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Romantically Yours [Columbia, 1986] The sad testament of a tormented weirdo who longed to redeem himself in the world of middle-class convention. On side one he covers "standards" that are beneath him ("More"), beyond him ("Fly Me to the Moon"), or beside the point ("Maria"). On side two he attempts to write his own.
A Whole New Thing [Epic/Legacy, 1967] Prophetic in their rhythms, racial philosophy, and ostensible gender relations, Sly & the Family Stone scored a string of '60s hits that crystallized a vision of freedom--as Greil Marcus summarized, its complexity, coherence, wild anarchy, and endless affirmation. Unfortunatey, that vision is present only ...
Dean's List: 2021. It would be neat to kick things off by claiming this is my 50th Dean's List, but alas it's only the 49th, a preliminary pass in 1971 plus a straight run from 1974 to the anomalous present. As I began to write late Friday, 2021's list came in citing 71 A records, a total that might well have surpassed last year's 71 as I kept ...
And it's selling for about $7.50. A+. Black Market Clash[Epic, 1980] CBS's transparent attempt to class up a dumb new line of ten-inch LPs that some marketeer thinks will make collectors of us all, this hodgepodge makes more sense than Elvis the C's long-awaited full-sized hodgepodge nevertheless.
B+. Television [Capitol, 1992] I prefer the more rocking, songful old Television, but it's a tribute to Tom Verlaine's conceptual restlessness and force of personality that in a world where alternative guitar means making noise or mixing and matching from the used bins, these four veterans have regrouped with a distinct new sonic identity.
Robert Christgau published his Consumer Guide: July, 2023: Sweet melodies buoying up existential weight, trying Jesus when other men let you down, sad and brilliant tales of failed relationships, and jazz with a pop-friendly sense of identity and purpose.Reviews of: African Head Charge, Buck 65, Carook (2), Elle King, L'Orchestre National Mauritanien, Allen Lowe, Baaba Maal, Parodner, Bill ...
Sleater-Kinney [Chainsaw, 1995] Heavens to Betsy's warbly wailer Corin Tucker joins Excuse 17's solemn screamer Carrie Brownstein for ten songs in twenty-two minutes, and voice-on-voice and guitar-on-guitar they figure out love by learning to hate. Three different lyrics reject the penis soi-même with a fervor that could pass for disgust, and ...
