As not all of us are ready to dive headfirst into a very large and excitable crowd of music lovers just yet, it’s been a nice reprieve to have festivals choose to stream their content (at least some of it)…
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…
Album Review: The Avalanches explore space, time, and music on “We Will Always Love You”
The first twenty years of the Avalanches’ careers were filled with a measly two records; yet, those two records managed to hit some of the highest heights ever seen in music, period. Their debut album, Since I Left You (2000),…
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…
The Hip Hop Roundup: DrewsThatDude, ATL Smook, Mavi, and more
Album of the week: DrewsThatDude – We Had Our Time Have you ever just taken a stroll through your city or town without the presence of any technological component? Or how about slowly driving your car or taking a run…
The Hip Hop Roundup: The Best From May’s First Week
RLouie – Louie Black Massachusetts continues an unprecedented hot streak with these celebratory collaborative efforts. Less than a month after ALFII released his video game anthology, Brockton native RLouie blesses local diehards with a six-track quick hitter that features soul-crushing…