature swooped in. That gave Sophie Hawley-Weld…
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Rain soaks, slows Treasure Island festival on day one
Photos: Diana Cordero, Nick DeCicco and Ian Young TREASURE ISLAND — Mother Nature was the unintended guest performer Saturday on the first day of the Treasure Island Music Festival Saturday. A downpour drenched festivalgoers, causing a three-hour delay between sets. After hundreds if not thousands left in droves, promoters reversed policy…
