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Best Albums of 2021 so far
TYF Staff July 13, 2021

It’s been a good six months for music in the first half of 2021, with both a slew of great albums and concerts making their return to the calendar. The Young Folks asked its music staff to compi…

TYF Staff July 13, 2021
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Music Reviews
Album review: Sleater-Kinney – ‘Path of Wellness’
Oliver Hollander June 15, 2021

Keith Richards once said: “There couldn’t be a Rolling Stones without Charlie Watts.” The implication being that Watts’ drumming is so crucial to The Rolling Stones’ sound, everythin…

Oliver Hollander June 15, 2021
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Album Review: Sleater-Kinney – “The Center Won’t Hold”
Oliver Hollander August 22, 2019

Sleater-Kinney made a great album (Call the Doctor) before drummer Janet Weiss came on board and it’s likely that they could make several more, despite her announced departure in July. Yet losing one …

Oliver Hollander August 22, 2019
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Music Reviews
Album Review: Ex Hex – “It’s Real”
Brittany Menjivar March 31, 2019

There are two Ex Hexes. The first was Mary Timony’s third and final solo album. The ’90s saw the indie rock powerhouse hopping from band to band, project to project; She was the frontwoman of the accl…

Brittany Menjivar March 31, 2019
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Interview: Skating Polly
Brittany Menjivar May 18, 2017

It’s clear that the members of Skating Polly were born to rock. Stepsisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse started the self-proclaimed “ugly pop” band in 2009, when they were 9 and 14 year…

Brittany Menjivar May 18, 2017
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From The Record Crate: Sleater-Kinney — “Dig Me Out”
D.R. Baker April 8, 2017

Long before the triumphant No Cities to Love, before Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen teamed up to create Portlandia, before the comprehensive boxset, the Bob’s Burgers music video, and Stereo…

D.R. Baker April 8, 2017
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Melody on Music: Sheer Mag, Sleater-Kinney, Allison Crutchfield
Melody Danielle Rice January 29, 2017

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. Beginning in 2016, Melody relaunch…

Melody Danielle Rice January 29, 2017

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