TYF’s Halloween 2021 Playlist

Looking for some last-minute tunes for your Halloween party? The Young Folks has you covered with this playlist of our favorite spooky and holiday-themed tunes, as well as bunch of classic goth rock that is perfect for the mood of…

‘Pink Noise’ review: Laura Mvula goes supernova

Emerging with more vitality than ever after a messy breakup with her previous label, Laura Mvula’s first album under Atlantic, ‘Pink Noise’ tells a story of reinvention and jubilance amidst great personal hardship. Pink Noise’s first point of contact is…

From the Record Crate: Bon Iver – ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ (2007)

Bon Iver is a legend of the unknown, and a relatively unknown legend. In 2006/07, Justin Vernon went into the forested wilderness of Midwest America and came back with an album so chilling, melancholy, and soberingly lonesome that it would…

Some Rap Songs: Polo Perks, Jordaine Grant, Gao the Arsonist, and more

Tape of the week: Polo Perks <3 <3 <3 – Punk Goes Drill +** While Babyxsosa’s celestial vocals have soundtracked the majority of my quarantine, it has been another Surf Gang affiliate that has been on repeat for me over…

‘Justice’ review: Justin Bieber Takes a Grounded Approach

Justin Bieber’s begins his new album Justice with a half-baked homage to Martin Luther King Jr. The quote he uses, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” immediately feels like an earnest attempt to show his allegiance to the…

‘As the Love Continues’ review: Mogwai’s vast experience is put to poor use

Like many other post-rock groups in 2021, Mogwai are in a weird place. The first leg of their illustrious career was full of brand new territory—helping define a genre and expand instrumental possibilities with albums like Young Team (1997), Rock…

‘For the first time’ review: Black Country, New Road’s debut full-length is thrilling, experimental

“Hype kills art.” It’s a statement that has become increasingly apparent in the age of online entertainment discourse. In the music world, even more so. An artist receives a slew of praise from press or fans, whether from a viral…