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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
Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section --
Artistic vitality and momentousness considered, the blind pull,
metallic K.O. without arrogance, journalistic angels, and some
thoughts about the Beatles.
--
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-06-21] Consumer Guide: June, 2023 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: June, 2023:
Lovestruck avowals, stealth-ethical jokers, Black pop standards, and
lovers smart enough to understand how much worse it could be.
Reviews of:
África Negra,
Bar Italia,
Big Joanie,
Lewis Capaldi,
Brandy Clark,
Ernesto Djédjé,
The Ekphrastics,
Fokn Bois,
Larkin Poe,
Taj Mahal,
The Nude Party,
Water From Your Eyes,
Wednesday.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-06-14] The Big Lookback: David Johansen Robert Christgau published a piece,
The Big Lookback: David Johansen --
"Kid Patriarch Makes His Move," The Village Voice, June 12, 1978
--
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-31] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section --
The King of the Gentle Blues Singers, uncountable grooves and subgrooves,
brevity, a fun job (as jobs go), octogenarians who keep on truckin', and
Carola's favorite science-fiction novels
--
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-24] Blokeishly Extraordinary to a Hilarious Extent Robert Christgau published a piece,
Blokeishly Extraordinary to a Hilarious Extent --
Lewis Capaldi, Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent (Capitol) --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-17] Consumer Guide: May, 2023 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: May, 2023:
Melodies that mitigate pain and navigate stumbling
relationships, a spiritual force on tour, 25 songs or rants about
(among other things) street life, racism, automobile fetishism, and
ice cream.
Reviews of:
Algiers (2),
Boygenius (2),
Fever Ray,
Holy Modal Rounders,
Ice Spice,
Jinx Lennon (2),
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens,
David Murray,
Peter Stampfel & Baby Gramps,
Withered Hand.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-10] Just Enough Before It's Too Late Robert Christgau published a piece,
Just Enough Before It's Too Late: David Johansen Meets Martin Scorsese --
Personality Crisis: One Night Only, directed by Martin Scorsese
and David Tedeschi --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-03] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section --
To B+ or not to B+, all-time Yankees, pondering the limitations of
AI singer-songwriting, reelin' in the Minutemen, God and Clapton in
Pasadena, and 15 cultural fundaments (Backstreet Boys included).
--
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-04-19] Consumer Guide: April, 2023 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: April, 2023:
Honed and loud pronouncements from a 67 year old, indelible copyrights
from a 77 year old, some 58-year-old saxophone wisdom, and uniquely
individualistic hip-hop from two born-in-the-'80s rappers.
Reviews of:
Gina Birch,
Bktherula,
R.A.P. Ferreira,
The Hold Steady,
JPEGMafia & Danny Brown,
Gurl Morlix (2),
Willie Nelson,
100 Gecs (2),
Oranj Symphonette,
Rust Dust,
Wayne Shorter.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-04-12] Curioser and Curioser: Marcel the Shell With Shoes On Robert Christgau and Carola Dibbell published a piece,
Curiouser and Curiouser: Marcel the Shell With Shoes On --
The amazing adventures (and tragic elements) of being tiny in a
human-size world --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-03-29] A Consumer Guide to the Music I've Devoted My Life To Robert Christgau published a piece,
A Consumer Guide to the Music I've Devoted My Life To --
From New Orleans to Kharkiv, with stops in between for the invention
of rock & roll, the greatest ballad singer this side of Frank
Sinatra, Africa's biggest pop star, and, of course, fried ice cream --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-03-22] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section --
Laughter in review, Afrobeats eartime and Afropop explorations, an
audio book recommendation, the artistic gas crisis, and infirmity
keeps creeping
--
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-03-15] Consumer Guide: March, 2023 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: March, 2023:
From the UK, a trustworthy superstar. From Canada, shoegazing power-pop.
From Brazzaville, rhythms that rock as much as they roll. And from an
ex-fundamentalist, courage, idealism, and self-sacrifice.
Reviews of:
Adele,
Alvvays,
Balka Sound,
Robert Sarazin Blake,
Built to Spill,
Iris DeMent,
Girl Scout,
Lyrics Born,
Grant Peeples,
Quasi,
Homeboy Sandman,
Stephen Ulrich,
Wednesday,
Yo La Tengo.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-03-08] The Big Lookback: Christina Stead Robert Christgau published a Big Lookback piece,
Christina Stead -- Three pieces, two writers, one novelist --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-02-20] The Big Lookback: Huey "Piano" Smith Robert Christgau published a Big Lookback piece,
Huey "Piano" Smith -- A lecture from the 2015 EMP Pop Conference
in Seattle --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-02-20] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section --
Rock & roll's early days, the limits of the megastar pop life, Beyoncé and the road to an A plus, S − Y = ?, "Beth Ann and Macrobioticism," books that read like butter (and some that don't).
--
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-02-15] Consumer Guide: February, 2023 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: February, 2023:
High IQ catchiness from Ireland, death defying songs from Australia,
persuasive and heartbreaking outtakes from New York City, and some
truth and uplift from London.
Reviews of:
Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul,
Carsie Blanton,
Bo Burnham,
CMAT,
Dry Cleaning,
Robert Forster,
S.G. Goodman,
Jeffrey Lewis,
Little Simz,
Billy Nomates,
Margo Price,
Maggie Rogers,
Rosalía,
Shygirl.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-02-08] Emily Rose Marcus, 1969-2023 Robert Christgau published a piece,
Emily Rose Marcus, 1969-2023, as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-02-01] The Big Lookback: Tom Verlaine/Television Robert Christgau published two Big Lookback pieces following the
death of Tom Verlaine:
Tom Verlaine -- on the glory of Marquee Moon, from his
memoir Going Into the City -- and
Television's Principles -- from The Village Voice, June 19,
1978 --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
Christgau's
Dean's List: 2022 has now been archived, split into
essay and
list. The usual links from the
latter to Consumer Guide reviews are not yet available.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-01-30] Dean's List: 2022 Robert Christgau published a piece,
Dean's List: 2022, as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop. The piece has not yet been archived in the
Pazz & Jop section, but when it is it will be split into
essay and list.
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