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1. www.robertchristgau.comRobert Christgau: Home

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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 ...

   • Music Reviews

     The Robert Cray Band: Twenty; The Rolling Stones: A Bigger...

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     Key to Icons. An A+ is a record of sustained beauty, power,...

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     I live in an old East Village apartment with Robert...

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     Google Search: Twitter: Follow @rxgau: Lists. Decade...

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     Newsprint. A Blues Festival With Some Charisma; A Duly...

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     As Christgau wrote, "The whole idea of it for me is that I...

   • Miscellany

     Robert Christgau on the End of the World; Robert Quine; The...

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     Robert Forster: The Evangelist; Seun Kuti & Egypt 80;...

2. www.robertchristgau.com › xg › cgRobert Christgau: Consumer Guide: March, 2022

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   Feb 9, 2022 · Consumer Guide: March, 2022. Haunting delicacy that clatters, queer noise-pop that's cleansing, a Malian feminist produced by an ex-punk, & a Romani horn band covering Bill Withers. Plus: songs from Trinidad, Lagos, & John Prine. Benji.

3. www.vice.com › en › article"I'm a Good Writer" - Robert Christgau on the Life and Legacy ...

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   Feb 24, 2015 · Robert Christgau is ten years past retirement age and busy as hell. Still, not so busy that he can’t speak with a young reporter—though he isn’t above being a tad persnickety about it. “Just...

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4. www.robertchristgau.com › index › indexRobert Christgau: Home

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   Robert Christgau published his monthly Xgau Sez q&a section -- Keeping (or losing) a taste for the new stuff, the (non) Battle at Artists Space, the album artistry of Otis Redding, forerunners vs. forefathers, existential anxiety, and the appalling Gaza war. -- in his Substack newsletter And It Don't Stop.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_ChristgauRobert Christgau - Wikipedia

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   Robert Thomas Christgau ( / ˈkrɪstɡaʊ / KRIST-gow; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.

6. www.newyorker.com › books › under-reviewThe Rock Critic Robert Christgau’s Big-Hearted Theory of Pop

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   May 22, 2019 · Fifteen years ago, the rock critic Robert Christgau published a survey-of-the-literature essay called “In Search of Jim Crow: Why Postmodern Minstrelsy Studies Matter,” in The Believer. The ...

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   Who is Robert Christgau?

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   Did Robert Christgau become a rock critic?

   • Two recent collections make the surprising case that Christgau, who is known for his capsule reviews, has done his best work in his essays. Robert Christgau didn’t set out to become a rock critic, because, when he began his career, a rock critic was not something one could become. Photograph by Michael Ip / Redux

   The Rock Critic Robert Christgau’s Big-Hearted Theory of Pop

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   Is Christgau a good writer?

   • No matter the publication, Christgau's voice is consistent and undeniable; his prose filled with verbose descriptors, far-flung references and the hyperbolic musings of a man who writes to understand himself and the art he consumes.

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   How many Christgau capsule reviews are there?

   • It's an unspoken in the music industry that you haven't quite made it until you've been the subject of one of Christgau's trademark capsule reviews, close to 14,000 of which have appeared in the Voice, Playboy, Blender, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and currently the Medium-hosted Cuepoint.

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8. robertchristgau.substack.com › p › deans-list-2023Robert Christgau's Dean's List: 2023 - by Robert Christgau

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   Feb 5, 2024 · Robert Christgau's 84 best albums of 2023, including Olivia Rodrigo, boygenius, Zach Bryan, Lewis Capaldi, and more.