Album Review: Anna Calvi remixes and reconfigures her previous album on “Hunted”

Anna Calvi’s Hunted, a remix EP of songs from her last full-length Hunter, is a rare accomplishment in that it is a collection of “remixes” of a sort that are at least equally as good as the originals while still standing apart…

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: Courtney Barnett – “Tell Me How You Really Feel”

Courtney Barnett’s Tell Me How You Really Feel, hotly anticipated after the success of her last solo release in 2015, takes some of that heat, compacts it and turns it inward before sending it out in a flurry of blistering…

Treasure Island Musical Festival is back and announces full lineup

Treasure Island Musical Festival (TIMF) is back for its eleventh year after taking a year-long hiatus and parting ways with the actual Treasure Island location. This time around, TIMF will call Middle Harbor Shoreline Park (MHSP) its new home for…

Album Review: Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – “Lotta Sea Lice”

Collaborative efforts are always a gamble. All too often they can be an unsightly blemish on both artists’ careers, never quite understanding how to best utilize the talent at hand. However, sometimes there’s a pairing so remarkably congenial that it…

President Obama’s Summer Playlist

Have you ever been curious about President Barack Obama’s taste in music? If so, you’re in luck. On August 11th, the POTUS released an eclectic list of songs titled “President Obama’s 2016 Summer Playlist,” which can be found on Spotify.…

TYF Music Podcast: Episode 3 – 2016 Grammy Chat

This year’s Grammy Awards were a lot like last year’s – a few impressive performance (Hamilton, Kendrick Lamar, Alabama Shakes), disappointments, moving tributes to late greats and even the occasional Grammy being awarded. For the third episode of the TYF…