NME - New Musical Express

[theoptimist]

Does anyone read NME?

I have a weekly train ride from Nottingham to Kettering, I always pick up NME at the station and read it on the way. I think it's a really good magazine! It covers all the genres of music i like - indie, emo, screamo, post-hardcore etc.

 

[Ms.]

The writers are nauseating, i wish they would refrain from attempting to create a scene and just report on music. I wouldn't buy it but if i have to kill time I always read it and i do have a soft spot for the libertines so it's not all bad

 

[Kenny Shovel]

I haven't read NME regularly for a few years now, but for what it's worth, and for whatever era you read it: the writers always get on your tits, they always spend too much time trying to create music scenes, and you always wish you'd been reading it five years earlier when it sounded so much better (but wasn't really)...

...I do miss Melody Maker though...the writing was always that bit sharper...mind you, I also miss "Sounds" and that's been gone 15 years...*feels old*...

 

[Ms.]

The pension line is over there

shuffle along now

 

[Kenny Shovel]

...student humour, it's funny because they're better than we are...

 

[Ms.]

You win

I surrender

 

[Vespertilio91]

Does it cover American rock artists or just English? I know, it's probably a dumb question but oh well. I read an American magazine that's a sounds a bit like it called AP--Alternative Press. I really like it but only read it every once in a while because I can never find it anywhere but bookstores. So annoying.

 

[Ms.]

Nme covers american artists

 

[trendy_scum]

yes unfortuantely i read it every week and have done for a while.
most issues barely interest me but it's a terribly bad habit.