CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE

A slightly disappointing month, given the status of the entrants. But I haven’t listened to so many B plusses at once in what seems like years, and that’s good. I’d hoped to come down hard on at least part of the Sire punk blockbuster before it got around me, just to prove I’m not a complete sucker for all this unmusicianly (hah!) stuff, but when I began humming Saints songs I knew that was hopeless.