Has The NME Got Good?

oh right.

The moral is: Type in haste, proofread at leisure.

Steve Davies, victim of terminal snooker loopiness.

We'll show you what we can do with a load of balls...

"Still, no argument that Eve's "Scorpion" is a knockout masterpiece of an album"

haha

I have most certainly never, ever said that anyone or anything anywhere should have anything to do with 'Popstars', 'Missy Elliot' or 'the Miami Dance Conference'. I have a feeling that all of them are probably atrocious.

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NME magazine has hooked up with Oxfam to urge music fans to donate unwanted albums to the charity.

Donors will receive a free copy of the magazine in return.

"We want to get the mag out to as many people as we can - Oxfam is a great way to do that but it's a great cause as well," editor Krissi Murison said.

The music swap marks the first time a major publication has been given away in a charity shop and is expected to bring in more than 12,000 donations.

Artists such as Jarvis Cocker and DJ Norman Cook have previously backed Oxfam campaigns and are self confessed lovers of the charity store, discovering rare gems for their own music collections.

One treasure recently discovered in an Oxfam shop in Glasgow was a signed Michael Jackson signed record.

"Whoever it was haggled with the person at Oxfam and got it for £73," Murison told BBC 6 Music. "I would have put my hand over the signature and passed it off as a normal one."

According to Oxfam, around 1.8 million CDs and records are sold every year, all donated by the public with money being used to fund projects across the world.

The swap begins on Friday at more than 150 Oxfam stores nationwide.

It also coincides with the recent launch of the magazine.

Murison, who became editor in September, claims it has been well received so far. She said: "It's really shocked me, the biggest cynics out there have Twittered me to say they really like it."

OXFAM'S MOST DONATED ARTISTS
Beatles
The Cure
New Order
The Smiths
Led Zeppelin

the biggest cynics out there have Twittered me to say they really like it.

God, the modern internet. What happened? D:

NME got fed up with british music?
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wtf are The Drums?

what, you haven't heard? 10-night stand at the Meadowlands just last month, biggest act since REO

From the looks of them I would only listen if they were called the Murds.

if you go to their show & provide me with visual evidence that you spent at least some of the time down front yelling "the murds! the murrrrrrrrrds!" between songs, I'll reimburse you for your ticket

MUSE + JACK WHITE: HOW TWILIGHT SCORED THE COOLEST SOUNDTRACK EVER

I love that even in 2010 the NME cover still features both the Stone Roses and Liam Gallagher

they have to cover themselves incase this new american invasion doesnt work out obviously.

The Drums are an American band from Brooklyn, New York,[1] with members stemming from the shortlived band Elkland (formerly Goat Explosion)

Now there's a name.

OH MY GOD NME HAS AN AMERICAN BAND ON THE COVER

I GUESS IT MUST BE FED UP WITH BRITISH MUSIC

The Drums are seriously fucking terrible

The issue still on the stands at Borders is a Joy Division tribute. How long ago did it shrink in size and get a glossy cover? I haven't paid much attention in a long time. Flipping through it reminded me of late 70s Creem. If they would offer an actually affordable subscription in the U.S. I would read it.

The most recent issue with all the American stuff was done by a stand-in editor while KM was on holiday. The others are markedly different in the sort of music they cover. I think it's improved massively since the redesign, but I would say that I guess.

It doesn't make me cringe quite so much when I see it in Sainsburys.

The Strange Boys are dope though real talk

I do wonder if "young people" really do want an Ian Curtis tribute issue, though?

Lots of "young people" listen to Joy Division.

Ian Curtis' 'stock' is probably as high now as it was in the early 80s. Just count the number of people you see wearing JD T-shirts at gigs.

didn't they run a cover not even 18 months ago with vampire weekend on the cover that was all AMERICA IS COOL AGAIN & then listed 20 american bands

I think Hermann still thinks it's 1995.

lolling at animal collective being buried there in b/w avi buffalo & the dum dum girls

cover is kinda cool visually tho -- whole redesign has gone a long way towards making the magazine look less like a music tabloid & instead like an actual journalistic endeavor

ok so it was about 18 mons ago - lol @ lil wayne

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Yeah that old cover style was appalling, I think a lot of the recent covers have been a lot better.

'how twilight scored the coolest soundtrack ever' is a bold claim!

but it does seem (from the covers n e way) to be better than under conor mack.

has nme forgot that someone made a famous movie about ian curtis

'Joe Lean - Why I canned my debut album'

A nation holds it's breath while we await it's appearance.

I do wonder if "young people" really do want an Ian Curtis tribute issue, though?

― djh, Monday, May 31, 2010 9:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Lots of "young people" listen to Joy Division.

― billstevejim, Monday, May 31, 2010 9:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Ian Curtis' 'stock' is probably as high now as it was in the early 80s. Just count the number of people you see wearing JD T-shirts at gigs.

― Duran (Doran), Tuesday, June 1, 2010 11:01 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^ truth

the thing about young people is that Joy Division is still a novel thing to them

the Miami Dance Conference

is this still a thing?

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^^ I like that they picked Colorado to fill in the west

I can't read what any of those are (except possible The National in New York?). Is there a link?

IN FACTS WE TRUST

NME is logical positivists now, u c.

You've changed, Pacific Northwest. You used to be cool.

http://altreport.hipsterrunoff.com/2010/06/avey-tare-escalates-personal-brand-named-alt-american-icon-by-nme.html

I guess those ass holes across the ocean are trying to ‘take over’ the indie brand. Guess they can have it since it is irrelevant/dead n e ways. USA is rlly conceptcore/chillwave/bleep bloopy these days, so I am not sure if we are into ‘ghey bands’ like The Muse of The Kings of Leon [via the Lion Kings]. h8 u NME for trying to act like the USA doesn’t produce the best music in the world. AnCo is gonna take yall down in the World Cup of post-indie bands.

WORST WORLD CUP EVER.

I love that even in 2010 the NME cover still features both the Stone Roses and Liam Gallagher

Don't forget the Beatles!

Geir will never let you forget, don't worry ilxor!

Was going to be snarky and post this in the worst NME cover ever, but I'm feeling charitable and think that on balance it's a good thing that NME are looking at acts that try to push the envelope rather than the usual Oasis/Pete Doherty/Arctic Monkeys stuff.

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KELE

BOLDLY GOING WHERE BLOC PARTY NEVER DARED

Cover still features Oasis = yep, it's still the NME.

Baby steps.

On first glance, I thought that the cover above listing the American bands said "Warrant" instead of "Warpaint."

I dunno if it's a good thing or not that a 50+ Paul Weller is making more risky and interesting music than most NME approved "indie bands" have been doing in recent years. Hopefully things will improve in UK indie though. I did think his days of NME coverage was gone though.

j3ff I thought the exact same as you when I first saw it!

what a weird cover