Robert Christgau published a piece, The Definitive Guide to (What May Be) Pop's Definitive Year -- a review of Michaelangelo Matos, Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year -- as part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published his monthly Xgau Sez q&a section -- On writing (or not) a history of popular music, consumer guiding (or not) the '60s (and Aretha) (and James Brown) (and the Dead), and Drake (or not). Plus organizing CDs and vinyl -- as part of his subscription newsletter And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is archived here.

Robert Christgau published a piece, Oh? OK Then, as part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau posted a podcast, Auriculum (Ep. 4): Xgau & Sheffield Trade Year-End Lists, as part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published his Consumer Guide: February, 2021: Hip-hop from an anxiety-ridden melodicist, an FDNY veteran, and an unpredictable eccentric. Plus bellowing punk protest, durable jangle-pop, solo acoustic road tales, and Gaga Gaga Gaga. Reviews of: The Beths, Jay Electronica, Justin Farren, Idles, Juice Wrld, Ka, Lady Gaga (3), Mukdad Rothenberg Lankow, Naeem, New Orleans Mambo: Cuba to Nola, Sleaford Mods, Lil Uzi Vert. This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published a piece, Dean's List: 2020, as part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop. The piece is archived in the Pazz & Jop section, split into essay and list.

Robert Christgau published his monthly Xgau Sez q&a section -- Going underground with movies and the Velvets, saying yes to sampling and no to Sidney Bechet and the War on Drugs, and putting "Brown Sugar" out to pasture. -- as part of his subscription newsletter And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is archived here.

Robert Christgau published his Consumer Guide: January, 2021: Music from Morocco, Senegal, Kingston (Jamaica and New York), Minneapolis, and Omaha, Nebraska. Plus rhyme as analysis and rhyme as meaning, and Taylor Swift's future Christmas classic. Reviews of: Phoebe Bridgers, Drive-By Truckers, Open Mike Eagle, Fox Green, Group Doueh & Cheveu, Guiss Guiss Bou Bess, McCarthy Trenching, Munson-Hicks Party Supplies, Sault, 75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band, Songhoy Blues, Taylor Swift, Toots and the Maytals, and Viktor Vaughn. This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

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Robert Christgau published a piece, Continuing Education, on Jeannie Seely. This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published a piece, Doing It and Doing It and Doing It Well, on Dale Cockrell's book, Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York 1840-1917 This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published his monthly Xgau Sez q&a section -- The art of storytelling and album covers. Also: consensus meters, epic curation, and a protest playlist -- as part of his subscription newsletter And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is archived here.

Robert Christgau published his Consumer Guide: December, 2020, with reviews of: Backxwash (2), Bktherula, Phoebe Bridgers, Etran de l'Aïr, Fontaines D.C. (2) Mickey Guyton, Clay Harper, Jon Hassell, Qwanqwa, Serengeti, Shopping, Sunny Sweeney, and Chuck Willis. This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published a piece, Diplomatic Ties, on Antony Blinken ("the first rock critic Secretary of State"). This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published his monthly Xgau Sez q&a section -- Some thoughts on family, work, dancing, and the permanent-collection CDs that come out at mealtime. Also: country songs about systematic oppression & screwing with the hegemony of classical aesthetics -- as part of his subscription newsletter And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is archived here.

Robert Christgau published his Consumer Guide: November, 2020, with reviews of: Will Butler, Elizabeth Cook (2), Slim Gaillard (2), Low Cut Connie, Thelonious Monk, Margo Price, Lee Ranaldo & Raül Refree, Rodney Rice, Sad13 (2). This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published a piece, Twentieth Century Low Life, Illulminated, a review of Luc Sante, Maybe the People Would Be the Times (2020, 328 pp.). This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published his monthly Xgau Sez q&a section -- Streamed lectures and streamed music, the jazz apple and the rock orange, the enduring skippability of Oar, the Lion King vs. the Black Panther, and the power of "WAP." Special guest: Carola Dibbell -- as part of his subscription newsletter And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is archived here.

Robert Christgau published his Consumer Guide: October, 2020, with reviews of: Cornershop, Dramarama, Hanging Tree Guitars, Island Presents Rock Steady, Skip James, Rich Krueger, Dua Lipa, Ashley McBryde, Dawn Oberg, On the Road, Public Enemy, The Rough Guide to African Blues, Ebo Taylor, Toots and the Maytals. This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published a piece, Flag Still There, a new version of his 2019 Los Angeles Time article on Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock in 1969. This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published two pieces -- Love & Kisses, on Isabel Miller's novel, Patience & Sarah (1969), and Lists on Lists on Lists -- as part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.