Archive - Critical Conditions by Wayne Robins

November 2024

Robyn Hitchcock: Cult Artist Forever

"All I wanted to do is make a living. I don't need to make fifteen of them."

Nov 22 •

Bono Not God, He Admits

With U2 and Crew at a Zoo TV Stadium Dress Rehearsal, 1992

Nov 16 •

Talking Heads:77 & 2024

An Interview, a Remastered Album, and a Memory

Nov 11 •

LEONARD COHEN: DEMOCRACY IS COMING TO THE U.S.A.

A 1992 Interview With the Seer Who Saw This Coming

Nov 8 •

Steely Dan's Greatest Hits & Quips

Fagen and Becker Promote Their 1978 Collection

Nov 5 •

October 2024

THE JOEY RAMONE INTERVIEW

"We spawned a whole new evolution of music" 1987.

Oct 31 •

Donald Fagen, Candid and Vulnerable

"My personality, my identity, was very vague to me." 1993.

Oct 24 •

FIONA APPLE: FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS

Agreed: Best Album of the 2020s So Far

Oct 18 •

Bob Neuwirth, Remixed and Revisited

His 1974 Debut Album, Uncluttered and Reissued

Oct 15 •

Vampire Weekend's MSG Matinee

With an electronic Montreal act and a Billy Joel Tribute Band

Oct 8 •

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