Growing up, the 1990s was my favorite decade of rock music. How could anybody deny a decade pioneered by artists like Nirvana, The Pixies, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Smashing Pumpkins? But within the last four or five years, my…
Top 50 Best Albums of 2020
What will you remember the most about 2020? Better question: Do you want to remember 2020? We can’t blame you if you don’t. It’s been a very bad year for many reasons. In the world of music, this year saw…
The TYF Midyear Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs from the First Half of 2020
As a companion to our recent midyear album list, some of our writers have put together playlists of their favorite album cuts and singles of the first six months of 2020. Here are those playlists, introduced in a similar manner…
TYF’s Top 10 Albums of 2020 (So Far)
We’ve gotten through six months of one of the most cursed years in recent memory, and one of the few really good things about this first half of a year has been the music – at least, the stuff that…
Album Review: The Strokes Return to Their Garage Rock Roots on “The New Abnormal”
The Strokes released their latest album, The New Abnormal with a seven-year gap between their previous release. It was not their first hiatus, and once they finish touring, each bandmate has an independent musical project to return to. Through what…
New(ish) Music Tuesdays: 6/7/2016
Welcome to New(ish) Music Tuesdays, our monthly feature in which members of the TYF staff write about our favorite new songs. This month, our staff recommends a whole slew of new songs, including the brand new single from Beck, a…
Album Review: The Strokes – “Future Present Past EP”
“Is this it?” 15 years ago, the world heard Julian Casablancas ask this question for the first time on the album with the same name. Back then, it was a young man asking whether or not his relationship with his…