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Live From Cincinnati: Wussy
A guest post from RJ Smith on Wussy's November 15th show at the Woodward Theater in Cincinnati.
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Xgau Sez: November, 2024
Thoughts on Kamala and the election, Elton and listening time, Young Thug and trap, bohemia (what dat?) Billy Bragg and Woody Guthrie, and genius…
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Consumer Guide: November, 2024
Hip-hop from 52-year-old grandpa-to-be, demure grooves from a 31-year-old producer-frontman, dreamlike and bone-simple songs from a Belgium-based…
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October 2024

Louis Jordan: The Grandfather of Rock and Roll
Formally, this jump-blues pioneer presaged rock and roll, though he was decades older than Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, or Little Richard.
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Xgau Sez: October, 2024
At the Apollo, in the library, ABBA reconsidered (briefly), the end considered (also briefly, and not the one involving the Doors), thoughts on music…
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Consumer Guide: October, 2024
Guitar rock verging on the philosophical, boom-bap from an alt-rapper here to stay like that shit in your panties, a titanic work of art from 1956, …
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September 2024

Behind Closed Doors
Roddy Doyle, "The Women Behind the Door" (2024, 262 pp.)
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Xgau Sez: September, 2024
Consumer Guide music discovery, some subjects for further research, dancing to "Africa Dances," John and Faith Hubley, the hottest young male newcomer…
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Consumer Guide: September, 2024
Louis Armstrong lively ups London in '68, the Unholy Modal Rounders do the same to NYC in '77, Chris Smither sings into the void, and Morgan Wade sings…
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The Big Lookback: The Old 97's
“You May Think It’s Stupid, Rhett Miller thinks It’s Art,” The Village Voice, Mar. 27, 2001
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August 2024

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