“The Car” review: The most refined album Arctic Monkeys have ever released.

It’s been 17 years since Alex Turner told the world “don’t believe the hype” on his band’s breakout single. Cocky as it was, dismissing the traps of the indie rock boom of the early 2000s, it’s actually harder to heed…

The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of the 2010s

In a decade that saw the rise of streaming, the album came out of the 2010s alive and well. The LP rose again, dwarfing the dying compact disc by the end of the decade, and some of the biggest artists…

Album Review: Good Cop Bad Cop – “Good Cop Bad Cop”

Nothing screams “the small world of Britpop” more than a Carnall brother doing yet ANOTHER side project with ANOTHER ex-or-otherwise Arctic Monkeys member. Milburn’s Joe Carnall and Arctic Monkeys’ drummer Matt Helders teamed up this year to create and explore…

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: Arctic Monkeys – “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino”

Boy, were we ever wrong about Arctic Monkeys. The English quartet seemed to be pretty cut-and-dry with their 2006 debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. The loud guitars played with the speed of punk and…

A look at NY’s Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino pop-up shop

In honor of the highly anticipated release of the Arctic Monkeys’s sixth studio album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the band opened six international pop-up shops on its release day of May 11, 2018. The shops, located in Sheffield, New…

Arctic Monkeys announce “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino”

Five years after their last album, new music from Arctic Monkeys will be arriving this spring. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, the British quartet’s sixth album, will be released on May 11 on their longtime home Domino Records. The band…