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All columns, from Village Voice to The Believer, are available in Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986-2014
NEW WEST/CALIFORNIA (1978-83) [incomplete]
→1978/07/31 (Tom Robinson Band, “Rivers of Babylon,” Elvis Costello…)
→1978/08/28 (Spitballs, Gino Washington, Bruce Springsteen…)
→1978/10/23 (Devo, Clyde McPhatter)
→1979/01/15 (Nick Lowe + Best of ’78)
→1979/03/12 (Carlene Carter, Elvis Presley/Costello…)
→1979/05/07 (Jonathan Richman, Sex Pistols, Sonny Boy Williamson)
→1979/06/04 (Ramones, Boston, Mike Curb))
→1979/07/30 (Roches, the Knack)
→1980/06/30 (The Harder They Come…)
→1980/07/28 (Roxy Music, the Jamies)
→1980/08 (Young Marble Giants, Brains, Ska revival…)
→1980/09 (Van Morrison, Captain Beefheart)
→1981/07 (Kim Carnes, Funky 4+1, Bow Wow Wow…)
→1981/12 (Laurie Anderson, Yoko Ono, Albert Goldman…)
→1981/12 (Surf rock, Robert Palmer’s Deep Blues…)
→1982/02 (New Order, StreetArt, Pennies From Heaven…)
→1982/09 (Darlene Love, Gang of Four, Y Pants…)
→1982/11 (Nebraska, Ronald Reagan…)
→1983/01 (Best of ’82: “Temptation,” “The Message,” Hellfire…)
Special thanks to Erik Nelson
VILLAGE VOICE (1986-90) [incomplete, some dates unconfirmed]
→1986/02/18 (Reducers, Billy Ocean, Godzilla…)
→1986/03/18 (Stan Ridgway, Margaret Atwood, E.L.O…)
→1986/04/18 (Sonic Youth, Solomon Burke, Hüsker Dü…)
→1986/08 (“Louie, Louie,” Black Uhuru, Teena Marie…)
→1986/07/15 (Mekons, Madonna, Joseph Ellroy…)
→1986/10 (David & David, Cameo, Stacey Q…)
→1986/11 (Art Bears, Pussy Galore, Jacques Attali…)
→1986/11 (Steve Albini, Jamie Reid, Neil Young…)
→1986/12 (Wire, Coolies, Alphaville…)
→1987/01 (John Lennon, New Order, Coolies…)
→1987/02/10 (Minutemen, Pauline Murray, Malcolm Bradbury…)
→1987/06/02 (Suzanne Vega, The Mad Peck, Age of Chance…)
→1987/06 (Michelob, Culturecide, Fleetwood Mac…)
→1987/08 (Fastbacks, Cruzados, Rosanne Cash…)
→1987/09 (Big Black, Pussy Galore, Chuck Berry…)
→1988/03/01 (Roy Orbison, Terence Trent D’Arby, Swellsville)
→1988/04 (Clash, Forgotten Rebels, Jackie Collins…)
→1988/05 (Primitives, Del-Lords, Eric Clapton…)
→1988/05 (Tanita Tikaram, Guadalcanal Diary, James Brown…)
→1988/08 (Primitives, John Mellencamp, Pat Benatar…)
→1988/09 (Prince, Brian Wilson…)
→1988/12 (Cowboy Junkies, Johnny Winter, the Jewels…)
→1989/03 (Elvis Costello, Ciccone Youth, Drifters…)
→1989/04 (Fine Young Cannibals, Elvis Costello, Tone-Loc…)
→1989/05 (Madonna, Chet Baker, Pauline Kael…)
→1989/07/18 (Pulnoc, James Jamerson, Charles Burns…)
→1989/09 (Don Henley, Don Henley, Don Henley…)
→1989/11 (Elvis Costello, Public Enemy, Howard Hampton…)
→1989/11 (Natural Spiritual Orchestra, Link Wray, Louise Brooks…)
→1990/01/09 (Alison Krauss, Dave Marsh, MTV…)
→1990/02 (Howlin’ Wolf, Mekons, Vulgar Boatmen…)
→1990/04 (Pete Seeger, Midnight Oil, Vaclav Havel…)
