The best albums of 2022 so far

Six months into 2022, this year has already given us several memorable albums in every genre, from reggaeton to dream pop to hip hop to post-punk. In fact, there were enough great albums that we couldn’t quite leave this list…

‘Broken Hearts Club’ review: Syd’s latest turns her heartache into liberation

California native and singer-songwriter, Syd returns with her sophomore project, Broken Hearts Club. Widely known as the lead vocalist for the alternative R&B band, The Internet — she is a force to be reckoned with in the neo-soul realm of…

Who We’re Excited To See At Life Is Beautiful 2017

Crazy to think that we’re almost done with 2017 but we still have a few festivals to go! This weekend is Las Vegas’ 5th annual Life Is Beautiful event located in Downtown Las Vegas. Although sin city is known for…

Music Interview: Marteen

Nothing gets me hyped than seeing someone from the Bay succeed so excuse of while we take a moment to give a huge shout out to up-and-coming artist Marteen. He just signed with Warner Bros. Records and released your new…

Album Review: Cashmere Cat – “9”

I first fell in love with Magnus Høiberg completely unintentionally. Back in 2014, I was a huge fan of Ariana Grande—still am, actually—and listened to her album My Everything on a constant loop. I particularly loved the song “Be My…

Melody on Music: No Theme Necessary

Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…