If only the Taylor Swift of 2012 could have seen 10 years into the future. She would (I hope) have felt not only validated by the outpouring of love for her landmark fourth album — an album that has come to represent so much for so many — but stunned at its legacy in both her catalog and in pop music itself.

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Back in June, Philly emo revivalists Algernon Cadwallader announced that they were reuniting. Forming in 2005 and breaking up in 2012, Algernon Cadwallader laid out a fall tour that would take them all across North America — the band’s first live shows in a decade. Said reunion tour kicked off last night in Pittsburgh at Spir...

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The Berkeley punk band Samiam got together back in 1988, played a huge role on the Gilman Street scene, and figured out a distinctive take on their genre. Samiam’s sound was burly but vulnerable, and it didn’t sacrifice speed for melody. Over the years, a whole lot of bands have taken a whole lot of inspiration from Samiam; y...