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Robert Christgau is a legendary rock critic and public intellectual. His newsletter And It Don't Stop features his Consumer Guide, Xgau Sez, Book Reports, and more.
- Consumer Guide
Consumer Guide Index by Grade. Warning: Some lists (e.g.,...
- User's Guide
Duds simply list records unworthy of further comment. I also...
- Grades 1990
Key to Icons. An A+ is a record of sustained beauty, power,...
- Books
Robert Christgau has adapted his notorious Village Voice...
- Is It Still Good to Ya
Ted Panken: Still Good to Him: Robert Christgau on a Life of...
- Going Into the City
Hilary Hughes: Robert Christgau Opens Up About His Memoir --...
- Grown Up All Wrong
With unfailing style and grace, Christgau negotiates the...
- Any Old Way You Choose It
In this collection of more than forty pieces, Robert...
- Consumer Guide
Robert Thomas Christgau (/ ˈ k r ɪ s t ɡ aʊ / KRIST-gow; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known [1] and influential music critics, [2] he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became an early proponent of musical ...
Robert Christgau's Big-Hearted Theory of Pop. Book Reports features reviews of not only the pop-music tomes you'd predict but also literary fiction, Marxist-adjacent cultural commentary, feminist debates over pornography, and even books about the past decade's financial crisis. It follows a collection that Christgau published last year, Is It ...
The veteran rock critic ranks his favorite albums of the year, from Beyoncé's Renaissance to Rosalía's Motomami, and compares them with other publications' lists. He also reflects on the state of rock criticism in the digital age and the generational divide among artists and listeners.
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Jan 25, 2024 · Share. A few of the 43 (and counting) variants of Hackney Diamonds available. The Rolling Stones have now been the world’s greatest rock and roll band for over half a century—60 years, starting with five classic albums released in the 20 months between April 1964 and December 1965.
Rock critic since 1967, ain't stopping now. 13K+ subscribers. Subscribe. And It Don't Stop. By Robert Christgau. Robert Christgau's weekly newsletter. Music. Books. Politics.