And It Don't Stop

The Big Lookback: Todd Snider

"Preaching Agnosticism (With Laugh Lines)," from "The Barnes & Noble Review," April 30, 2012

Nov 17 • 

Robert Christgau

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Consumer Guide: November, 2025

Shameless beauty track after track, an inspirational Afropop surprise, mood pieces suitable for the despondent historical moment, and a country album…

Nov 12 • 

Robert Christgau

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At Home With Peggy Seeger

From her first solo album in 1955 at 19 to her Last Farewell tour earlier this year at 90, Peggy Seeger has sung with effervescence, power, and a…

Nov 5 • 

Georgia Christgau

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October 2025

A Compelling Document of Sheer Goodness

'Famous Last Words: Dr.Jane Goodall' (2025)

Oct 22 • 

Robert Christgau

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Xgau Sez: October, 2025

Let us praise first-rate collections of first-rate songs but let us skip the twenty-four albums awarded some variation of the E grade. Also: albums vs…

Oct 15 • 

Robert Christgau

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Consumer Guide: October, 2025

Nearly half an hour of covers that qualify as beautiful, a remarkably warm and rich love album, facing down this grim moment with perky bad-assness, and…

Oct 8 • 

Robert Christgau

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September 2025

The Big Lookback: Janis Joplin

An excerpt from Carola Dibbell's memoir "Young Me: Travels With an Old Self 1967-1970"

Sep 23 • 

Carola Dibbell

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Xgau Sez: September, 2025

African American science fiction, Eno before and after rocking, where (or who) in the world is Stephen Malkmus, first musical loves, variants of the…

Sep 17 • 

Robert Christgau

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Consumer Guide: September, 2025

Soul jingles meet ad jingles, "Dumb Luck” rhymes with “IDGAF,” three L.A. sisters savor sex and tunes, and the Mahotella Queens shine on their own.

Sep 10 • 

Robert Christgau

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A Really Great Doc

Sacha Jenkins, ‘Sunday Best’ (2025)

Sep 3 • 

Robert Christgau

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August 2025

Xgau Sez: August, 2025

Thoughts on AI, advice to young critic, the Angry Samoans as dinner music, "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" as ASMR, the road to humane politics, and 21 Louis…

Aug 20 • 

Robert Christgau

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Consumer Guide: August, 2025

Kentucky road dog goes global/cosmic, no longer pure heroine has erotic adventures, Afro-prop variants assembled into a congruent groove, and gifted…

Aug 13 • 

Robert Christgau

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