I agree with pretty much all your points, and for me I use these lists to figure out what I have missed and what I ought to go listen to. Rolling Stone barely h

I agree with pretty much all your points, and for me I use these lists to figure out what I have missed and what I ought to go listen to. Rolling Stone barely has any kind of grasp on the breadth of music. It’s part of an industry that seems to be surviving on reissues and super deluxe box sets and vinyl profit margins, it’s a cultural magazine but more a like dictionary that is way behind the language, or a driver fixated on the rear-view mirror.