Album Review: Sleigh Bells – “Kid Kruschev”

Due to the band’s penchant for brevity and simple, vibrant phrases, listening to Sleigh Bells has always felt kind of like snacking on candy. The Brooklyn noise pop duo’s albums never run longer than 45 minutes; its songs rarely hit…

The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of 2016

This year, The Young Folks has compiled its first ever Top 50 Albums list. The albums and their positions were chosen through balloting of six TYF writers: editor-in-chief Gabrielle Bondi, music editor Ryan Gibbs, film editor Allyson Johnson and music…

Melody on Music: Sleigh Bells, Lady Gaga, Miranda Lambert, Hamilton

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. We are proud to announce that Melody will now be relaunching his column on The…

Album Review: Sleigh Bells – “Jessica Rabbit”

Music has been growing with enormous strides in the 2010’s, but so far indie rock has had trouble catching up. While R&B and trap music have had no trouble balancing innovation with populism, indie rock has spent its free time…