Taylor Swift

Art Pop Pop 

Tension As Release: In Love with The Blue Nile

May 5, 2024May 6, 2024 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments A Walk Across the Rooftops, Hats, Jack Antonoff, Matty Healy, Midnights, PJ Moore, Robert Bell, Taylor Swift, The 1975, The Blue Nile, The Tortured Poets Department, Travis Kelce

Looking back at Scotland’s beloved tortured poets after a high-profile name drop

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adblock Pop 

The Prose of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department

April 23, 2024May 24, 2024 Stephanie Hernandez 0 Comments Dylan Thomas, Florence and the Machine, Florence Welch, Matty Healy, Patti Smith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department, William Wordsworth

For her 11th studio album, the Chairman of the Board delivers a lecture on the art of literary allusion 

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Indie Rock Music Journalism New Wave Rock 

Print the Legend: Interrogating The Paranoid Style

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 2024, Bar-None Records, Chrissie Hynde, Elizabeth Nelson, Northport, Peter Holsapple, Taylor Swift, The Interrogator, The Interrogator Long Island, The Mekons, The Paranoid Style

Elizabeth Nelson on her band’s brilliant new album, the state of the arts and the subtle link between Taylor Swift and fascism

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Music Journalism Pop Rock Soul 

We Watched The Grammy Awards So You Don’t Have To

February 5, 2024February 5, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Annie Lennox, Dua Lipa, Grammy, Grammy Awards, Jay-Z, Joni Mitchell, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, Sinead O'Connor, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, The 66th Annual Grammy Awards, The Grammys, Tony Bennett

A by-the-minute recount of last night’s broadcast ICYMI

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Music Journalism 

The Rock & Roll Globe Grammy Forecast 2024

February 2, 2024February 5, 2024 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Brandi Carlile, Grammy, IDLES, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, SZA, Taylor Swift, The 66th Annual Grammy Awards, The War And Treaty

Looking at who will win and who should win at this year’s award ceremony

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Pop 

Taylor Swift Understands the Little Girls and Nothing Else Matters

October 17, 2023February 19, 2024 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1989, 2023, evermore, Fearless, folklore, Lover, Midnights, Red, Reputation, Speak Now, Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour, The Eras Tour Movie

Some reflections on the Eras Tour Film

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Pop Rock 

Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts Doesn’t Have to Be a Classic, She Already Made One

September 11, 2023September 11, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2023, Alanis Morrissette, Angaleena Presley, Bikini Kill, Drake, Franz Ferdinand, Geffen Records, Guts, Miranda Lambert, Olivia Rodrigo, Paramore, Pistol Annies, Sour, Taylor Swift

The biggest pop star of the 2020s shows off her intestinal fortitude

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Electronic 

ANNA’s Purest Intentions

August 14, 2023August 14, 2023 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Ana Miranda, ANNA, Billy Joel, Intentions, Mercury KX, Taylor Swift, Tom Seaver

On her brilliant new album, the Lisbon-based electronic musician silences the Intercranial Overdrive

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Music Journalism 

Dear Pop Star: It Is Time to Decide Which Side You Are On

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Ed Sheeran, Metallica, Music Journalism, Otherness, Rock 'n' Roll, Shania Twain, Stevie Nicks, Taylor Swift, Zooey Zephyr

Half of America wants to break the Butterfly of Otherness on the rack; what are you going to do about it? 

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Music Journalism 

Only You Can Bring Down Ticketmaster

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Concerts, Neu!, Taylor Swift, Ticketbastard, Ticketmaster, tickets

Or, why will your favorite pop star always disappoint you and democracy?

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Music Journalism 

Live Nation / Ticketmaster Beats Antitrust Lawsuit

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments court, Judge Danny J. Boggs, Live Nation, Ninth Circuit, Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour, Ticketmaster, United States, United States Court of Appeals

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decides fans forfeit right to sue because they purchased tickets

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Records 

The Rock & Roll Globe Top 30 Albums of 2022

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 1 Comment $ilkmoney, Alvvays, April March, Beyonce, Billy Woods, Black Star, Black Thought, Cave In, Danger Mouse, Eddie Vedder, Freedy Johnston, Harry Styles, Horace Andy, Kendrick Lamar, Little Simz, Midnight Oil, Pusha T, Robyn Hitchcock, Rosalia, Ry Cooder, Sloan, Spiritualized, Sudan Archives, SZA, Taj Mahal, Taylor Swift, The Beths, The Smile, Urge Overkill, Wet Leg, Weyes Blood

Amidst a sea of key releases, what made this year’s list?

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Music Journalism 

Best Music Journalism of 2022

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Jason Gross 1 Comment Arhoolie Records, Ashanti Mutinta, Bob Dylan, Chris Strachwitz, Conde Nast, Consequence of Sound, Creem, David Letterman, Ed Sheeran, Entertainment Weekly, Motörhead, Music Journalism, Noisey, Sleng Teng, Taylor Swift, Uproxx, Vice, Warren Zevon

Looking back on the 24 best stories beyond our pages

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Music Journalism 

Nobody Does It Better: Why Carly Simon Belongs in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

February 21, 2022April 3, 2022 Stephanie Hernandez 2 Comments Adam Sandler, Anita Baker, Carly Simon, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Natalie Maines, Radiohead, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, Taylor Swift, The Chicks, Tori Amos, You're So Vain

Despite stiff competition from all over the music map, we’re not too vain to believe she’s a shoo-in for the 2022 class

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Music Journalism 

Rock & Roll Globe’s 40 Best Albums of 2021 

December 30, 2021January 1, 2022 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 0 Comments 2021, Aimee Mann, Armand Hammer, Billie Eilish, Burnt Sugar, Converge, Duran Duran, Four Tet, Garbage, Halsey., Juliana Hatfield, L'Rain, Little Simz, Mach-Hommy, Madlib, Olivia Rodrigo, SAULT, Taylor Swift, The Alchemist, The Armed, Weezer

Aggression takes center stage as a means of coping with the second dumpster fire of a year

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