Album Review: ‘The Monkees Live – The Mike & Micky Show’ is a journey through the ‘60s

The Monkees used to consist of Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones, but the quartet is now unfortunately down to two members with Dolenz and Nesmith carrying on the sound of the ‘60s. The band that outsold…

From the Record Crate: The Monkees – “More of the Monkees” (1967)

The Monkees’ second album More of the Monkees was released on January 9, 1967 in an attempt to cash in on the group’s’growing popularity. The problem was it was released without really consulting any of the individual Monkees to begin with…

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…

The Ten Best Phineas and Ferb Songs

Phineas and Ferb is a TV show like no other. The animated sitcom, which aired on Disney Channel from 2007 to 2015, is notable for many reasons—its wacky premise, its loveable characters, its meta-humor—but the aspect of the show that…

Album Review: The Monkees – “Good Times!”

The story of The Monkees has become so ingrained in the history of rock & roll that it needs little repetition. The short of it: A band formed for a television sitcom rebels against its svengali to become a real…