Hey, Chuck: It turns out plenty of people had heard of Merrill Garbus before this year. (Chuck Klosterman did just that this week in an asinine column where he admits that he “barely listened” to the record before he clumsily begins to attack it and prognosticate upon the inevitable demise of her critical adoration. And even though I didn’t find it to be the very best, I’m not about to disparage the Dean of American Rock Polls, which was founded by the Dean of American Rock Critics (Robert Christgau). If you’d read my Top 10 on Reverb (or my P & J ballot), you’d know I think it a great album, too. The Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop poll came out last week, crowning Tune-Yards’ “whokill” as the Album of the Year. Sunday, November 19th 2023 Home Page Close Menu
