The first collection of criticism by a living female rock critic / Jessica Hopper ; [foreword by Samantha Irby].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopper, Jessica, author.

Contributor:

Irby, Samantha, writer of foreword.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock music--2001-2010--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Rock music--2011-2020--History and criticism.

Genre:

Essays.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 426 pages ; 19 cm

Edition:

Revised and expanded, first MCD x FSG Originals edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : MCD x FSG Originals, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

Summary:

"A revised and expanded edition of celebrated critic Jessica Hopper's pioneering music writing"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I CHICAGO

Chance the Rapper Is the Next Big Thing from Chicago

Viva la Filthy Noise! Coughs' Secret Passage

Sweet Things

Lil' Squirt: Juiceboxxx Takes His Show on the Road, Right After He Graduates High School

San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Oswego: An Up-and-Coming British Post-punk Trio Wows the Preteens at a Suburban High School Gym

Pogoing Across Borders

The "Stomach-Churning" Sexual Assault Accusations Against R. Kelly: A Conversation with Jim DeRogatis

pt. II REAL/FAKE

We Can't Stop: Our Year with Miley

Gaga Takes a Trip

Deconstructing Lana Del Rey

St. Vincent, Strange Mercy

Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material

Louder Than Love: My Teen Grunge Poserdom

pt. III DEATH/REDEMPTION

The Passion of David Bazan

Flirting with Religion: Rickie Lee Jones

Superchunk, I Hate Music

Why Michael Jackson's Past Might Be Gary, Indiana's Future

Between the Viaduct of Your Dreams: On Van Morrison

pt. IV NOSTALGIA

When the Boss Went Moral: Bruce Springsteen's Lost Album

Fleetwood Mac, Rumours Box Set

Shouting Out Loud: The Raincoats

Chalk Circle, Reflection

You're Reliving All Over Me: Dinosaur Jr. Reunites

Big Star, Nothing Can Hurt Me

Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation Deluxe

Nevermind Already: Nirvana's Twentieth-Anniversary Box Set

pt. V CALIFORNIA

Kendrick Lamar: Not Your Average, Everyday Rap Savior

Lana Del Rey, Honeymoon

California Demise: Tyler, the Creator and EMA Feel the Bad Vibes

Will the Stink of Success Ruin the Smell?

pt. VI STRICTLY BUSINESS

Punk Is Dead! Long Live Punk!: A Report on the State of Teen Spirit from the Mobile Shopping Mall That Is the Vans Warped Tour

Chief Keef, King of Chicago's Insurgent Rap Scene

How Selling Out Saved Indie Rock

Not Lollapalooza: Rollin Hunt, Screaming Females, and Abe Vigoda

pt. VII DESIRE, POWER, PLEASURE

Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville, Expanded Reissue

Cat Power Is Doing Just Fine

Body/Head, Coming Apart

Joanna Newsom, Ys

Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday

pt. VIII PERSONAL/POLITICAL

Emo: Where the Girls Aren't

TV on the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain

SWF, 45: Mecca Normal's The Observer

An Interview with Lido Pimienta

Robyn Knows What It's Like to Feel Bad

M.I.A.: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Artist

Janelle Monae Is Breaking Rules and Creating Space for Others to Do the Same

The Silver Lining Myth

pt. IX SHE SAID

You Will Ache Like I Ache: The Oral History of Hole's Live Through This

"It Was Us Against Those Guys": The Women Who Transformed Rolling Stone in the Mid-1970s

Joni Mitchell, The Studio Albums 1988-1979

Sleater-Kinney: A Certain Rebellion

The Invisible Woman: A Conversation with Bjork

A Woman Every Hour: How Nashville's Women Are Fighting Country's Bro Rule

Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monae, and the Year of the Woman Again.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2015 by Featherproof Books, Chicago"--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9780374538996

0374538999

OCLC:

1233022867