This is his annual list of favorites from the last year; 84 albums he awarded with an 'A' grade. (Yes, the pedantic teacherly thing has always been a big draw for me. He's not called The Dean for nothing.) The records on his list I've actually heard at least once and wasn't repulsed by: Olivia Rodrigo, Boygenius, Robert Forster, Gina Burch, Wednesday, The Moldy Peaches, and Big Joanie.
That's seven out of 84! I'm pathetically out of it, I know, but you don't have to be!
And, come on, you haven't caught up yet with 2022 either:
At any rate, Xgau is ancient (even more ancient than me) and I think lives off his Substack gig now, And It Don't Stop, and deserves your support.