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Clunge
10-11-2005, 08:27 AM
So then, what does alt/indie read? I've been searching in vain for a magazine that offers a half decent amount of album, single and gig reviews each week or month.
And please do not suggest NME.
Tomahawk
10-11-2005, 08:35 AM
I say this every time they're brought up here, but music magazines are basically all trash. Especially since it's so easy to find good reviews and news online, for free.
I'll sometimes grab a Rolling Stone to read on the train, but I usually regret it.
Clunge
10-11-2005, 08:39 AM
I kind of have an alt. motive for teh thread, I need to find a magazine with a decent length review of any rock gig really to use as model for part of my English coursework (gig review).
Any ideas?
I kind of have an alt. motive for teh thread, I need to find a magazine with a decent length review of any rock gig really to use as model for part of my English coursework (gig review).
Any ideas?
could you not get a review off of the internet?
Clunge
10-11-2005, 08:53 AM
could you not get a review off of the internet?
I could use that as a third model, but I'd prefer to have two hard copies (scans) of a real magazine as I can comment on far more features (eg. layout, typography etc) instead of just a text review off the internet.
Wonkavision is my favorite.
http://www.wonkavisionmagazine.com/
I could use that as a third model, but I'd prefer to have two hard copies (scans) of a real magazine as I can comment on far more features (eg. layout, typography etc) instead of just a text review off the internet.
In that case I don't really know any good ones. The only magazine I really buy is total guitar and I don't know why because its pisss poor, the reviews in there are also shocking. I suppose Q can be ok, but on the whole quite poor
Clunge
10-11-2005, 10:10 AM
Hmm, does anyone know if Melody Maker still exists?
(Hail to the thief)
10-11-2005, 10:22 AM
Altranate Press sucks
Spin is pretty good, fun for a long car ride/plane ride
and I personally like this obscure magazine called Grooves. (electronic music)
Luxor
10-11-2005, 11:14 AM
Magazines on the whole are lame. Too many advertisements, not enough content. Not to mention the content usually blows as well.
The Ashtray Girl
10-11-2005, 12:52 PM
I'm a big fan of Filter, Clash is also quite good, and Q has its moments when it's not being insanely list-orientated. And Word is also quite good, although that's not just music.
Holyed
10-11-2005, 12:54 PM
I get Q every month, its probably not the best, but if you get it postal ordered its pretty cheap for such a pack-filled magazine, some features can be pretty good and it gives a good listing for gigs/listening and stuff.
mr_jackalope
10-11-2005, 12:58 PM
Paste and Filter are very, very good. Mojo is great as well, but focuses a lot more on the past. New Music Monthly is very good because it comes with a CD full of interesting singles, but is very expensive. I'd reccomened Paste the most I think.
justpaul28
10-11-2005, 01:04 PM
If you're from the UK you should trying getting MOJO or Uncut. They do (on the whole) honest critical reviews on a wide range of music. I'd reccocmend MOJO especially, they do good free CDs as well. :thumb:
Spin usually, but Q is good.
Clunge
10-11-2005, 01:38 PM
Out of all of these, which one usually has the longest gig reviews?
Also, how easy are magazines like Paste to find?
Danzo
10-11-2005, 02:39 PM
Sometimes I'll buy the NME if I'm bored and have 30 minutes to spare/it comes with a good CD (my secret shame). Every now and again I'll buy Mojo/Uncut/Q though.
I also buy Total Guitar every now and again.
I say this every time they're brought up here, but music magazines are basically all trash.
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Happymeal
10-11-2005, 02:44 PM
I love the Rolling Stones issue with Jennifer Love Hewitt in the cover?
The NPC
10-11-2005, 03:02 PM
Local fanzines.
upthebracket
10-11-2005, 03:23 PM
Hmm, does anyone know if Melody Maker still exists?
Think the NME absorbed them a while back :(
I buy the occassional Q, but I mainly just wait around for my dad to buy his usual Mojo/Uncut/Record Collector. If there's a decent looking cd on a mag I'd probably treat myself as well.
Jawaharal
10-11-2005, 03:56 PM
Q is ok. I like to browse through a rolling stone or a spin every now and then.
biografiend
10-11-2005, 05:25 PM
I usually pick up Rolling Stone or Blender if I need something to read, and my friend's band was featured in Spin, so it is an okay mag aswell.
