Six months into 2022, this year has already given us several memorable albums in every genre, from reggaeton to dream pop to hip hop to post-punk. In fact, there were enough great albums that we couldn’t quite leave this list…
The 10 best new songs of January : The Weekend, FKA Twigs, and more
January has already come and gone and while, for the most part, it was a slog to get through (at least for the East Coasters in the US facing down gray skies and blizzards) there were, at the very least,…
The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
In a decade that saw the rise of streaming, the album came out of the 2010s alive and well. The LP rose again, dwarfing the dying compact disc by the end of the decade, and some of the biggest artists…
The TYF Monthly Mixtape: March 2019
The music staff at the Young Folks loves to recommend their favorite music to our readers. In celebration of our love of music, we’re starting a new feature in which members of our staff share Spotify playlists of some of…
Album Review: Beach House – “7”
With a slew of consistently remarkable, critically acclaimed records, Beach House quickly rose to be the definitive dream pop act of the 21st century. As they began to fall into a comfortable dormancy, the band’s last two albums, Depression Cherry…
This is Pop? Podcast Episode 7: Beach House
Over the course of 11 years and six albums, Beach House has become one of the biggest names in indie music, with their lush, reverb-seeped sound garnering them critical acclaim and a cult following. For the seventh episode of our…
From the Record Crate: Beach House – “Beach House” (2006)
The ten year anniversary of Beach House’s debut record is initially surprising but also, upon reflection, right on time. With six albums behind them, each with its own self-contained world, Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are a world and road-tested…