Music Reviews
Review: The Good, The Bad & The Queen – “Merrie Land”

Damon Albarn loves to sing about England. First, he did it through Blur—through the yearning of “For Tomorrow” and the wit of “Parklife.” Then, in the mid-2000s, he gathered some of rock’s finest to make a concept album about the…

Music Reviews
Album Review: Gorillaz – “The Now Now”

During Gorillaz’ 2010 American tour behind Plastic Beach, frontman/co-creator Damon Albarn decided to pass the time on the road by making an entirely new album on his iPad. Released on Christmas Day that year, The Fall was Albarn’s personal diary…

Podcasts
This is Pop? Podcast Episode 13: 2018 Grammy Predictions

  The nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Nov. 28 and included nods for several of the biggest acts of 2017, from Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars to Kesha and The National. Like many music and…

Music Features
Who We’re Excited To See At Life Is Beautiful 2017

Crazy to think that we’re almost done with 2017 but we still have a few festivals to go! This weekend is Las Vegas’ 5th annual Life Is Beautiful event located in Downtown Las Vegas. Although sin city is known for…

Music Features
Every Blur Single, Ranked

This year, Damon Albarn has been in the spotlight again due to Humanz, the long-awaited comeback of Gorillaz. Thus, it’s the perfect time to look back at Blur, Albarn’s first project. As one of the defining bands of the Britpop…

Podcasts
This is Pop? Podcast Episode 2: Gorillaz

Last month, we launched a new fortnightly music podcast called This is Pop?, in which myself and another TYF staffer (or off-site guess) discusses the career of specific artist. For the second episode, I was joined by TYF music writer Jon…

Music Reviews
Album Review: Gorillaz – “Humanz”

The most important thing to remember about Gorillaz is that they’re not real. No matter what feelings a listener gets from songs about alienation, the staleness of the surrounding culture, or just taking action instead of moping, the “band” playing…