Xgau: "Unabashed eroticism, commonplace maturity, baseballese guitar rock, and three songs from four decades ago that will kick your ass." Robert Christgau's honorable mention song picks and song-embeds of higher-graded albums in his August 'And It Don't Stop' Substack Consumer Guide. Read along while listening here: https://open.substack.com/pub/robertchristgau/p/consumer-guide-august-2023?r=2cixd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email Omits a SZA song that puts this playlist over the two-song limit for songs from a single album as well as the two Wreckless Eric honorable-mention picks, because that album hasn't been released yet. I'm hoping to use these three songs to kick off the September playlist.
