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…
Top 20 Pavement Songs
The ‘90s were the last true safe haven for standard rock music, giving birth to movements like grunge, post-rock, math-rock, and even the revival of pop-punk. The legendary names associated with each of these genres either continue to play today;…
The TYF Monthly Mixtape: August 2020
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. This is the first regular edition of this column since May, and…
Album Review: Stephen Malkmus takes on the unconventional indie-folk with “Traditional Techniques”
It seems like there is no genre Stephen Malkmus can’t conquer. Unlike the Berlin synth-pop sound of Groove Denied, the new album Traditional Techniques is built on a mixture of psychedelic folk and indie. Whether this release is his 2nd…
Music Review: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – “Sparkle Hard”
It’s been four years since Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks last put out an album, but Sparkle Hard is well worth that wait. Nearly 30 years into his prolific career, Malkmus shows that he still has the chops to perfectly mix…
From the Record Crate: Pavement – “Slanted and Enchanted” (1992)
Reviewing their album Wowee Zowee in Rolling Stone, critic Mark Kemp accused Pavement of being “simply afraid to succeed.” Kemp pointed to the overbloat of the album’s 18-song tracklist and its seeming aversion to sounding anything like the releases that…