I think Spin is pretty decent.
Zappa
10-11-2005, 06:17 PM
I have a subscription to Downbeat, but that's basically a jazz magazine.
bubbledeath
10-11-2005, 06:37 PM
Blender is the best music magazine out there. It's so entertaining and they recommend great music.
Tsuruka
10-11-2005, 07:25 PM
Nme.
mr_jackalope
10-11-2005, 08:24 PM
Blender is the best music magazine out there. It's so entertaining and they recommend great music.
It's one of the worst I've ever read, up there with RS and Spin. Q used to be good until they switched editors about 2 years ago to the guy who masterbates to the Strokes and Nirvana.
br3ad_man
10-12-2005, 03:30 AM
I read local street presses. The height of them is annoying and the amount of ads is irritating, but they are free and generally better than music magazines that you pay for.
mr_jackalope
10-12-2005, 01:43 PM
The only one I read on a regular basis is Q, even though it's gone so far downhill in the last few years...it used to be a great read, but now it's pretty much the Nirvana special edition every month. :-\ It still beats any other major music magazine that I've tried though, and their top 100 album list next month should be quite interesting, hopefully.
Is it the Top 100 of all time or the last year? Because that of the last year is pretty interesting usually, but the all-time one is downright gross. I think Nevermind was #1 last time, which is just a downright joke.
I subscribe to Spin and Rolling Stone, and I read Mojo and Uncut when I see them in stores.
Jonny Greenwood
10-12-2005, 04:26 PM
I have a subscription to Spin and Blender, but I like Spin better then Blender.
Zesty Mordant
10-12-2005, 04:47 PM
For myself, Spin is pretty good (Chuck Klosterman is great), and Blender can have its moments, but I guess thats pretty much it.
It's not a music magazine per se but Vice is probably the greatest ****ing read ever. They just hate everything and I love it.
robot
10-12-2005, 08:40 PM
The bookstore where I live usually has some good zines, but I never buy them.
EonBlueApcolyps
10-12-2005, 08:53 PM
ill pick up RS or Spin if im evre going on a trip. sometimes Revolver if for some reason their covering some of the heavier stuff i like.
Little Man being Erased
10-12-2005, 08:55 PM
I read local street presses. The height of them is annoying and the amount of ads is irritating, but they are free and generally better than music magazines that you pay for.
Yeah, me too. All other magazines are pretty much crap.
Speaking of which... have you seen the new issue of Rave?
EightMilesHigh
10-12-2005, 09:23 PM
I regularly read Rolling Stone.
I can't find Spin anywhere most of the time, but I read it when I can.
br3ad_man
10-13-2005, 01:33 AM
Yeah, me too. All other magazines are pretty much crap.
Speaking of which... have you seen the new issue of Rave?
Yeah I saw Tapey's interview. Very cool stuff. :)
Sound Boy
10-13-2005, 02:33 AM
i read Blender..its close to my opinions although its been a lil off lately.
i dont like RS cause they trashed Zeppelin back in the day and the praise Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix like they are gods gift to music. as some of you may think so i dont.
Spin is also good at times. and sometimes ill pick up Revolver or Guitar World. those are the only music mags i read. who needs magazines when you got the Musician Forum*cheap plug*
morrissey
10-13-2005, 02:36 AM
All music magazines I've ever read are garbage. Except for NME <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
br3ad_man
10-13-2005, 06:45 AM
Everything other than classic rock sucks.
/Guitar World
For myself, Spin is pretty good (Chuck Klosterman is great), and Blender can have its moments, but I guess thats pretty much it.
It's not a music magazine per se but Vice is probably the greatest ****ing read ever. They just hate everything and I love it.
Vice is a classic read. They rip the **** out of everything, it's marvelous. The style of writing is so raw and uncut, not very insightful but entertaining.
EightMilesHigh
10-13-2005, 11:02 AM
Everything other than classic rock sucks.
/Guitar World
Yeah man did you get the tabs for the new Megadeth song this week?
