Has The NME Got Good?

as you'd expect, I have no idea where that is in this glorious town of wonder (an honest description for our new recruit to these parts, dog latin !)

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/12038707_10154241979429167_1204071788281887017_o.jpg
http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/88552

"ex-vampire"

umm ..

It really is fitting that they no longer have the words 'New', 'Musical' and 'Express' on their cover, isn't it?

has that happened before?

Been like that for a while, certainly since the last christmas 'double issue'

.. The last two I bought were the christmas one and the 'farewell to yr money' one

'express' would be fitting if you're picking it up to read on the train

mark e - my colleague brought one in from temple meads stn.

how does it compare to any of the other free music papers? just looking at the cover makes me think there's not a lot of content in there

actually makes me nostalgic for stool pigeon r.i.p.

dl : ah. fair enough.

thats a fair old trek from my workplace to do there and back in an hour, and its not like i need a copy.

xp : i loved stool pigeon.

Meant to be able to get it on campus. Can't see where. Oh well. No great loss.

Much less content than The Skinny. Although at least NME pay their writers.

I would imagine that, if other free mags are anything to go by, the amount of content and possibly distribution will increase once advertising and pagination go up? I'm guessing they're running this on as low an overhead as possible right now.

Doesn't mean it'll be any good, mind.

saw this on Ned's facebook.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPvdoduWgAAjWFp.jpg

house invented by european white dudes everybody

hahahahahaha

doesn't stool pigeon exist anymore?

Not for a couple of years.

https://thump.vice.com/en_uk/article/the-nme-guide-to-dance-music-genres

How hard is it not to fuck up a brief guide to house music? FFS

You have to actually have listened to house music first, though

i am normally "who gives a fuck about idiots?" but that is almost rage-inducing

NME's History Of Reggae.

The Trailblazer - Paul Nicholas.
The Breakthrough - Madness
The Cool One - The Clash

https://thump.vice.com/en_uk/article/the-nme-guide-to-dance-music-genres

wait, does Baines = Dwight Yorke?

yes

article analyzing the cultural demise of the NME over the last 15 years

NME: HOW A MUSIC MAGAZINE TOOK INDIE INTO THE MAINSTREAM
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/nme-how-a-magazine-took-indie-into-the-mainstream

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JUD3dBVLTOA/T7KuqkPXwUI/AAAAAAAAJaw/5aISdxYYpxw/s1600/GazCoombes.jpg

http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-of-the-best-debut-albums-of-2015

Lol.

ithappens already dropped this nugget on this thread :

OK, is this the worst piece of music writing ever?

Holy shit.

Never thought I would feel sad for the NME but this is actually depressing in a whole new way.

If only it were written in crayon.

Down down, deeper and down

Nauseating Marketing Express.

nearly literally lolled at work when I saw that piece

That's amazing.

can't even remember a single one of the records they mentioned, just windows 10

but i guess compared to some of the garbage they've ridden for over the years, microsoft isn't the worst

ts: windows 10 vs pearl jam ten

The equivalent of your best mate pulling your mum - NME gets burnt by branded content
http://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2015/11/06/equivalent-your-best-mate-pulling-your-mum-nme-gets-burnt-branded-content

it's not that I am pouring one out for the lost integrity of NME or whatever but because of the ongoing cultural downgrade in importance of music itself as just one stream of cultural activity that gets bottlenecked through the web, devices, and social media. So this is sad as a symptom of an ongoing redistribution of our focus, and it literalizes the way that those devices and media leverage the concept of access and participation in order to cloud the encounter with artwork with the corporate squid ink of branding. The present is gross.

otm

That Drum article is as embarrassing as the NME one. I'd rather be forced to weave Windows 10 references into every shitty thing I ever wrote - especially now that the Start menu is back and better than ever - than try to keep a straight face producing this kind of garbage: Personally, I’d love to see NME and Microsoft come together and produce something truly unique to music and both brands. NME was never one to lie down and take a beating and I’m not sure why that should start now. After all it’s often a brand’s heritage that can save it from the abyss.

it's not that I am pouring one out for the lost integrity of NME or whatever but because of the ongoing cultural downgrade in importance of music itself as just one stream of cultural activity that gets bottlenecked through the web, devices, and social media.

It's actually more illustrative of the crisis in print publishing/consumer media in general I think.

Personally, I’d love to see NME and Microsoft come together and produce something truly unique to music and both brands. NME was never one to lie down and take a beating and I’m not sure why that should start now. After all it’s often a brand’s heritage that can save it from the abyss.

This man is Part Of The Problem imo.

Aha just saw your post Eyeball. We are on the same page I believe.

"Richard Armstrong is the former drummer from the rock band Gay Dad founder of content marketing agency Kameleon."

Guessing he might have a vested interest here.

it was funny to see some of the same people who'd been mocking this yesterday pay attention to the j*** l**** xmas advert as a serious and significant cultural event

partoftheproblempartoftheproblempartoftheproblem