Anthony Fantano: The Last Emperor

The cause and effect of being the world's most famous music reviewer

Dear reader, how are you?

Over the last 15 months, I’ve been thrust into the music commentary space, a timeline I far from expected for myself. Thrust being the operative word here, because you can really get f*cked by putting a word out of place and unintentionally upsetting a whole fanbase or community.

I am, for all intents and purposes, an inoffensive…