Music criticism has a complicated relationship with the new. When a genre arrives with unfamiliar sounds, strange social ...

The resurfacing of Anthony Fantano's scathing review of Halsey's album renewed a debate about the roles of criticism and fandom.

The singer still takes umbrage over Fantano's review of her 2024 album 'The Great Impersonator.' ...

Halsey is not the first artist to exchange words with Fantano. The critic, known for his harsh and brutally honest reviews, has more than 3 million subscribers on his main channel ...

Jim Fusilli was the rock and pop music critic of The Wall Street Journal. Fusilli is also founder and editor of a destination for “Music for Grownups." ...

YouTube musicologist Rick Beato, the internet's music professor, furiously shredded the New York Times music critics "30 Greatest Living American Songwriters" list – a creation that irked him so ...

Singer Halsey blasted self-styled music critic Anthony Fantano on Sunday after his scathing review of her 2024 album “The Great Impersonator” resurfaced in adjacent social media ...

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Halsey and her fans' outrage over an old album review is showing no signs of fading. On Sunday evening, after music critic/content creator Anthony Fantano made a snarky comment about his review of ...

Jon Bream remembers it was below zero, not unusual for Minneapolis in January. About 300 people turned up at the Capri Theater that night in 1979 to see an upstart musician who was being hyped as the ...

Big-time star Katy Perry will perform this weekend at the Tacoma Dome—with true pop queen Carly Rae Jepsen as her opener. Credit: Rony Alwin It’s been about a dozen years since we’ve heard from ...

Paul McCartney's chart-topping hits didn't end with the Beatles.