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There’s So Little To Say About Taylor Swift Being Person Of The Year
395
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Kelsey McKinney
December 7, 2023
Arts And Culture
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who’s The Prettiest Spotify Wrapped Of Them All?
232
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Kelsey McKinney
November 30, 2023
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Podcasts
When Ska Was King, With Rob Harvilla
334
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David Roth
November 16, 2023
Arts And Culture
Local Man In His 30s Gets Really Into PinkPantheress
87
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Israel Daramola
November 15, 2023
Music
Meet Us At Midnight For ‘1989’ (Defector’s Version)
160
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
,
Kelsey McKinney
,
Luis Paez-Pumar
, and
Abigail Segel
October 27, 2023
Music
You Too Can Score Cheap On The Open Market For Dead People’s (Hammond) Organs
92
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Dave McKenna
October 22, 2023
Arts And Culture
Charles Bissell Has Finally Moved On From The Wrens
42
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Robert Rubsam
October 20, 2023
NFL
Football Game Played Near Taylor Swift
349
Comments
Samer Kalaf
September 25, 2023
Music
Shut Up And Play The New Stuff
245
Comments
Dan McQuade
September 22, 2023
Defector Music Club
Defector Music Club Takes On The Expansive ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’ As It Turns 20
206
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
,
Lauren Theisen
,
Giri Nathan
,
Israel Daramola
, and
Patrick Redford
September 22, 2023
Arts And Culture
How Do You Reconcile A Part You Hate In A Work You Love?
224
Comments
Felix Kent
August 29, 2023
Music
50 Years Later, Is There Anything Left Of Hip Hop?
432
Comments
Jason England
August 28, 2023
Music
TripleS And The Rise Of K-Pop Girls’ Crypto-Capitalism
159
Comments
Kathryn Xu
August 23, 2023
Arts And Culture
You Must Understand That Taylor Swift Knows Me Better Than Anyone Else On Earth
388
Comments
Abigail Segel
August 10, 2023
Music
The Last Of The Band
270
Comments
Ray Ratto
August 10, 2023
Music
Sinead O’Connor Was A Rebel With A Cause
170
Comments
Dave McKenna
July 27, 2023
Arts And Culture
Is ‘The Book Of Hov’ Really For Anyone But Jay-Z?
192
Comments
Adlan Jackson
July 20, 2023
Music
What Does Taylor’s Version Of The Past Look Like?
190
Comments
Alex Sujong Laughlin
July 10, 2023
Arts And Culture
I Just Want To Go To A Concert
331
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Soraya Roberts
July 4, 2023
Funbag
Who Is Our Least Intelligible Singer?
827
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Drew Magary
June 13, 2023
Music
Sometimes The Best Bands In The World Play Right In Front Of The Toilets
339
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Drew Magary
June 9, 2023
Music
I Recommend Seeing Your Favorite Band Live 14 Times
483
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Luis Paez-Pumar
May 31, 2023
Music
Tina Turner Did Nothing Nice And Easy
94
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Israel Daramola
May 25, 2023
Music
Celebrating Robert Pollard’s No-Hitter And The Rock-Jock Nexus
66
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Dave McKenna
May 14, 2023
Elder Wisdom
Happiness Is Fixing A Guitar
117
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Dave McKenna
May 11, 2023
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