RSSMSN Music: TV on the Radio
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-04-15]
And It Don't Stop on Substack
Robert Christgau's newsletter And It Don't Stop appears three (or four) times a month on Substack. Subscribe here.
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:
- Rainbow Arabia/Britney Spears
- Rainbow Arabia: Boys and Diamonds (Kompakt) A-
- Britney Spears: Femme Fatale (Deluxe Edition) (Jive) B+
- Paul Simon/TV on the Radio:
- Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What (Hear Music) A
- TV on the Radio: Nin Types of Light (Interscope) A-
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-04-15]
This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's Expert Witness blog:
- Saigon/Ski Beatz
- Saigon: The Greatest Story Never Told (Suburban Noize) A-
- Ski Beatz: 24 Hour Karate School (DD172 New York) B+
- Generation Bass/Yuck:
- Generation Bass Presents: Transnational Dubstep (Six Degrees) A-
- Yuck: Yuck (Fat Possum) A-
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-04-08]
This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's Expert Witness blog:
- Sonny Rollins
- Sonny Rollins: Road Shows Vol. 1 (Doxy/EmArcy '08) A+
- Sonny Rollins: A Night at the Village Vanguard (Blue note '99) A-
- Those Darlins/Middle Brother:
- Those Darlins: Screws Get Loose (Oh Wow Dang) A-
- Middle Brother: Middle Brother (Partisan) A-
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-04-01]
This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's Expert Witness blog:
- The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans
- Drive-By Truckers:
- Drive-By Truckers: The Fine Print (A Collection of Oddities and Rarities): 2003-2008 (New West '09) A-
- Drive-By Truckers: Live From Austin TX (New West '09) B+
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-03-25]
Rock & Roll &: The Righteous Path
New Rock & Roll & column at Barnes & Noble Review:
- The Righteous Path: Drive-By Truckers
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-03-24]
This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's Expert Witness blog:
- Loretta Lynn and Friends/Lucinda Williams:
- Loretta Lynn and Friends: Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn (Columbia Nashville) A-
- Lucinda Williams: Blessed (Lost Highway) B+
- Peter Stampfel and Jeffrey Lewis/Tom Ze:
- Peter Stampfel and Jeffrey Lewis: Come on Board (no label) A-
- Tom Zé: Estudando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza (Luaka Bop) A
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-03-18]
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:
- Low Cut Connie/Les Savy Fav:
- Low Cut Connie: Get Out the Lotion (lowcutconnie.com) A-
- Les Savy Fav: Root for Ruin (Frenchkiss) A-
- Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminiscent Orchestrii/The Baseball Project:
- Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminiscent Orchestrii: Carolina Chocolate Drops/Luminiscent Orchestrii (Nonesuch) A
- The Baseball Project: Volume 2: High and Inside (Yep Roc) A-
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-03-04]
This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's Expert Witness blog:
- Rough Guide to Desert Blues/Konono No 1:
- The Rough Guide to Desert Blues (World Music Network) A-
- Konono No. 1: Assume Crash Position (Crammed Discs) A-
- Aaron Neville/El DeBarge:
- Aaron Neville: I Know I've Been Changed (EMI Gospel/Tell It) A-
- El DeBarge: Second Chance (Geffen) A-
[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:
- Dancing on Her Own: Robyn
[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:
- Now That's What I Call Club Hits 2/Taylor Swift:
- Now That's What I Call Club Hits 2 (EMI) A-
- Taylor Swift: Speak Now (Big Machine) A-
- The Extra Lens/Todd Snider:
- The Extra Lens: Undercard (Merge) A-
- Todd Snider: Todd Snider Live--The Storyteller (31 Tigers) A-
[posted by Webmaster on 2011-02-04]
This Week in Expert Witness
New posts this week in Robert Christgau's Expert Witness blog:
- Gold Panda/Standard Fare:
- Gold Panda: Lucky Shiner (Ghostly International) A-
- Standard Fare: The Noyelle Beat (Bar/None) A-
- Scion CD Sampler v. 28/Blow Your Head:
- Scion CD Sampler v. 28--Dub Police (Scion AV) B+
- Blow Your Head: Diplo Presents Dubstep (Downtown/Mad Decent) A-
[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]
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