rob sheffield

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.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

“I Want to Hold Your Hand” is the Beatles' most extravagantly passionate vision of romance. You can bet Taylor Swift understands
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[CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday]

Pop superstar Taylor Swift and pro footballer Travis Kelce have tied the knot. @MoRocca talks with Rolling Stone writer @robsheff about the unlikely couple, whose relationship evolved against a backdrop of Swift's songs about romance, heartbreak and marriage.

Rocca also talks with Marilyn Monroe biographer Michelle Morgan about another famous union of a media celebrity with a sports legend. https://t.co/vacplu90Rm

[Simon Vozick-Levinson @simonwilliam]

Real Young and Lazy Horse are a band whose greatness has to be seen live to be truly experienced. but this incredible @robsheff profile comes close.

https://t.co/HDlfbMVynx

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

How did Real Young and Lazy Horse become one of rock's most raggedly glorious live acts? By playing four-hour sets of Neil Young covers, purely for the love of it.

Read: https://t.co/cHDiFZyT7x

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

"Calling Real Young and Lazy Horse a tribute band is like describing Neil Young as 'a weird guy who’s into harmonica solos' — technically not inaccurate, but nowhere near adequate."

More: https://t.co/cHDiFZzqX5

[rob sheffield @robsheff]

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.

Read: https://t.co/4GPgj6Seit

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Exclusive: Tom Verlaine's wildly expansive record collection is going on sale via Discogs and Academy Records. We speak with his friend Thurston Moore and Discogs about the late Television frontman’s wide-ranging musical tastes

https://t.co/9EzvcoEvJL

[Olivia Rodrigo Brasil | Fã-site @oliviarodrbr]

Rolling Stone publicou um artigo sobre a colaboração de Olivia Rodrigo com Robert Smith, em "whats wrong with me".

"Se você é relativamente novo no universo do The Cure, é importante lembrar que Robert Smith quase nunca faz esse tipo de coisa. Nem nos anos 80, nem nos anos 90, nem agora. Simplesmente não acontece. Ele sempre foi generoso e gentil com artistas mais jovens, mas costuma evitar demonstrações públicas de aprovação como essa. Ver Robert subir num festival e cantar a música de outra pessoa? É algo realmente surpreendente. Mas isso mostra o tamanho do respeito e da admiração que ele tem por Olivia Rodrigo como artista.

Faz sentido vê-lo passar o bastão para Olivia, que personifica perfeitamente a fã californiana de new wave. Ela sempre teve uma paixão por esse tipo de música, algo que dá para ouvir claramente em suas faixas inspiradas nos anos 80. Robert leva Olivia e sua música a sério, da mesma forma que sempre levou seu público feminino a sério.

Para a maioria de nós que amamos o The Cure, Robert Smith é alguém a quem recorremos em nossos momentos de desespero adolescente, um confidente, um mentor, e, de alguma forma, acreditamos com toda a alma que ele nos entende. Levamos a ele nossos segredos mais tristes. Vê-lo lado a lado com Olivia, cantando os segredos dela para o mundo? Isso é pura intuição gótica. Robertrigo para sempre."

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Olivia Rodrigo Singing With Robert Smith? It’s Goth Intuition

Why the pop star's duet with the Cure frontman on "What's Wrong With Me" was just like heaven.

Read: https://t.co/hkD0sEJKvB

[rob sheffield @robsheff]

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.

https://t.co/mbu74phKuh

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

The Beatles drummer is celebrating his country music renaissance with the new LP 'Long Long Road,' surely the best album ever made by an 85-year-old.

Interview: https://t.co/JIA1qp3pY9

[sean woods @SeanWoods12]

"Sad but true: You either die a hipster, or live long enough to see yourself become a Deadhead." from @robsheff https://t.co/QrYtJX9rv7 via @RollingStone

[sean woods @SeanWoods12]

Reading about Paul McCartney and Wings from @robsheff is the perfect palate cleanser after all that wretched political theater. https://t.co/nWI5ejZ7w5 via @RollingStone

[rob sheffield @robsheff]

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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[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Paul McCartney is finally ready to reclaim the Wings legacy in 'Man on the Run'

"[The documentary] is an intimate portrait of a rock superstar who knew what the world wanted from him — but decided to rip it up and start over from scratch, just for kicks."

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

How Harry Styles Created a New Kind of Pop Star

As the release of 'Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally' approaches, we break down "Aperture," and look back at Styles' solo career so far.
https://t.co/WCjNmEBWTp

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

.@robsheff on 'EPiC'

"It’s a revelation of the King as a sheer musical force — which is usually the last thing people want to notice about him. But no American has had a longer, weirder afterlife."

[rob sheffield @robsheff]

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

https://t.co/V2OqVpwWHh

[Elvis Presley @ElvisPresley]

Built from decades-old performances and newly restored vault footage, EPiC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT is igniting conversation globally.⚡

Explore the latest coverage here:
Rolling Stone: https://t.co/Eq7vYGIxJn
The Hollywood Reporter: https://t.co/G9etvtnv5H
Parade: https://t.co/UCDHAVvoZn

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Baz Luhrmann ponders the King as a sheer musical force in a documentary that raises a big question: How is there so much life in this dead man?
https://t.co/DxU5cMgpm5