Taylor Swift performs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on July 28, 2023. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Has Taylor Swift become her generation’s Pearl Jam? Bruce Springsteen? Phish? Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour HAIM, Gracie Abrams 6:20 p.m., Saturday Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara Tickets: sold out.…

Taylor Swift, “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version).” The hardest working woman is music is back once again, this time re-releasing 12 million-plus-selling smash album Speak Now. It’s the latest in the mission of Taylor Swift to take back her master recordings of her back catalog by recording each of her…

The best albums of 2022 include the Afghan Whigs, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, the London Suede, King Gizzard & and the Lizard Wizard, an album of Yoko Ono songs, Black Country, New Road and Drive-By Truckers. Welcome to the heart of our countdown of the best albums…

Insert Foot on Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift. I had a seemingly insane professor at San Francisco State back in the mid-’90s who had just enough hair on his head to look like someone set off a firecracker on his scalp. He was probably in his 80s then, meaning he’s likely no…

Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour. Hot off the heals of taking over the top 10 of Billboard’s Top 100 chart—becoming the first artist to ever do so—Taylor Swift on Tuesday announced the North American leg of a world tour, which will include a show at Levi’s Stadium in Mountain…

Taylor Swift, “Midnights.” A Taylor Swift release is always an event, but no album has reached quite the level of anticipation as the 32-year-old singer’s 10th, Midnights. Without a single and few online teases, little was known about its direction beyond the premise that the songs began as the singer’s…

The best albums of 2021 include BROCKHAMPTON, Taylor Swift, Isaiah Rashad, Injury Reserve, Lana Del Rey, Genesis Owusu, Los Lobos, Jungle, The Mountain Goats and DMX. Best of 2021 Thanks for sticking with us this far, as we’ve now reached part five of our ambitious ranking of the year’s…

Aaron Dessner (The National) and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) join forces once again for their second Big Red Machine endeavor. It’s filled with so many guest appearances that you’re immediately reminded that no matter how personal it gets, music fosters community. That being said, How Long Do You Think…

Taylor Swift, “Fearless” (Taylor’s Version).” The long-teased and anticipated Fearless (Taylor’s Version) has finally arrived in all of its expansive 26-song glory. The rerecording of Taylor Swift’s career-defining album Fearless, released in fall 2008, comes nearly two years after Swift announced her intentions to remake her first six albums after…

Ben Howard’s newest album, Collections From The Whiteout, is an outstanding collection of songs. On the London native’s fourth album, he explores both an introspective personal journey from the last few years and retells a series of absurd stories from which he drew inspiration. What results is a stunning set of minimalist…