My big takeaway from “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem” was: Is it even possible for the most famous person in the world to get famouser? Rock critic Rob Sheffield’s essays about Taylor Swift’s music ...

Rock critic Rob Sheffield has profiled dozens—probably hundreds—of bands for Rolling Stone. He's followed around Aerosmith and gone out for Thai food with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and ventured backstage at ...

Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music By Rob Sheffield Published November 12. 208 pages. Dey Street Books. $27.99. For a long weekend in late October, New Orleans ...

The band's now-iconic clips for "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man," and "Legs" reveled in the ridiculousness of the video age and made the trio heroes to New Wave misfits ...

In his 2007 memoir Love Is a Mix Tape, rock journalist Rob Sheffield revisits love and heartbreak via a collection of music tapes. In his new book (and sequel of sorts) Turn Around Bright Eyes: The ...

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A celebratory eulogy for life in "the decade of Nirvana," rock critic Sheffield's captivating memoir uses 22 "mix tapes" to describe his being "tangled up" in the "noisy, juicy, sparkly life" of his ...

Can you imagine finding out you had a year to live and thinking, “I think I’ll spend it at work”? Credit: GEORGE CLERK/ISTOCK Though many of us were moved to type a few words when we learned that ...

When Rob Sheffield arrived in Charlottesville at 23, not long after graduating from Yale University, he planned to pursue graduate studies in English at the University of Virginia. He hadn’t ...

For a long weekend in late October, New Orleans felt like a daydream. It was a marvelous time — incandescent, if we’re getting lyrical. Perfect weather. Unbeatable vibes. Locals seemed more joyful — ...

"All four knew it was the end," Rob Sheffield writes of this 50th anniversary reissue. "For the last time in their lives, they were writing, playing and singing Beatles songs." On's Cloud Running ...