Select Reviews

Select magazine has always been, for me, somewhat of a standby magazine; you know, one of those mags that you may as well buy as youve got the cash and need something to read. The layout has always been nice and easy to ind something that appeals to you and the reviews are reassuringly and consistentl well written. Select seems ...  Read the complete review

So Select magazine has been redesigned yet again, and as with every earlier attempt has pratically gone back to the old format within a few months. This possibly says something about not changing a winning formula, but hey, the new graphics are quite nice. The cut-out dotted lines around reviews seem a bit superfluous (Select has allways had a ...  Read the complete review

When it first came out in the 1980s, Select was a refreshing alternative to the more staid Q, and I bought it every month. As other magazines such as Mojo and Uncut started come out I stopped buying Select, mainly because it concentrated more and more on dance music, and less on the types of music I usually go for (indie, soul, sixties stuff). ...  Read the complete review

I have only bought Select magazine since its revamp, so I can't say if it has improved. I buy it because it covers the music I like - mainly indie/pop/rock with a bit of dance. The magazine is basically 3 parts - the Select 50, where there are 50 seemingly random clippings, such as quotes from musicians, reviews of TV shows/products, little ...  Read the complete review

Like Melody Maker and NME, Select seems to have undergone something of a facelift. The most positive change of this new look version is that it acknowledges the massive expansion of technology: it includes MP3 only tracks on its recommended list and multimedia items on the free cover CD (always a bonus for all you skinflints and students out ...  Read the complete review