|
Newest Review: ... cover all of these genres in great detail and with an incredible knowledge. The Wire is also not afraid to put an artist on ... more |
||
by Ian Proudfoot - written on 20/12/00 (Very useful, 39 readings)
Rating:
Whilst a lot of the UK music magazines have become increasingly tabloid, The Wire stands out like a beacon in the literary wasteland. The standard of writing in The Wire is superior to that in every other music magazine. However this does not make The Wire a great magazine. Why? I hear you ask as I have previously called for high standards of journalism in music magazines. Fine I want better journalism, but not the kind that the wire offers. The Wire suffers from the greatest sins of all Elitism and Snobbery and it is this that makes The Wire a most unpleasureable reading experience. The Wire is some ways is a great magazine as it covers a vast range of ...
by pan - written on 11/07/00 (Very useful, 20 readings)
Rating:
If your taste in music doesn't fall neatly into the standard genre categories (rock/rap/dance/blah), then finding an intelligent and readable music mag is no easy task. Wire is currently one of the best mags for those styles of music that aren't overly commericial or easy to slot into a defined market segment. There's a lot of electronica, improvised, modern jazz and just plain weird music that finds its way into this magazine. There are extensive reviews, live listings and some good articles. The occasional cover CDs are diverse, even though there's not often more than one or two tracks that I like. It's not the ideal music magazine by a long shot, ...
Products similar to Wire
The Official UK Playstation Magazine
Demo CD, well-written, lots of content
Only 5 or 6 playable demos each issue, slightly biased, a bit expensive
more magazine
great features, funny, chatty, fab fashion and beauty
could be a little thicker
The Irish Post
easily digested
Can be difficult to find a newsagent who stocks it
O Magazine
Easy to read and very uplifting.
Quite large so not so easy to take out and about to read!
Top Ten Authors
The way they write!
Some complaints
Horrible Histories
History can be taught in an interesting way
None
Life and Pensions Moneyfacts
delivered to your door, number cruncher friendly
lots of chartsvery technicalconfusing
Here's Health
Good healthy living info
Heavily biased towards alternative/complementary therapies often at the expense of mainstream medical options that are safe and effective




