If you find yourself stuck in bat country, or on the Las Vegas Strip, you’ve probably fallen into Hunter S. Thompson’s trap that is his 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Can’t say I’m surpris…
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,…
TYF’s Top 10 Albums of 2018 (So Far)
2018 has already seen plenty of great music, and fans of pretty much every genre should be quite content with the records that have come out in the first half of year. We’ve seen career defining…
Concert Review: MGMT – Washington, D.C., 3/15/18
When I strode into The Anthem for the MGMT show, I felt like I was boarding a new ride at Disney World. Sure, I knew I was in for an immersive experience, but did I have any idea what that experience …
Interview: Simon Doom
If you go to an MGMT show this spring, chances are you’ll see Simon O’Connor onstage. As a touring instrumentalist for the alt-rockers, he’s helping to bring the songs from their new record Little Dar…
MGMT – “Little Dark Age”: Album Review
Last year, the music world celebrated the 10-year anniversary of one of the biggest accidental success stories of the modern indie rock landscape: MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular. 2007 heard Arcade Fire g…
MGMT returns with new single, “Little Dark Age”
It’s been four years since we last heard from MGMT. Their last album, MGMT (2013), didn’t do so well with the critics. Still, most of us still have songs from Oracular Spectacular and Cong…