I know I shouldn't let this wind me up so much but...
It used to be pretty good. Really.

I love going to their website every couple of days to find out about the new "hot" band of the millisecond. Then I download some songs to check them out and guess what? They're awful. The editors of this magazine ripped off Chunklet. It says so in the newest issue of Chunklet. This magazine is why I think sniper rifles were invented. That and picking off people from a safe distance; virtually insuring that the shooter won't get caught unless they drive around in a van that is seen at the scene of every shooting within the area.

Angry_Dragon wrote:The editors of this magazine ripped off Chunklet. It says so in the newest issue of Chunklet.

Yeah, I think that's pretty appalling. They didn't even try to hide it or anything. WTF?

The NME is CRAP. Stupid American anglophiles who rely on it as their source of new music are worse than the NME itself. One such person has an irritating show on the local community radio station, and is always prattling about the new Blur or Franz Ferdinand crap she imported. Wow. You import terrible music because the English press says to. Idiot.

Junkie celebrating, naiive, juvenile rag of shame.

At best - silly, annoying, and cringe inducing.

At worst - terribly irresponsible and dangerously stupid.

You know that feeling you sometimes get when you remember something really embarrassing you once did? Like a shiver, usually accompanied by a rush of blood to the head and a slight vocalisation of your discomfort? I think many of the current NME staff have a lot of those moments to look forward to, later in life. If they develop any brains and/or conscience at some point, that is.

Awful in so many ways.

run joe, run wrote:...Like a shiver, usually accompanied by a rush of blood to the head and a slight vocalisation of your discomfort? ...

Whatever, run coldplay, run. We know you've been zombified by the NME.




Faiz

Its a pretty insipid rag. Wouldn't use it to wipe my ass.

MrFood wrote:I swear, 3 weeks in one month they declared they had found 'the one band you have to hear before you die / would change your life'.

You remember what bands they were? It would be a pity if I died before I got to hear them?

Too lame to get a charge out of hating it.

MOJO sometimes get's a bad rap, but at least some of the articles are interesting.

An English chap gave me an Uncut magazine and said "This is WAY better than MOJO!"...They seemed almost identical to me.

NME, crap.

Being a professional disc-jockey type, I am on various mailing lists and get sent a ton of mostly major label records. Two weeks ago from one of my usual lists oddly enough I got sent the Xmas and "Franz Ferdinand guest-edited" issues of NME with a regular box tick reaction sheet asking which were the best reviews, et al. plus the following dumbass questions:

"The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl was voted best Xmas single: Do you agree?"

and

"Do you think Franz Ferdinand are good editors?"


Weird shit. All I can say is that if they are asking me as a tastemaker type poll (doing my job you occasionally get this sort of stuff sent to you), they must be in trouble. I havent bought the NME in about eight years, and was amazed to see it was still even in print. I thought it was just a website these days. It was dull and narrow-minded and no-one had anything to say, so it seemed to reflect the culture it pursues rather well.

johnnyshape wrote: I havent bought the NME in about eight years, and was amazed to see it was still even in print. I thought it was just a website these days. It was dull and narrow-minded and no-one had anything to say, so it seemed to reflect the culture it pursues rather well.

I guess there was a time when it was cutting edge music journalism. Isn't there a Faust album (Faust I?) with a really great NME review on the cover saying that this is the future of music?

[Edit: I think I mean Faust Tapes. I will try and find the text. I remember reading it and thinking this is really good music writing.]