Rolling Stone is kind of crappy because they are prejudiced towards the "rock" canon of classics and give high ratings to bad albums by respected older rock bands (see: their review of new albums by U2 and Green Day). That said, I do find their reviews to be very concise, readable, and actually descriptive of the music (unlike, say, Pitchfork). They aren't great but I don't think they're as bad as some people say.
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