Robert Christgau

American music journalist

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2024 Louis Armstrong's album 'Louis in London' reviewed
2023 Olivia Rodrigo releases the album 'Guts'
2022 Selo i Ludy Performance Band releases 'Bunch One' album
2021 Neil Young and Crazy Horse release the album 'Barn'
2020 Various artists featured in 'Hanging Tree Guitars' compilation album reviewed
May 2020 Reached over 1,000 subscribers for his 'And It Don't Stop' newsletter on Substack.
2019 Released 'Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading' through Duke University Press, exploring his lifelong passion for literature and writing.
2019 Billie Eilish's album 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' reviewed
September 2019 Launches 'And It Don't Stop', a paid-subscription newsletter on Substack featuring a monthly 'Consumer Guide' column.
July 2019 Concludes writing reviews for MSN Music, Cuepoint, and Noisey in the 'Expert Witness' column.
2018 Published 'Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism 1967–2017' through Duke University Press, reflecting on his long career in music journalism.
2018 Christgau discussed his limitations in writing about jazz, acknowledging challenges in discussing jazz albums from the 1950s and 1960s.
2018 Noname's album 'Room 25' receives 17 points in Robert Christgau's music review
2017 Marked fifty years of rock criticism, commemorated by the publication of 'Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism 1967–2017' through Duke University Press.
2015 Released memoir 'Going into the City: Portrait of a Critic as a Young Man' through Dey Street Books, offering insights into his life and career as a music critic.
2015 Spin magazine acknowledged Christgau's pivotal role in inventing rock criticism as it is known today.
August 2015 Hired by Vice to write the 'Expert Witness' column for Noisey, their music section.
September 10 2014 Debuted a new version of 'Expert Witness' on Cuepoint, an online music magazine on Medium.
September 20 2013 Announced the end of 'Expert Witness' on MSN due to the platform shutting down its freelance arts operation.
July 2013 During an Esquire magazine interview, Christgau criticized the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voters for not inducting the New York Dolls.
November 22 2010 Launched the 'Expert Witness' blog on MSN, focusing on albums graded B+ or higher.
July 1 2010 Announced the final 'Consumer Guide' column on MSN.

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