NME Reviews

NME Magazine is a magazine for those interested in music. It is initially aimed at teenagers and young adults. Often reffered to as the 'Indie bible', NME allows readers to catch up with the weeks news in the world of music. This being bands of the moment etc. The magazine itself is usually £2.20 or it was when I bought an ...

The New Musical Express, as much as it claims to be musically diverse, has always been an 'indie' magazine. Since it first starting appearing on our shelves way back in the fifties it's championed the likes of Sex Pistols, The Smiths and The Libertines, changing along with the music scene which has surrounded it. During the 70's the term 'gonzo ...

One of many music magazines available in newsagents and supermarkets across the land, although this is one of the better ones. The NME which originally started out as a printed newspaper many decades ago has developed to become one of the most popular glossy music magazines available. Partly due to its choice a few years ago to follow mainly ...

I have found the NME magazine to be an extremely useful read over the last few years. I suppose it does contradict the idea of avoiding the main-stream simply by the fact that it is a magazine, although it is unarguably unique. Every issue is full of interviews of bands, both familiar and completely unrecognised, allowing you to make ...

The NME has given itself the tltle of Britains number one music magazine, Mmmmmm, slightly debatable if you consider that most of the people who buy it (stingy students)) cant afford the chunkier, pricier rivals Q and Word. So basically theyve got nothing to compare it to, so yes im sure in their eyes it is a gift the hip and happening ...

New Musical Express is a magazine i have followed closely over the years. As a musician myself i find it interesting to see what new bands and material there is around at the moment. NME is good in the sense that there is no bull sh*t involved - it doesn't try and be something it's not. It's just a load of journalists who are ...

I have only been reading NME for a year so I wont be commenting on how the magazine has declined over recent years or whatever other criticisms I notice people seem to be saying. In this review I will write about what it is like now, primarily for those who are new to the magazine. Half the reason I read NME is down to the competition. ...

A few years back I used to find out loads about indie music from a freind. My freind was well up on loads of bands you might have otherwised missed and wasnt the sort to take any notice of pop trends or one hit wonders. Sure, there were one or two times when it might have been style over content but you can live with that, and we got on really ...

All in all, worth it for indie fans - Advantages: Very amusing, good gig listings, This year its getting the hype right- strokes, white stripes, BRMC, hives... - Disadvantages: It should have stayed as an indie paper- its so biased towards it anyway, some of the reviewers need castrated, It likes starsailor.

The other day on the train home I decided to buy NME. Partly because I had bought Kerrang that week and it didn't have a review of Reading so I thought NME might have something better too offer. My god what a load of rubbish. The review of Reading and Leeds was best described as dreadful. The reviewer obviously had no idea about half the bands ...

Every magazine has its core audience. Smash Hits has the teenage girl, who likes Westlife, A1 and lipgloss. Touch magazine has the RnB crowd who like Lynden David Hall, Craig David and looking good. Then there's NME who's audience likes, well what exactly? I always remembered buying the NME back in the mid 1990's when it ...

Don't talk politics and don't throw stones - Advantages: Has some features on music - Disadvantages: It isn't funny or clever, cut the politics

Well that's done it. The straw that broke the camel's back, if you will. It's enough that certain so called newspapers have over-sensationalised the latest Chris Morris creation (Brass Eye Special) - but for the NME to pre-empt the hysteria with a tabloid style full page "shock, horror" type report really has annoyed me. ...

Christ, what has happened to the British music press? Back in the glory days of the mid-80s, we had Sounds, NME and the gloriously opinionated journalism of Melody Maker. With Sounds & MM now gone, it's left to NME to carry the torch. Sadly however, it dropped the torch around the same time MM went to the wall, and with no competition it's ...

Long gone are the days when you can open a copy of NME and find some of the best new and old alternative acts from this country and beyond. In fact, the other day I managed to pick up a very old copy introducing Shed Seven to the world - now they wish they didn't exist, yet they were the ones that brought them up, so to speak. So, are they ...

Once upon a time, the NME was the bible of new music and information. Every Wednesday, music lovers would dutifully run to their newsagent, buy their copy and spend the next three days reading and absorbing the fantastic insights into the music world, the reviews of new releases and live shows and interviews granted by their favourite bands. ...

Of course, that title went to melody maker just before it died, throwing in weekly poster supplements and so forth. Unfortunately the NME isn't the great force it once was, what with the music industry currently being like a manufacturing industry... it's inevitable. i like to read the nme, but i can't help but feel ...

What has happened to NME recently, obviously it was never as good as usually brilliant Melody Maker, but recently it has been worse then ususal. Most of this is thanks to its ne format and new articles such as the weekly 'what's on people's mobile phones, to be honest who really gives a f**k and why do I keep seeing article after ...

The NME to me is indispensable... Read every week without fail, it not only educates but informs too. It never fails to capture the zeitgeist, the scene of the moment, even prehaps being a catalyst (see BritPop) for these scenes. I have learnt an awful lot from the NME over the last 5 years or so that I've been reading it and never have I felt ...

NME is one of the oldest and most respected music mags - but as many have complained, is it really losing it's touch? With the recent loss of fellow indie music mags, Select and its old arch rival Melody Maker, the NME could be guilty of becoming a little complacent, with little competition around. Nevertheless, in reality, it has good reason ...