The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of 2018

For the third year in running, The Young Folks music staff has compiled a list of our Top 50 favorite albums of the year. As with last year, the list was compiled through the votes of our music staff, plus…

Album Review: The 1975 – “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships”

Whenever one talks about The 1975, it comes with a slight turn of the head and a sharp side-eye. As they wisely pointed out in the video for “The Sound,” people have a hard time determining whether or not to…

Album Review: Pale Waves – My Mind Makes Noises

The conversation around Pale Waves is all centered around the same dilemma. There is an undeniable charm to the Manchester indie quartet’s output of light, breezy 80s-tinged electro-pop, but nearly all of their catalog is profoundly derivative of their influences,…

The 1975 release new single “Give Yourself a Try”

The 1975 have released the first single from their third album, the first taste in an “era” that will see the British group release two records in the span of 12 months. “Give Yourself a Try” was premiered on Annie…

Concert Review: Pale Waves – San Francisco, CA – 3/27/18

Our current obsession is Pale Waves. The English indie pop band consists of lead singer/guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie, drummer Ciara Doran, guitarist Hugo Silvani and bassist Charlie Wood. The quartet made their appearance in San Francisco’s The Chapel this past Tuesday…

Favorite Albums of 2016: Staff Picks

  2016 had its ups and downs (okay, mostly downs), but you can’t deny that it had a great soundtrack. You’ve already seen our Top 50 Albums of 2016 list, now check out what our music writers’ personal lists of…

The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of 2016

This year, The Young Folks has compiled its first ever Top 50 Albums list. The albums and their positions were chosen through balloting of six TYF writers: editor-in-chief Gabrielle Bondi, music editor Ryan Gibbs, film editor Allyson Johnson and music…