New(ish) Music Tuesdays: 5/3/16

Welcome to New(ish) Music Tuesdays, our monthly feature in which members of the TYF staff write about our favorite new songs. This month, we have our first big edition in a long while as several of our writers contributed to…

The Young Folks’ Best Albums and Songs of 2015

You know it has been a great year for music when a song has completely changed the way that you would normally say “Hello“, “Alright” or even “Here”. Here at TYF, everyone has their own different taste in music, and…

TYF Music Podcast: Favorite Music of 2015

It’s nearing the end of the year, and with it there’s discussion about the best music of the year. For the first (and hopefully not last!) installment of the TYF Music Podcast. some of TYF’s music writers – Jon Winkler,…

Music News: Carly Rae Jepsen releases “Last Christmas” cover

Carly Rae Jepsen released one of the year’s best albums this summer, and now she’s winding down her 2015 in an appropriately festive fashion. The Canadian singer released a cover of Wham!’s 1984 classic “Last Christmas” as a stand-alone single…

Album Review: Carly Rae Jepsen – “E•MO•TION”

Carly Rae Jepsen has the unfortunate distinction of being considered a “one hit wonder.” Never mind that the term is over-used (even by me), and it technically isn’t true anymore in Jepsen’s case by any actual definition of the term. Still, her…

New(ish) Music Tuesdays: 8/11/15

Another week, another installment of our recently launched feature New(ish) Music Tuesdays, in which our staff shares their favorite new tracks that they can’t get enough of. This week we recommend new cuts from Moon Taxi, James Vincent McMorrow, Carly…

Music News: Carly Rae Jepsen Releases New Single ‘Making the Most of the Night’

Earlier today, Carly Rae Jepsen released “Making the Most of the Night,” the  latest–and possibly final–preview single from her third album, Emotion. Co-written by Sia Furler, the song has an understated chorus hook and, like the rest of the album, hearkens back…