They think it's all over for the NME - Page 2

debaser · #6 03-07-2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Duchess

The NME should have died the day it started championing Menswear.

Fucking Menswear.

But instead it has been allowed to continue championing and hyping overly styled bands no one should give a fuck about.

lol, i have the menswe@r record!!!

God*is*7 · #7 03-07-2008, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Ophiel

Actually, to be honest, the thing that's annoyed me most about it in the last few years is that it's been pushing bands that aren't stylish. The Kooks went to fucking stage school, but you wouldn't know it from the way they mope around. I mean, it's obviously an act, but it's a horrifically drab one for someone who supposedly knows about performance.

Theres nothing about the NME that would make anyone want to read it.
The fact is, no one believes any of, I think the people reading don't even believe it. And thats why its so depressing.

With music journalism in general you're fighting a bit of a losing battle, but then reading old articles from like the 90s it seems many were actually smart and relevant instead of just a desperate "cool" act.

dollie_midget · #8 03-07-2008, 01:23 PM

Funny, I never ONCE considered checking out NME's official website when i read the magazine. mehhh
I do quite like the letters page though, it's decent when they don't decide to have two whole pages of whining about The Horrors.

debaser · #9 03-07-2008, 01:32 PM

times have changed, the internet has made music info much easier to get, bands make it more on "buzz" than talent and magazines don't sell.

i used to buy music mags religiously (4-8 a month, the expensive imports too!!!) and now i tend to buy 3-4 a year. no use buying a magazine with stories that have already been published or leaked online.

BleedingHeart · #10 03-07-2008, 01:56 PM

As long as its website (that brings all the good music gossip daily) doesn't close, I won't miss the mag...