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  1. 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...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. Click to read And It Don't Stop, by Robert Christgau, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers. Robert Christgau's weekly newsletter. Music.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.