Writer for Rolling Stone. My new book is Heartbreak Is The National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music, out 11/12. Preorder link below. Long live.
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Everything in its right place. Thom Yorke meets Harry Styles, on the cover of Rolling Stone, in an intimate discussion for our annual Musicians on Musicians. An honor to serve as moderator. They get real, because that's what they do. Read it here:
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Rubber Soul has always been my favorite Beatles album. It’s finally getting the Special Edition treatment, and the only word is love. The great Giles Martin gave me a tour of the treasures, with an unheard 1965 John song. It's so fine, it's sunshine.
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Look out, mama: meet Real Young and Lazy Horse. I had a blast writing about these guys, who I’m totally obsessed with seeing live. Their raggedly glorious marathon rides are like the best part of an actual Neil Young show, stretched out for hours.
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Ringo Starr, your hero and mine. A joy to talk to him about his country-music renaissance with "Long Long Road," the best album ever made by an 85-year-old. Ringo had a lot to say about Nashville, the Beatles, and why he's still the best dancer around.
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My childhood copy of Wings Greatest—one of my first records as a kid. I wrote about the great new Wings doc “Man on the Run” and Paul & Linda’s Excellent Adventure
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What a golden age to be an Elvis fan. I wrote about this revelatory new concert movie “EPiC,” how there’s still so much life in this dead man, and why his music speaks to us right now
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It’s a love that lasts forever, it’s a love that has no past. The full story of the Beatles’ classic “Anthology” doc, which starts streaming on Nov 26, with an emotional new Episode Nine. Finally restored—the love song of John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
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Thanks to @mashupmartin and director Oliver Murray for their insights. Love how Murray sums it up: “They’re a cultural language that’s carried from one generation to the next, and now it’s in the groundwater. We’re all drinking Beatle water, whether we know it or not.”
The Beatles’ hotly awaited new “Anthology 4” is a real treasure trove for fans. My comprehensive review of this lavishly great fabfest, part of the expanded "Anthology Collection," with unheard versions of "In My Life," "If I Fell," so many faves.
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breaking down Showgirl with the legends @hiattb & @ohheybrittany, always one of the joys of any new Taylor album. our symposium is Actually Socratic
There’s No Vaccine for Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome rollingstone.com/music/music…
I spent serious time with Showgirl (that’s how a showgirl demands it) & her secrets.
Why Taylor Swift has spent her whole life telling this story, why "Eldest Daughter" hits so hard, why sequins are forever, why she wouldn't have it any other way.
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You’re only as hot as your last 286 hits, baby.
Now fully updated & Showgirlized: all the songs ever by the iconic songwriter, mastermind, & terminal uniqueness casualty Taylor Swift. All 286 of the songs that have a marvelous time ruining me. Long live.
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I wrote about this glorious new Taylor Swift album and my favorite song, “Elizabeth Taylor,” which wraps up so many of her obsessions. It’s the emotional centerpiece of "Showgirl." I’m a hardcore Liz fan so I had high hopes, but Taylor played her ace.
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In the final hours of the Tortured Poets Department era, listening to the "This Love"/"The Prophecy" mash-up on repeat. What an era, what a song, what a prophecy-changing love
All together now: The Beatles' new "Anthology" is coming—restored, remastered, and expanded. There's a new "Anthology 4" album with unheard versions of "In My Life," "Nowhere Man," and "I've Just Seen a Face." The doc is streaming November 26—can't wait.
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My teenage symphony to Brian Wilson. How lucky we are to live in the world he created in his music, the kind of world where we belong. These songs will live forever, as long as there are stars above you.
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I can't lie, I LOVED writing this. How Taylor Swift won the fight of her life, and what it means for the music world. She did something bad, and it feels so good.
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