Does anyone still read music magazines?I currently subscribe to a bunch but alot of them are more geared towards making music...i will stick to music review and feature magazines.

Seeing as i am a more rap/hip-hop fan i like:

XLR8R
Grooves
Bigshot
Elemental

I really like the interviews and features in thes mags.I rely mostly on the internet for reviews.

I also like urb sometimes...but it has began to wear on my nerves.I dont know why just seems...??

Anyways I would love to hear about any magazines you guys and gals like?

Take Care.

i read some Magnet. its pretty good. i mean they have an array of interesting interviews with good artists, but some of the stuff they write is annoying.

the wire. I'm all about the wire. what usually ends up happening is me buying it, and immediately looking through it for ten minutes. I then don't pick it up for three days or so. then, I'll be awake really late, and I'll read all the features and half the reviews.

if the issue has a "primer" for some jazz musician or something, that's worth the $8.75 by itself.

i read regularly (via subscription or routine pick up):

Magnet
Amplifier
Big TakeOver
Under the Radar
ICE
Rolling Stone
Uncut
Harp

I sometimes pick up Paste, No Depression, and Q. I glance through, but never buy, Blender.

magnet is pretty good. one thing that's kinda weird about urb is that out of all the reviews they have, you rarely see anything get two stars or below. if everything's good, what's the point?

Chart, Mojo, and occasionally Uncut and Spin are worth reading. All the rest are pretty gossipy. I still read Rolling Stone but I hate myself for it. Exclaim is the best free music mag in Canada.

Mojo and Uncut rate most consistant for me, but I also like Classic rock.
Oh oh. I might be giving too much away.

"You throw your love to all the strangers,
And caution to the wind".

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Originally posted by burning man:
I also like Classic rock.
Oh oh. I might be giving too much away.

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Alastair Reynolds?

The noted science fiction author?

Dude, I will NEVER forgive you for the way you set up that awful "shining flying purple wolfhound" pun in your first book.


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Sorry. Return to go. Do not collect $200.

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Originally posted by burning man:
Sorry. Return to go. Do not collect $200.

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Oh well, I figured it was worth a shot....

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Originally posted by Filmore Holmes:
Chart, Mojo, and occasionally Uncut and Spin are worth reading. All the rest are pretty gossipy. I still read Rolling Stone but I hate myself for it. Exclaim is the best free music mag in Canada.

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wow i can so relate to that i thought it was just me

ive had a subscription to blender for about two years and they always make me laugh out loud the last couple of issues they have been getting hardcore rappers to answer questions from there readers its kind of refreshing to see them let theyre image down a bit and show that theyres more to them than just wat you see on mtv..........

I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but I should put in another plug for one of my favorite music mags, the quarterly monster "The Big Takeover." For five bucks, you get upwards of 300 pages of interviews and commentary (including around 80 pages of reviews per issue). The current issue (#55) has a cover story on Wilco and interviews with American Music Club, Franz Ferdinand, The Diodes (a feature on Toronto punk circa 1977), Chris Stamey, Nick Cave and many others. Publisher/editor Jack Rabid always does a pretty cool Top 40 in his reviews each issue...this months covers Motorhead, American Music Club, an Australian-only Saints box set, a Screamers DVD, Rogue Wave, a new Chills mini-lp, The Libertines, The Avengers, The Crippled Pilgrims, and many others. A good read, and the best value in music mags, pound for pound.

Another good read (not as meaty) that covers similar (if slightly more eclectic) ground is also out with a new issue now..."Under the Radar".

the big takeover sounds cool...i will have to check that one out.Holler at my local hard to find magazine shop and see if they got it.

They carry BTO at Borders and Barnes and Noble in most cities. Given the kind of music you dig, if you don't read Under the Radar, you should, as well. A little more attention paid to electronic/eclectic/experimental stuff, but still with a pop flavor...

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Originally posted by philosopherEric:
Given the kind of music you dig, if you don't read Under the Radar, you should, as well. A little more attention paid to electronic/eclectic/experimental stuff, but still with a pop flavor...

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And, on cue, the latest issue of Under the Radar arrives at my door with a cover story on Bright Eyes and features on Supergrass, Ed Harcourt, BRMC, Iam Brown, and more. Plus an "under the influence" column where current stars interview their favorite musicians: Devandra Banhart and Donovan, Primal Scream and the Cramps, The Thrills and Brian Wilson, and Clinic with Can.

They've also got their Top Records of 2004. I'll post them over in the "Listmania" section...

I came up with another good mag...Pop Culture Press, which always comes packaged with a cool sampler CD and has loads of reviews. The features are usually a little weak, but the reviews are good.

A mag that's gone from must-read to blah is Amplifier. It was once a really cool place to read about power pop and had some good reveiwers. Now it's moved away from power pop (which isn't so bad) but the reviews seem like they were written by high school freshmen. It's pretty much useless now...I let my subscription lapse...

I know there are alot of magazines listed here but...if someone could reccomend a magazine for me i would be greatly appreciative.

I am looking for a more indie rock mag than anything else.That is monthly,preferabbly is from the u.s but doesnt have to be...and of course has quality reviews.

I have a few in mind but anybodys recos would help me narrow it down!

Thanks!

Check out Rock Sound. They specialize in that sort of thing but they are from the UK. Chart (Can) is packed with indie, much to the detriment of my hip-hop and electronica loving ways, but I'm still a subscriber. But I don't know of any US mags that haven't sold-out to pop music hand over fist. I still read Spin & Rolling Stone all the time but you already know about them. Sorry.

yeah i went ahead and subsribed to the wire...and a few smaller ones including the big takeover and under the radar.