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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 Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years
of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017, which includes Christgau's takes on,
among many other things, classic rock, Kanye West, the music of Desert
Storm, Lollapalooza, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and so-called guilty
pleasures--a category that Christgau rejects, since, for rock critics,
as he puts it, "pleasure is where meaning begins." Together, these
collections make the sneaky case that Christgau is not just the Dean
of American Rock Critics, his self-awarded and perhaps slightly
off-putting nickname, but one of America's
sharper public intellectuals of the past half century, and certainly
one of its most influential--not to mention one of the better stylists
in that cohort. Fun is a big part of why.
--David Cantwell, The New Yorker
News
This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-03-18] MSN Music: Lucinda Williams
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-03-16] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
- Buck 65/M.I.A.:
- Buck 65: 20 Odd Years (WEA) A-
- M.I.A.: Vicki Leekx Mixtape (vickileekx.com download) B+
- Louis Prima/Carmen McRae:
- Louis Prima: Zooma Zooma: The Best of Louis Prima (Rhino '90) A
- Carmen McRae: Carmen Sings Monk (Bluebird '02) A-
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-03-11] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-03-04] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-02-25] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
- Robyn:
- Robyn: Robyn Is Here (RCA '97) B+
- Robyn: Robyn (Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope '08) A-
- Drive-By Truckers/Hayes Carll:
- Drive-By Truckers: Go-Go Boots (ATO) A-
- Hayes Carll: KMAG YOYO (Lost Highway) B+
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-02-18] Rock & Roll &: Dancing on Her Own
New Rock & Roll & column at Barnes & Noble Review:
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-02-15] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
- Old 97's:
- Old 97's: The Grand Theatre Volume One (New West) A-
- Old 97's: Mimeograph (New West) B+
- Jazmine Sullivan/Drake:
- Jazmine Sullivan: Love Me Back (J) A-
- Drake: Thank Me Later (Universal/Motown) B+
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-02-11] Perfect Sound Forever
Robert Christgau is guest editor of the February/March 2011 issue
on online music magazine
Perfect Sound Forever.
For more info, see his
Introduction.
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-02-07] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-02-04] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-01-28] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
- Flying Lotus/Eskmo:
- Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma (Warp) A-
- Eskmo: Eskmo (Ninja Tune) A-
- Girl Talk/Nicki Minaj:
- Girl Talk: All Day (Illegal Art download) A
- Nicki Minaj: Beam Me Up Scotty (Trapaholics download) A-
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-01-21] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
- Deerhunter/Best Coast:
- Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest (4AD) A-
- Best Coast: Crazy for You (Mexican Summer) A-
- Die Antwoord/Shangaan Electro:
- Die Antwoord: $O$ (Cherrytree/Interscope) A-
- Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa (Honest Jons) A-
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-01-14] Rock & Roll &: Live Albums
New Rock & Roll & column at Barnes & Noble Review:
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-01-12] MSN Music: Dakar Diary Part II
Part two of Christgau's two-part African trip diary:
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-01-07] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
- Das Racist:
- Das Racist: Shut Up, Dude (Mishka download) A-
- Das Racist: Sit Down, Man (Mad Decent download) A-
- Corin Tucker Band/Robyn:
- The Corin Tucker Band: 1,000 Years (Kill Rock Stars) A
- Robyn: Body Talk (Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope) A-
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-01-07] MSN Music: Dakar Diary
Part one of Christgau's two-part African trip diary:
[posted by Webmaster on 2010-12-30] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
- Eminem: Recovery (Aftermath/Interscope) A-
- Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot . . . The Son of Chico Dusty (Def Jam) A-
- Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday (Young Money/Cash Money) A
- Far East Movement: Free Wired (Cherrytree/Interscope) B+
[posted by Webmaster on 2010-12-31] This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's
Expert Witness blog:
- Rachid Taha: Bonjour (Knitting Factory) A
- Rachid Taha: Diwan 2 (Wrasse '06) A
- Care Bears on Fire: Girls Like It Loud (S-Curve download) A
- Sleigh Bells: Treats (Mom + Pop) A-
Posts from previous weeks:
- Bouncing Cats: Hip-Hop Heroes
- Systems Solar: Systems Solar (Chusma) A-
- D.O. Misiani and Shirati Jazz: The King of History (Sterns Africa) A-
- Scissor Sisters: Night Work (Downtown/Polydor) A-
- Of Montreal: False Priest (Polyvinyl) A-
- Tabu Ley Rochereau: The Voice of Lightness Vol. 2: Congo Classics 1977-1993 (Sterns Africa) A
- Angola Soundtrack (Analog Africa) B+
- Allo Darlin': Allo Darlin' (Fortuna Pop!) A-
- Jon Langford & Skull Orchard: Old Devils (Bloodshot) B+
- The Roots: How I Got Over (Def Jam) A
- Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Roc-a-Fella) A
- Shad: TSOL (Black Box/Decon) A-
- Tricky: Mixed Race (Domino) A-
[posted by Webmaster on 2010-12-24] Rock & Roll &: Discovering Teranga
New Rock & Roll & column at Barnes & Noble Review:
[posted by Webmaster on 2010-12-20] Most Recent -- More Recent -- More Ancient
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