Senor_Whippy
10-13-2005, 11:39 AM
I'm reading a lot of Fanzines at the moment.Having a good look at what's in the underground.
mr_jackalope
10-13-2005, 12:01 PM
I am downright astonished by the amount of people that would actually pay to read the drivel they print in RS and Spin.
neal_672
10-13-2005, 01:39 PM
Hmmm i read Mojo occasionally but (and yes i mean it) i mainly read NME. I'm not ashamed of it at all, yes they're a little "scene" but i have no problem with most of the articles and it's certainly closest to my music tastes in general.
Danzo
10-13-2005, 01:57 PM
The NME like Pete Doherty a little too much for my liking, that's my major qualm with them.
Zesty Mordant
10-13-2005, 06:20 PM
I am downright astonished by the amount of people that would actually pay to read the drivel they print in RS and Spin.
pshhh, whatever I personally think Spin is a very decent magazine and they don't hype bands up any more than any other mainstream or local 'zine. The articles are good, the reviews of albums are usually to my taste and they have great writers.
RS isn't half bad either, at least when they're not talking about music.
br3ad_man
10-14-2005, 01:26 AM
Yeah man did you get the tabs for the new Megadeth song this week?
Nah I only got the Metallica, Led Zeppelin and Pantera ones.
Interstate
10-14-2005, 02:21 PM
I usually read either Uncut or Q, although lately I've kinda stopped reading Q.
Senor_Whippy
10-15-2005, 06:37 AM
I read NME (Sorry) every week.I can see why people hate it because it's very scene based but I mostly listen to Indie music and the NME is a Indie music magazine.I've discovered some great bands through the NME (The Libertines,Arcade Fire,The Strokes,Devendra Banhart) but also some bad ones (Bloc Party,The Bravery,Editors,The Tears).I also read Q,Kerrang,Mojo,Rock Sound,Mixmag,Rolling Stone (when I can get it) and tons of Fanzines to see what's happening in the underground.
morrissey
10-15-2005, 06:43 AM
The Tears are great.
br3ad_man
10-15-2005, 07:34 AM
Wait a minute, The Libertines are good but Bloc Party are bad?
/shakes head
Clunge
10-15-2005, 08:23 AM
Wait a minute, The Libertines are good but Bloc Party are bad?
/shakes head
*Joins in*
robot
10-15-2005, 08:54 PM
I don't get the hype over Bloc Party.
MemoryMachine
10-16-2005, 11:44 AM
I read NME (Sorry) every week.I can see why people hate it because it's very scene based but I mostly listen to Indie music and the NME is a Indie music magazine.I've discovered some great bands through the NME (The Libertines,Arcade Fire,The Strokes,Devendra Banhart) but also some bad ones (Bloc Party,The Bravery,Editors,The Tears).I also read Q,Kerrang,Mojo,Rock Sound,Mixmag,Rolling Stone (when I can get it) and tons of Fanzines to see what's happening in the underground.
If NME was a good indie magazine, it would of reviewed the new Broken Social Scene album by now. Which it hasn't.
3rdplanet
10-16-2005, 04:21 PM
I read Wire, which is just like Pitchfork.
Pirate Satellite
10-16-2005, 05:51 PM
I like Filter and Relix and Paste and Waxpoetics the best.
Relix is mainly Jam-Band oriented, so the gig reviews are usually pretty good. Waxpoetics is my favorite for layout.
Mosrite
11-11-2005, 04:44 PM
I'm shocked no one has mentioned Magnet Magazine...
Chilifanthatsme
11-13-2005, 05:41 AM
I like NME, my bro gets it and i sometimes read it, its more mainstream Indie though.
Also Kerrang is good, my mate gets that and if i see it lying around at his house i'll have a lil gander at it.
asymm
11-13-2005, 10:32 AM
I'm shocked no one has mentioned Magnet Magazine...
Magnet isn't bad. I enjoy the features, but the reviews are too short and personally I'd wish they put the album cover next to the album being reviewed. I'm personally a very visual person so I like associating a band with the visual. I've subscribed to it for a little while, but I'm not going to re-subscribe.
team_racket
11-13-2005, 10:49 AM
rock sound covers a wide range of styles and features loads of reviews for each genre. also covers a lot of underground bands. just a shame they always have lame bands like the rasmus on the cover. but then it sells copies.
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