TYF Monthly Mixtape: May/June 2021

In our TYF Monthly Mixtape feature, our music writers share Spotify playlists of the songs – new and old – they’ve had on repeat for the last month. Editor’s note: It’s been a little while since The Young Folks has…

The TYF Monthly Mixtape: January 2020

In our TYF Monthly Mixtape feature, our music writers share Spotify playlists of the songs – new and old – they’ve had on repeat for the last month. It’s been a few months since we’ve done one of these columns,…

Album Review: Craig David – “The Time is Now”

Poor old Craig David. Once a pop superstar in his native Britain, and to a lesser extent in America, he was soon mocked into submission by the caricatured impersonation of him on the British cult sketch comedy show Bo’ Selecta!, which…

2017 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in Photos

On August 11th-13th, TYF staff writer Ashley Bulayo covered the 2017 Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco, California. Included are photos from performances of Jacob Banks, Thundercat, Kaytranada and Solange as well as random moments throughout the festival.

Festival Review: 2017 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival

Just like that Bay Area, one of the biggest music festivals inched our way closer to closing out the summer music festivals for this year. We needed to take a day for ourselves to recover but we’re ready to give…

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…

New(ish) Music Tuesdays: 10/20/15

Welcome back to New(ish) Music Tuesday, our semi-regular feature in which our staff picks the songs that they haven’t been able to get enough of over the past week. We took a couple weeks off, but we’re back to talk…