The TYF Monthly Mixtape: September 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. Beth Winchester September was a very long and very distressing and stressing…

Our Favorite Back to School Songs

School is officially back in session, and with it comes another year of classes, tests, annoying or great teachers, team sports, clubs, and of course the requisite number of personal embarrassments, crushes, triumphs and mistakes to learn from. It’s all…

From the Record Crate: Pink Floyd – “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” (1967)

Genius is so elusive; There are many ways to measure a person’s intellectual capacities and a library’s worth of studies about categorizing the several ways these abilities intersect, yet we’re still not quite there with dissecting what genius exactly is.…

From the Record Crate: Roger Waters – “Radio K.A.O.S.” (1987)

After an emotional election this past November, similar to the one that occurred in the 1980s with Ronald Reagan, people should get the chance to revisit Roger Waters’ Radio K.A.O.S, a project that many criticized when it first came out in 1987.…

Album Review: Roger Waters – “Is This The Life We Really Want?”

Nobody seems happy these days. I know I’m not. Neither does Roger Waters, the singer and bassist who once led one of the most influential bands of all-time (it’s Pink Floyd, in case you needed a hint). Now a solo…

10 Classic Rock Songs You Can Play on the Ukulele

The ukulele is a versatile instrument that can put a refreshing spin on any type of music—including your favorite rock hits. Here are ten classic rock songs that are fairly simple and incredibly fun to play on the ukulele. The…

Music news: Pink Floyd to release rarities box set

Photo Credit: Pink Floyd Pink Floyd has announced a new box-set that features long-sought after rarities and unissued material from the group’s first seven years of existence. The Early Years: 1965-1972, a 27 disc set retailing at $550, will be…