Anthony Fantano is the Connecticut-based music critic behind the extremely popular Youtube channel, The Needle Drop. Fantano and his opinions tend to bring out a lot of emotions in people, but love him or hate him, he’s a completely independent critical voice with a taste fully his own, which is something we like to champion on this newsletter. The bump from a review on his channel or a slot on his weekly track round up can be a huge break for smaller artists that most publications aren’t paying attention to. And over the last few years Anthony has interviewed legends such as Phil Elverum, Danny Brown, and Julian Casablancas. Fantano is the most influential critic of our time and lucky for us, he’s here to share a taste of his taste.