The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Despite all the ups and downs in the world this year, 2021 was a good year for music of all sorts. There were thrilling returns by veteran artists, impressive debuts from newer acts, and the development of fascinating new scenes…

Melody on Music: Breaking Streaming Records

Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…

New(ish) Music Tuesdays: 8/18/15

Welcome back to another New(ish) Music Tuesday, where our staff picks the songs they’re currently digging and shares them with you because they (really, really) like you. This week, we bend our own rules a little to feature a song that…