Album Review: Calvin Harris – “Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1”

If you find yourself riding in your car with the windows down on a nice summer day, the Calvin Harris’ new album Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1 should be one of your go-to party playlists to put on the radio.  I wouldn’t go…

Favorite Albums of 2016: Staff Picks

  2016 had its ups and downs (okay, mostly downs), but you can’t deny that it had a great soundtrack. You’ve already seen our Top 50 Albums of 2016 list, now check out what our music writers’ personal lists of…

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…

Interview: Matthew Russell of Cheat Codes

Cheat Codes is on a roll. The three-piece EDM group, which consists of Trevor Dahl, Kevin Ford, and Matthew Russell, recently signed to 300 Entertainment (the label of Fetty Wap and Young Thug). Which is surely an indication that it…

Music News: Treasure Island Music Festival ’16 is Almost Here

We are now approaching the tail end of the summer music festival season. But if you’re from the San Francisco Bay Area, there’s one more festival that is a must to attend, which is none other than Treasure Island Music…

15 Albums You May Have Missed in 2014

We’re in the final months of the year. For music geeks, that means obsessive listening to try and catch up with what we missed. At this point, everyone who cares has heard Taylor Swift’s 1989, country fans have likely heard Miranda Lambert’s fabulous Platinum and…