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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 NewsExpert Witness: Robert Christgau Reviews 'Springsteen on Broadway'
Rolling Stone has published an excerpt from Robert Christgau's new collection, Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading: [posted by Webmaster on 2019-05-03] Expert Witness: Billie Eilish's Teen Goth Angst
Robert Christgau's second Duke University Press collection, Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading, is now ready to ship. 30% off from here with promo code E19CRGAU. Read an excerpt, including the introduction. Christgau will appear and read from his book at McNally Jackson Independent Booksellers, 52 Prince Street, New York, NY, on Monday, April 29, at 7:00 pm. [posted by Webmaster on 2019-04-26] Expert Witness: Khalid's Textured Anxiety
A new batch of Xgau Sez questions and answers appeared last Tuesday. Official publication date is May 3, but Robert Christgau's second Duke University Press collection in six months, Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading, is now ready to ship. 30% off from here with promo code E19CRGAU. Read an excerpt, including the introduction. Christgau will appear and read from his book at McNally Jackson Independent Booksellers, 52 Prince Street, New York, NY, on Monday, April 29, at 7:00 pm. [posted by Webmaster on 2019-04-19] Expert Witness: Salif Keita's 'Un Autre Blanc'
Gabriella Paiella interviews Robert Christgau and Carola Dibbell for New York magazine's "Marriage: An Investigation": When Infidelity, Infertility, and Cancer Only Make Your Marriage Stronger. [posted by Webmaster on 2019-04-12] Expert Witness: Stella Donnelly's Musical Encyclopedia of Assholes
[posted by Webmaster on 2019-04-05] Expert Witness: Pedro the Lion's Return
A new batch of Xgau Sez questions and answers appeared last Tuesday. We've added a book page for Robert Christgau's new book, Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading (Duke University Press), to be published April 12. [posted by Webmaster on 2019-03-29] Expert Witness: Ariana Grande's Garden of Sonic Delights
[posted by Webmaster on 2019-03-22] Expert Witness: Todd Snider's Replayable 'Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3'
[posted by Webmaster on 2019-03-15] Expert Witness: Aesop Rock and Tobacco's Funny Collab, 'Malibu Ken'
New questions and answers were posted Tuesday, March 5: Xgau Sez. New batches will appear every third Tuesday. [posted by Webmaster on 2019-03-08] Expert Witness: Dreezy's Step Up and Nūr's Spooky, Abstract Rap
Two new pieces in Publishers Weekly, related to Robert Christgau's forthcoming (April 12) essay collection Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading (Duke University Press):
[posted by Webmaster on 2019-03-01] Expert Witness: Carsie Blanton's Unabashed Politics
[posted by Webmaster on 2019-02-22] Expert Witness: Jazz-Rock Staple Harriet Tubman
New questions and answers were posted Tuesday, February 12: Xgau Sez. From this point, new batches will appear every third Tuesday. [posted by Webmaster on 2019-02-15] Expert Witness: Alex Chilton's Fragile Love Songs
The Village Voice released their 2018 Pazz & Jop package, including:
[posted by Webmaster on 2019-02-08] Expert Witness: Saba's Humanist Hip-Hop
[posted by Webmaster on 2019-02-01] Expert Witness: The Ex's Protest Music and Idles' Rage
New questions and answers will be posted Tuesday, January 29: Xgau Sez. [posted by Webmaster on 2019-01-25] Robert Christgau's Is It Still Good to Ya? is a finalist for NBCC Criticism Award The National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors has announced its finalists for 2018 awards. There are six categories, and Robert Christgau's Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017 has been selected as one of the five finalists in Criticism. The NBCC Awards have been awarded annually since 1975. [posted by Webmaster on 2019-01-22] New Xgau Sez New questions and answers were posted Tuesday, January 15: Xgau Sez. [posted by Webmaster on 2019-01-15] Expert Witness: The Delines' Depth and Kacey Musgrave's Quiet Sell
Robert Christgau lists his favorite albums of 2018 in this year's annual Dean's List. New questions and answers will be posted Tuesday, January 15: Xgau Sez. [posted by Webmaster on 2019-01-11] Most Recent -- More Recent -- More Ancient More Information |
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