Christgau is an elitist douche and his reviews are bloody terrible.
I wouldn't say he's the worst though, Pitchfork takes the prize.
Alternative Press, Blender, NME and Slate are pretty f*cking bad too. You know things are grim when Rolling Stone probably do actually give the most decent and fair reviews of any mainstream music magazine. Further proof that music critics in this day and age are pretty much useless.
Nothing tops what I've read from Mark Beaumont. That Kid A review will haunt me forever.
David Fricke is the only music critic I particularly like, really.
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