The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of 2017

For the second year in a row, The Young Folks music staff has compiled a list of our Top 50 favorite albums of the year. For the 2017 installment we have expanded the list to include all 16 active music…

TYF’s Top Albums of 2017 (so far)

In its first six months, 2017 has seen its share of great music across all genres. For the first time, The Young Folks’ music staff has put together a site consensus list of our favorite albums at the mid-point of a…

Album Review: The xx – “I See You”

Here’s the scene: a crowded house party, well past midnight. Liquor has been flowing, maybe some illegal party favors tossed around. The lights are low and the music has faded to subtle background noise. Everyone at the party is snuggled…

Melody on Music: Sleeping Beauty

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 relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past…

The xx release new single “On Hold” & announce new album

After the past couple days like these, it’s hard not to interpret another layer of meaning from the xx’s new single, “On Hold.” But it feels good listening to these lyrics and Romy Madley-Croft and Oliver Sim’s tender vocals. Today,…

Listen: The xx’s Song for The Great Gatsby Soundtrack, ‘Together’

And they keep on coming don’t they? Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ promises to give us great music indeed! A new song was released today. Take a few minutes and listen to The xx’s contribution to the soundtrack, called ‘Together‘. …

The Young Folks’ Best Music of 2012

The Young Folks writers have come together to list the very best in pop culture for the year 2012! From Bruno Mars to Imagine Dragons, our tastes in music differ, but there’s no doubt that 2012 gave us some great…