#rockcrit — Public Fediverse posts

I love Robert Christgau's two criteria for reviewing an album:

1) Do I want to play it again just to hear it? 2) Am I ever actively and consciously enjoying what I’m hearing on some purely aesthetic level?

https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/xgau-sez-december-2023

#xgau #rockcrit #RobertChristgau

I sure wish Ann Powers was on here. She’s the sharpest rock critic working today. Here, she captures what makes the new #boygenius single “Emily I'm Sorry” so good.

https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2023/01/19/1149930157/boygenius-emily-im-sorry

#AnnPowers #rockcrit #PhoebeBridgers #music #npr