The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Despite all the ups and downs in the world this year, 2021 was a good year for music of all sorts. There were thrilling returns by veteran artists, impressive debuts from newer acts, and the development of fascinating new scenes…

TYF Monthly Mixtape: May/June 2021

In our TYF Monthly Mixtape feature, our music writers share Spotify playlists of the songs – new and old – they’ve had on repeat for the last month. Editor’s note: It’s been a little while since The Young Folks has…

The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of 2018

For the third year in running, The Young Folks music staff has compiled a list of our Top 50 favorite albums of the year. As with last year, the list was compiled through the votes of our music staff, plus…

Album Review: Lucy Dacus – “Historian”

Lucy Dacus opened her hair-raising 2015 debut album No Burden by announcing to the crowd that she didn’t want to be funny anymore, musing about the rigid shackles of social roles, but it isn’t hard to see why she was crowned with…