2016 is only a few weeks old, but the year has already seen the deaths of several major figures in the music world, including Glenn Frey, Maurice White, Dale Griffin, Jon Bunch, Paul Kantner, Signe Anderson, Blowfly, Dan Hicks and…
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces 2016 Inductees
Last week, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced their 2016 class of inductees. The inducted artists were Cheap Trick, Chicago, Deep Purple, NWA and Steve Miller. The inductees will be enshrined at a ceremony on April 8 at the…
TYF Discusses the 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Every year in October, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame releases a shortlist of nominees for induction, and this year’s choices are surprisingly strong. While they can’t nor won’t please everyone – cue the anonymous commenter who is angry that…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Straight Outta Compton’
Reaching legendary status in music is predictably difficult because of its unpredictable nature. NWA may not have been the first group of its kind, but it certainly was the group that did it best. Their anger and outrage reverberate from the…
Watch: N.W.A.’s “Straight Outta Compton” music video be remade
“Fuck the police, coming straight from the underground,” perfectly represents what N.W.A. stood for. I don’t mean what the acronym means, but rather their stasis of non-violent protest with music clearly bounded by the first amendment of the United States.…