Indie rock and emo trio Rainer Maria have announced that they will release their first album in 11 years on August 18. The album is titled S/T , after the common abbreviation for a self-titled record (although doing so means that…
Carly Rae Jepsen releases new single “Cut to the Feeling”
Carly Rae Jepsen has released a new single, continuing her reign as the best pop star we have right now. “Cut to the Feeling” was recorded during the sessions for her excellent 2015 album E•MO•TION, but didn’t make it onto the…
This is Pop? Podcast Episode 1: Talking Heads
We’re launching a new music podcast here at The Young Folks this weekend, and it’s a project that we’ve been planning for a few months. The show is called This is Pop? Podcast (after the XTC song), and in each episode, I…
Album Review: Slowdive – “Slowdive”
When the British shoegazing band Slowdive reunited in 2014, it felt like the final confirmation that the band had escaped the narrative that had followed them for their entire career. Just teenagers when they formed in 1989, the band’s early…
TV Review: The Last Man on Earth Season 3 Finale
That’s more like it. Last week, we saw a marked improvement in The Last Man on Earth following a series of uninspired episodes with state plots. For this week’s season finale, the show has turned in two of its best episodes…
TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×16): “The Big Day”
After painting itself into a corner over the second half of the season, The Last Man on Earth finally returns to a semblance of its former quality with “The Big Day”, and all the show had to do was time-skip six…
TV Review: The Last Man on Earth (3×15): “Name 20 Picnics…Now!”
Over the past few episodes, The Last Man on Earth has taken a turn for the worse. The scripts have been mediocre or outright bad due to questionable plot choices that have turned the show’s vivid characters into pale caricatures.…
