2013 Lineup

[Com Truise]

SOAD lower than Jake Bugg? feckin nme readers

[dentalplan]

Why is there such a stigma attached to the NME?

[Dead throne]

oh NME, u so silly

[GuitarManDan15]

Why is there such a stigma attached to the NME?

[mrtourette]

Flimsy weak journalism, inaccurate stories (and stories is the most accurate desription) and sensationalist misleading headlines designed to grab sales and website clicks rather than accurately report and describe news.

[Com Truise]

Why is there such a stigma attached to the NME?

[Dead throne]

Because its become the daily mail of the music press. Pointless no stories making headliners, lazy journalism and bumming about 1000 bands at once hoping that one of them makes it and NME can claim they were behind their success

[Yellow_Fellow]

It's the Gazza of music journalism

[thetime]

I always wonder do people buy the magazine there slating?

[dentalplan]

Because its become the daily mail of the music press. Pointless no stories making headliners, lazy journalism and bumming about 1000 bands at once hoping that one of them makes it and NME can claim they were behind their success

Edited August 28, 2013 by dentalplan

[Dead throne]

I always wonder do people buy the magazine there slating?

[mrtourette]

I get this (although the Daily Mail is a bit of a harsh comparison - not that exploitative) but I also understand it's a business and has to use this crap journalism and overhyping bands and music scene shit to stay afloat, that's the world we live in nowadays.

Just what gets me is it's just so popular to hate that even the people that read it or subscribe to it's social networking hate it and will demonstrate how they hate it, all the while they've read every bit of news that drips out of the journalists' fingertips. I guarantee less than 5% of readers or website users will say they don't live/approve of the NME, but they'll still gobble up all these hype bands. If you look on the Facebook page, every other comment is 'Same old NME shit', 'No one cares' etc. but they've still clicked on the site to fulfil their use to the NME.

Yeah it promotes bands that people don't like - it's not the only option. Find new bands, find a new music website, whatever.

Edited August 28, 2013 by mrtourette

[thetime]

Melody Maker .

Edited August 28, 2013 by thetime

[Com Truise]

I always wonder do people buy the magazine there slating?

[Dead throne]

In this era is there really any need for hard copy magazines?

[Com Truise]

I might buy this weeks nme with the R&L review... for a laugh.... and there's a biffy poster in it apparently

[mrtourette]

MM just wasn't the same when the changed it from a paper to a magazine, don't know what happened to select as that was a great mag aswel. Also a special mention to vox aswel as that was a superb magazine.

I used to buy them all when I was a whipper snapper. The thing is that was all before the internet or before it was so everyday culture and was very valuable in finding out gig dates and interviews.

In this era is there really any need for hard copy magazines?

Edited August 28, 2013 by mrtourette

[Dead throne]

Heh yeah I remember they used to have band profile pages where they had a band's discography, getting hold of all their releases, on what format, on which label, etc. was like gold dust. Nowadays you get just get it from wiki.

I do wonder why people still buy magazines when virtually all of the news is already out there, yeah it's an advertising tool for bands to promote releases and tours but none of the details are secret.

[thetime]

Do they still have a classified section in the weeklies? I remember melody maker having it and when that went it transferred to NME.

[robMUFC96]

Maybe slightly off topic, but does anyone know where I can get a lineup poster from? I really wanted to get one but couldn't risk carrying it through the mud and now apparently you cant officially get them following the festival. If anyone could even make me one, I would pay handsomely

[dentalplan]

The problem with NME is what is used to be and what it still thinks it is. I don't think it would be an issue if it had always been 'the indie Smash Hits' but it used to be a lot different and I get the impression now that it still thinks it's a guiding voice in the music scene when in reality it hasn't lead punters but instead chased them for a long time. For those us who remember the days of three quality music papers a week as well as multiple monthlies it's easy to look down on what it is now, and online music sites haven't really adequately filled that void.

You are dead right about it needing to be the way it is to survive in todays society and the publishers have been very clever about that (recognising early the direction that they needed to go in, buying main competitor Melody Maker and using that as a trial run, that failing spectacularly and being shut down leaving the way for NME to learn from the mistakes and make the same change a year later with no competition) but that doesn't mean it should be above reproach for shoddy work.

The changes it made meant that it lost a lot of credibility with older reader while the fact that it's been so successful and doesn't really have any competitiors in print or online mean that younger music fans see it as the evil overlord controlling the music we listen to, manipulating the industry and pushing bands for their own agenda.

Edited August 28, 2013 by dentalplan

[Dead throne]

Maybe slightly off topic, but does anyone know where I can get a lineup poster from? I really wanted to get one but couldn't risk carrying it through the mud and now apparently you cant officially get them following the festival. If anyone could even make me one, I would pay handsomely

[dentalplan]

Maybe slightly off topic, but does anyone know where I can get a lineup poster from? I really wanted to get one but couldn't risk carrying it through the mud and now apparently you cant officially get them following the festival. If anyone could even make me one, I would pay handsomely

[mrtourette]

It probably doesn't have the voice it used to but I think it still commands a large share of the young crowd. There are thousands of bands nationwide that don't get looked at until the kids (that hate the NME) are given the go ahead by NME. I still think it delivers a decent level of actual music news about bands still relevant to music lovers. I don't believe it's above reproach but I just take umbrage at the amount of people who swear against it that keep it afloat, while actual decent music publications have died out from lack of an audience.

Last time I bought the NME was when MCA died (I'm not really Beastie Boys fan, that wasn't the reason, I just needed something to read on the train) and they had an article over a few pages and it was really fucking good. I don't think all of their journalism is terrible. I use the website daily and don't really have a problem with it myself but I may be a bit sentimental for when I used to buy it whenever I could about ten years ago and the indie boom was kicking off and it was a lot better then, it was fairly good then.

[kaosmark2]

Yeah it promotes bands that people don't like - it's not the only option. Find new bands, find a new music website, whatever.