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)…
The TYF Monthly Mixtape: June 2019
In our new feature TYF Monthly Mixtape our music writers share Spotify playlists of the songs – new and old – they’ve had on repeat for the last month. Think of it as a successor to our old Newish Music…
The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of 2017
For the second year in a row, The Young Folks music staff has compiled a list of our Top 50 favorite albums of the year. For the 2017 installment we have expanded the list to include all 16 active music…
TYF’s Top Albums of 2017 (so far)
In its first six months, 2017 has seen its share of great music across all genres. For the first time, The Young Folks’ music staff has put together a site consensus list of our favorite albums at the mid-point of a…
Melody on Music: Texturized Heartbreak
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…
Album Review: MUNA – “About U”
With their debut album, About U, MUNA creates a record that’s undoubtedly going to stick around for awhile and be on plenty of year-end lists—and which is undoubtedly one of the first great records of 2017. MUNA is a three…
New(ish) Music Tuesdays: February 2017
Welcome to the February installment of New(ish) Music Tuesdays, our monthly feature in which our music staff write about their favorite new songs. Reagan Harrison’s picks SIA – “MOVE YOUR BODY” A club hit at its finest, this song…