TYF Music Crash Course: The Legacy of the First Trans Rock’n’Roller

In recent years the pop cultural landscape has been shifting to a point where it is becoming more accessible for queer people in the digital age to tell their own stories through art. But if you think that this is…

The TYF Monthly Mixtape: February 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. This column is back for 2020, and this time we’re sharing some…

The Best of What We Saw at Riot Fest 2019

Riot Fest continues to be one of the nation’s most exciting niche festivals, creating a communal platform for misfits and outcasts to find their people. And for their fifteenth year, they didn’t hold anything back. The roster for Riot Fest…

Mapplethorpe Movie Review: Semi-successful reel of the legendary photographer

Robert Mapplethorpe wanted to live after death, and he did, in a way, since his photographs were the lasting mark he left on the world. But to anyone outside the art landscape, Mapplethorpe, or the biopic that follows the photographer from…

SXSW Review: ‘Song to Song’ Comes Off As One Note

Terrence Malick is not known for playing it safe. His avant-garde style has been a dichotomizing force among film critics for over a decade. He marches to the beat of his own drum, but recently that beat has been repetitive…

From the Record Crate: Patti Smith Group – “Radio Ethiopia” (1976)

In a rare series of candid interviews in 1971, the young and — at the time, virtually unknown — New York rock-poet Patti Smith discussed her bittersweet love affair with the Big Apple and the impressions it continues to make on…

2016 Grammy Nominations: Our Thoughts and Predictions

The 2016 Grammy nominations were announced this morning, and as always they were a bit of a mixed bag of obvious selections and oddball choices no one saw coming. It’s no secret that the Grammys aren’t often taken very seriously,…