Articles by Safiya Hopfe

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  King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Do What They Do Best on 'K.G.'

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2020

  Prolific psych-roch shapeshifters, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have released their 16th studio album, marking 10 years as an active ba...

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  FUZZ Carefully Conjure Cacophony on 'III'

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2020

  Ty Segall's hard rock project FUZZ are back with their first album since 2015. Produced by Steve Albini, III is an anthemic exclamation of...

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  Future Islands Deepen Their Anthemic Melancholy on 'As Long as You Are'

  PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2020

  Future Islands' anthemic melancholy is still deep, still vast. On As Long as You Are, the band's sixth record, frontman Samuel T. Herring s...

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  Aidan Knight Strips Back the Layers on Vulnerable Self-Titled Album

  PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2020

  Vancouver Island singer-songwriter Aidan Knight first made his name as a sought-after sideman whose songs told tales of longing and self-qu...

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  Lianne La Havas Fully Comes into Her Own on Self-Titled Album

  PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2020

  British singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas has returned with her first album since 2015, a 10-track journey through romance and reverie. Ten...

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  Keleketla! Cross Borders on Celebratory Self-Titled LP

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2020

  Artists from Johannesburg to London and from Lagos to L.A. come together on the self-titled debut from Keleketla! The name says it all. A w...

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  Phèdre Trade Glitz and Glamour for Grim and Grime on 'ETERNA'

  PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2020

  Toronto duo Phèdre weave space-borne verses into muffled soundscapes with uncanny grace, producing a trademark sound that blends disco, pos...

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  Wooden Shjips/Moon Duo Spinoff Rose City Band Get Back to Basics on 'Summerlong'

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2020

  Ripley Johnson of Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo is a trailblazer in the world of psychedelia, but his solo project Rose City Band — named afte...