→1990/05 (Babes in Toyland, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Eddie Money…)
→1990/06 (Madonna, Wedding Present, Fleetwood Mac…)
ARTFORUM (1990-97) [incomplete]
→1990/12 (Neil Young, Memphis Slim, Simon Reynolds…)
→1992/07 (Heavens to Betsy, Walter Mosley, Tori Amos…)
→1993/04 (Popinjays, Troggs, Billy Ray Cyrus…)
→1993/06 (Andre Braugher, Rosanne Cash, Basehead…)
SALON (1999-2003) [incomplete]
→1999/11/01 (Sally Timms, Pet Shop Boys, Dr. Dre…)
→1999/11/16 (Mark Sinker, Andy Warhol, Travis Bickle…)
→2000/05/15 (Richard Belzer, Wire, Holy Childhood…)
→2000/10/02 (Bob Dylan, Waco Brothers, Nurse Betty…)
→2001/09/04 (Erase Errata, Heavenly, Madonna…)
→2001/09/17 (George ‘Shadow’ Morton, George W. Bush, Ghost World…)
→2002/07/23 (Jill Olson, Counting Crows, Katharine Lee Bates…)
→2002/06/24 (Chumbawumba, Randy Newman, Charley Patton…)
→2002/07/08 (Robert Plant, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Percival Everett…)
→2002/08/05 (Son House, Comet Gain, X-Ray Spex…)
→2002/08/26 (Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Emry Arthur…)
→2002/09/09 (Sleater-Kinney, Robert Greenfield, Peter Wolf…)
→2002/09/23 (Warren Zevon, Slobberbone, Sarah Vowell…)
→2002/10/21 (Mekons, Great Crusades…)
→2002/11/04 (Ryan/Bryan Adams, Don Delillo, Sam McGee…)
→2002/11/18 (Eminem, Body Snatchers, Northern State…)
→2003/01/02 (Mendoza Line, Homer Quincy Smith, New Order…)
→2003/01/20 (Mia Zapata, Donnas, Baz Luhrmann…)
→2003/02/03 (White Stripes, Ann Charters, Rolling Stones…)
CITY PAGES (2003-04) [incomplete]
→2003/04/09 (A.R.E. Weapons, Victoria’s Secret, Dixie Chicks…)
→2003/04/14 (New Pornographers, Be Good Tanyas, White Stripes…)
→2003/04/23 (Don DeLillo, Madonna, Luc Sante…)
→2003/07/16 (Avengers, Patti Smith, DJ Shadow…)
→2003/08/06 (Hem, Richard Powers, Masked and Anonymous…)
→2003/08/27 (Christian Marclay, Lady J., Sinead O’Connor…)
→2003/11/12 (Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, School of Rock…)
→2004/01/14 (Mr. Airplane Man, Kill Bill, Hootie & the Blowfish…)
→2004/02/11 (Electralane, David Denby, Henry Flynt…)
→2004/03/03 (Robert McNamara, Pink Nasty, The Dreamers…)
→2004/03/24 (Mendoza Line, Sons and Daughters, Lou Reed…)
→2004/04/14 (TV on the Radio, Tom Perrotta, the Doors…)
→2004/05/05 (Eagles of Death Metal, Mendoza Line, Jan Berry…)
THE BELIEVER (2008-14) [incomplete]
→2009/01 (Fiery Furnaces, Doors, K.T. Tunstall…)
→2009/02 (Sex Pistols, Tom Perrotta, TV Smith…)
→2009/03 (Cat Power, Beyoncé, Stanley Booth…)
→2009/05 (Caroline Weeks, the Drones, Sometymes Why…)
→2009/08 (Adam Lambert, Fiery Furnaces, Robert Cantwell…)
→2009/10 (the Ettes, Sonic Youth, Michael Jackson…)
→2010/01 (Gossip, Dion, Raincoats…)
→2010/03 (Yellow Fever, Pirate Radio, Georgia O’Keeffe…)
→2010/07 (10 tracks from Allen Lowe’s Really the Blues? compilation)
→2011/05 (PJ Harvey, Vladimir Putin, Gang of Four…)
