In a decade that saw the rise of streaming, the album came out of the 2010s alive and well. The LP rose again, dwarfing the dying compact disc by the end of the decade, and some of the biggest artists…
[Interview] Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal dig deep on local and national social issues in ‘Blindspotting’
Every day, our country faces another political or social escalation. With new, racially motivated attacks happening daily, our country is a powder keg on the verge of combustion. Daveed Diggs and Rafa…
Matt on Music: Downloadin’ Makes Me Feel Good
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Matt Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. Beginning in 2016, Matt relaunched t…
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 edito…
Matt on Music: Sleigh Bells, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, Hamilton
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Matt Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. We are proud to announce that Matt w…
2016 Gift Guide for all things media and entertainment
If you are like me, you might’ve too forgotten that we’ve come to the end of November, Thanksgiving is today/tomorrow (depending on when I get this thing posted), and the Holiday season is…
Review: Hamilton’s America
The story of Alexander Hamilton has captivated the nation since the soundtrack for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton: An American Musical’ dropped in August 2015. The hip-hop Broadway musical based on th…