The A.V. Club - http://www.avclub.com/content/topics/Music_Criticism/feed en-us The Overdue Demise of Ministry http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/the_overdue_demise_of_ministry?utm_source=from_tag A dispatch from the band's anticlimactic farewell stand in Chicago. Tue, 13 May 2008 12:51:47 -0400 Music Ministry Al_Jourgensen Chris_Connelly Music Music_Criticism Industrial http://www.avclub.com/content/node/79516 Book review: Clapton: The Autobiography http://www.avclub.com/content/words/clapton_the_autobiography?utm_source=from_tag Clapton's life-as-greatest-hits autobiography hits the highlights and little else. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:06:40 -0500 Music_Criticism Biography Words Review Noel_Murray 70887_bc0869d3e187a778d177a2bf78461394 Book review: Wax Poetics Anthology: Volume 1 http://www.avclub.com/content/words/wax_poetics_anthology_volume_1?utm_source=from_tag A music fanzine compiles the best of its obsessive coverage of everything from James Brown to Texas funk. Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:46:46 -0400 Music_Criticism Words Review Michaelangelo_Matos 67995_5cdfecfc9a27762d096ab75a80f8ed0e Book review: My First Time http://www.avclub.com/content/words/my_first_time?utm_source=from_tag Are all punk awakenings really this similar? Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:41:49 -0400 Noel_Murray Review Words Punk Music_Criticism 67591_9dce88347440f32b5e580fac12b767dc Why Punk Planet's demise matters http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/why_punk_planets_demise_matters?utm_source=from_tag The magazine's death continues the demise of the independent press. Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:40:56 -0400 Misc. Creem Rolling_Stone Anne_Elizabeth_Moore Daniel_Sinker Non-Fiction_Writing Music_Criticism Punk 63571_1050a3c6a752ae8b41e511af57fe4bb2 Book review: Check The Technique http://www.avclub.com/content/words/check_the_technique?utm_source=from_tag A writer gets the making-of stories for some classic hip-hop albums—again. Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:26:59 -0400 Michaelangelo_Matos Review Words Old_School_Rap Music_Criticism 63563_70bec58e2ce0cd170fbc19a1c01d1c4e Book review: Tearing Down The Wall Of Sound: The Rise And Fall Of Phil Spector http://www.avclub.com/content/words/tearing_down_the_wall_of_sound?utm_source=from_tag Super-producer Phil Spector was on top of the world, briefly. A new biography charts his rise and fall. Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:22:42 -0400 '60s_Pop Biographical_Writing Music_Criticism Words Review Nathan_Rabin 63333_4e54803d1e6cdd255e51c88b928298f1