The All-New STYLUS.

I didn't know about Hipinion til today...JESUS CHRIST! IT'S TERRRRRRIBLE.

i need an ALL NEW STYLUS for one of my turntables

any news?

Probably a hoax, never heard a thing about this since.

I don't think it's telling tales out of school if I say so, but it turns out it's true, Stylus is kaput.

Really?

so I hear! I haven't been a regular contributor or in the loop for like a year, though. sorry to anyone if it's supposed to be under wraps at the moment but if people are already speculating then it's not really much a secret.

Uh.

ach, just saw the end of that email that said it wasn't supposed to be known yet. mods, feel free to delete, i guess.

WAU.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScgERsqzUhQ

Terrible if true. Stylus is a really good online magazine.

agreed

I'm still writing for them, so.

stylus has a weekly feature about beats by the pound?!

-- and what, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:21 (1 month ago) Link

you missed last week's column about Charge It 2 Da Game?

-- Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:29 (1 month ago) Link

yeah i gotta say the debate between mo b. dick & nick southall about radiohead's best album was kinda predictable tho

-- and what, Friday, 31 August 2007 16:42 (1 month ago) Link

wish this was real

mo b. dick southall

Dick Mouthy hehe

Sick Mouthy rools.

POST THE EMAIL

I'd like this better if it were just a way of firing Alex in Baltimore (not that I have anything against him, really).

"Uh, yeah, we're not publishing anything else, so we don't need you to write anymore. Also, uh, don't look at the website, because after we fold the domain will be used to serve viruses and childporn into your your computer."

lol. well like i said, i stopped writing reviews for them last year, have only been doing some stuff for the Jukebox blog recently, which was what I got an email in reference to. i already feel like enough of a dick for saying anything, though, so yeah, definitely not posting any emails.

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/119582/2/istockphoto_119582_grieving_2.jpg

WHAT.

RIP big men

The decline for Stylus (more leik styleless) started when they didn't get back to Esteban Buttez about that writing gig.

^^^ truth

idk if anyone else has noticed, but lots of stylus stalwarts have been throwing it down for pfork lately.

oh noes. What will happen to the jukebox? No wonder it hasn't been updated all week. What a shame it had to end with a celebration of the longevity of Radio 1's mediocrity as well.

I'm still writing. Literally. I've got three Word docs open.

whats the reasoning behind this

yeah. why oh why?

yeah this really sucks

http://www.rialtotheatre.com/images/content/mystery.gif

idk if anyone else has noticed, but lots of stylus stalwarts have been throwing it down for pfork lately.

http://www.drownedinsound.com/user/view/46684

idk if anyone else has noticed, but lots of stylus stalwarts have been throwing it down for pfork lately.

By "lots" do you mean Mike Powell? Because Liz Colville has been writing for both sites for a while now, and I think Roque Strew only wrote for Stylus for about two weeks before heading over to Pitchfork, and that was at least a year ago.

Andrew Gaerig, Josh Love and Ian Cohen all write for 'fork as well.

Hmmm, OK, didn't notice them on the masthead.

By the way, just in case - I do apologise for repeating this rumour if it is either wrong or supposed to be secret until some later date. I hope this hasn't caused any problems anywhere, hadn't thought about that when I asked if anyone knew anything on August 31st. I did say that it could be a hoax and as far as I know it might still be, but you know, to whom it may concern: sorry. :-/

http://www.observer.com/2007/stylus-magazine-respected-online-music-publication-will-fold-after-halloween

Stylus Magazine, Respected Online Music Publication, Will Fold After Halloween
by Leon Neyfakh

Published: October 26, 2007

Tags: Media, Pitchfork Media, Stylus Magazine

StylusMagazine.com, a portal for fans of experimental and independent music, will cease publication at the end of the month after almost five years. While never quite as widely read or immediately influential as Pitchforkmedia.com, Stylus built a name for itself among music specialists interested in rigorous, and often personal, criticism of little known artists, as well as Top 40 singles. (In recent years the site also expanded its coverage to include film.) In an e-mail, Stylus editor Todd Burns—who was good enough to publish a few of this reporter's music reviews many years ago—said there was no immediate impetus behind his decision to the end the site.

"I just got off the subway one day and said, 'I don't want to do this anymore,'" he said.

Scott Plagenhoef, who was a top editor writer at Stylus before becoming the managing editor of Pitchfork, said the site would be dearly missed.

"Todd has done an exemplary job of providing an outlet for content that is writer-friendly and allows them to stretch out and explore ideas," Mr. Plagenhoef said.

"One disappointing thing about it is that there aren't very many music magazines anymore," he said. "Even online, since having a blog has simply been a matter of hosting a song and then saying, 'hey, here it is.' That's been pretty much the end of the conversation in a lot of places about music."

Mr. Plagenhoef said he has been talking to Mr. Burns about Stylus writers who might now find a home at Pitchfork. "We've consulted with Todd and talked about certain writers who are a good fit, and we're in the process of possibly bringing on board a few people," he said.

Mr. Plagenhoef said Pitchfork has already hired Mike Powell, who wrote regularly about music for Stylus and served as an associate editor.

Stylus will publish its last reviews this week, and close out on Halloween with a "Greatest Hits"-style retrospective.

r.i.p.

I'm really sorry to read this. This line is especially true:

One disappointing thing about it is that there aren't very many music magazines anymore," he said. "Even online, since having a blog has simply been a matter of hosting a song and then saying, 'hey, here it is.' That's been pretty much the end of the conversation in a lot of places about music.

Good filters are as sorely needed now as ever, and Stylus was one of the best. I'm very sorry to see it go.

What I don't understand is, if he's simply not interested in running the site anymore, why not try to find somebody who is?

The all-new Stylus, run by the Reverend!

Haha, no thanks.

This news is heartbreaking. :(

Haha, no thanks.

Why not? Storm the Bastille.

r.i.p. anticipating hit job reviews by dom of hyped nme bands.

but for real, i'm sad about this. in some respects, stylus, esp. w/r/t the features, had some of the best, or at least the most original, music writing around, print or online. will be missed, but it's cool that dudes are migrating over to pfork, at least.

Todd Burns doesn't care about indie people!!

That's a bummer. Stylus was my favorite of all of 'em. They had the most consistent writers. I hope they keep an archive online for a while.

yeah this is bad. pitchfork, while you're at it feel free to steal stylus' design template. every bit of it. please. alfred soto where else do you write?