Robert Christgau published his Consumer Guide: July, 2023: Sweet melodies buoying up existential weight, trying Jesus when other men let you down, sad and brilliant tales of failed relationships, and jazz with a pop-friendly sense of identity and purpose. Reviews of: African Head Charge, Buck 65, Carook (2), Elle King, L'Orchestre National Mauritanien, Allen Lowe, Baaba Maal, Parodner, Bill Scorzari, Straw Man Army, Tinariwen, Billy Woods, Young Fathers. This is part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published a piece, Three by Steve Anderson -- From the "Village Voice" music section, reviews of Joan Jett, Slowdive, and the Ramones -- as part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau posted a podcast, Auriculum (Ep. 6): Rob Sheffield and the first Quarterly Pazz & Jop Report, as part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

Robert Christgau published a piece, Paging Steve Anderson -- a review of his novel, As the Day May Determine (2021, 280 pp.) -- as part of his subscription newsletter, And It Don't Stop.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.