→2011/06 (Jay-Z, Dana Spiotta, Mildred Pierce…)
→2011/07 (Robert Johnson, Hellhound Ale, Bing Crosby…)
→2011/10 (Amy Winehouse, Shangri-Las, Mekons…)
→2013/01 (Lesley Gore, Andrew ‘Loog’ Oldham, Corin Tucker…)
→2013/06 (Kasey Musgraves, Phil Spector/Al Pacino, Blind Lemon Jefferson…)
→2014/08 (Kim Gordon/Nirvana, Woods, Kronos Quartet…)
BARNES & NOBLE (2014-16)
→2014/11 (Swans, The Good Wife, Justin Bieber…)
→2014/12 (Viv Albertine, Edvard Munch, New Pornographers…)
→2015/01 (Rhiannon Giddens, Raymond Chandler…)
→2015/02 (D’angelo, Mannequin Pussy, One Republic…)
→2015/03 (Orioles, House of Cards…)
→2015/04 (War on Women, Wailers, Vexx…)
→2015/05 (Francis Picabia, New Order, Beth Ditto…)
→2015/06 (Rihanna, Kenneth Anger, Lightning Bolt…)
→2015/07 (Jessica Hopper, Barack Obama, Amy…)
→2015/08 (John Lydon, Ubu Roi, “Jessie’s Girl”…)
→2015/09 (Carrie Brownstein, Straight Outta Compton…)
→2015/11 (John Seabrook, Lana Del Rey, Pere Ubu…)
→2015/12 (Dylan’s The Cutting Edge…)
→2016/01 (David Bowie, Hamilton, Waco Brothers…)
PITCHFORK (2016-17)
→2016/02 (Platters, Sarah Vowell, Tacocat…)
→2016/03 (Rihanna, The Americans, Rickie Lee Jones…)
→2016/04 (PJ Harvey, Lonnie Mack, Rolling Stones…)
→2016/05 (Prince, Parquet Courts, Sandy Denny…)
→2016/06 (Marlene Marder, Donald Trump, Don Delillo…)
→2016/07 (Har Mar Superstar, The Julie Ruin, “Fear and Beer”…)
→2016/08 (Felice Brothers, Michelle Leon, DJ Shadow…)
→2016/09 (Samantha Bee, Fantastic Negrito, Vivien Goldman…)
→2016/10 (Randy Newman, White Girl, Kaleo…)
→2016/11 (The Manchurian Candidate…)
→2016/12 (Robbie Robertson, Jonathan Lethem, Dylan…)
→2017/01 (Sleater-Kinney, Christian Marclay…)
→2017/02 (Fleetwoods, Y Pants, Women’s March…)
→2017/03 (Steve Jones, Paul Ryan, Chuck Berry…)
→2017/04 (Father John Misty, Big Little Lies, Hari Kunzru…)
VILLAGEVOICE.COM (2017-18)
→2017/05 (John Shaw, Filthy Friends…)
→2017/06 (Gina Arnold, Rob Sheffield, Walker Evans…)
→2017/07 (American Epic: Nas, Mississippi John Hurt, et al…)
→2017/08 (Dan Rather, Twin Peaks, Dion…)
→2017/09 (Billy Joel, William Faulkner…)
→2017/10 (Loudon Wainwright III, Elton John, Mr. Wong…)
→2017/11 (Eminem, Robert Plant, Dean Torrence…)
→2018/01 (Neil Young, Lana Del Rey, Wolf Parade…)
→2018/02 (Halsey, Lester Bangs, Kesha…)
→2018/03 (Betty Lavette, Denis Johnson…)
→2018/04 (Pussy Riot, The Searcher, Paul Robeson…)
→2018/05 (Philip Roth, Mekons 77, Michelle Goldberg…)
→2018/06 (Eleanor Friedberger, Dana Milbank, the Slits…)
→2018/07 (Algiers, Deaf Wish, the Beat…)
→2018/08 (Aretha Franklin, Tropical Fuck Storm…)
ROLLING STONE (2018-present)
→2018/09 (Kitchen Sisters, Jessica Hopper, Cat Power…)
→2018/10 (All Bob edition…)
→2018/11 (Lil Wayne, Women Who Rock, Elvis Costello…)
→2018/12 (Rich Kreuger, Lady Gaga, Aidin Vaziri…)
→2019/01 (Dirty Denim, Cat Power, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)
→ 2019/02…