Best and worst specialist music magazines...Irish or otherwise (1 Viewer)

[aoifeimc]

Best: The Wire or JMI
worst:Q magazine

 

[Primitive]

Best - Mojo
Worst - Foggy Notions/Hot Press

 

[Lili Marlene]

best thing to ever happen in foggy notions

- that interview with arcade fire

'when did you realise that funeral was the greatest piece of music ever recorded?'

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

used Q actually be decent enough or was it always shite? i used buy it from around 1991 to 1995 and i used to like it well enough. i recall in depth articles on robert wyatt, leonard cohen, tin machine, the cure, cher, roy harper, the incredible string band, spinal tap, guns n roses, carcass, roger waters and tom waits among others. then it started going all oasis and blur and i stopped buying it.

there arent any mags these days i would consider buying and i hate having them lying about the place once theyre read. at least in the wire you might find out about some interesting bands but they ruin it then by having too many tedious and infuriating articles with the writer trying to show that a new cdr is relevant to some boring sociological theory.

 

[cephalopod]

The Observer Music Monthly is always a good read

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I'd love to read a music magazine/zine/vhatever, A5 format, 100 or more pages with just reviews of albums, singles etc. the odd interview/article about a scene, music of all sorts of genres. I know all this sort of stuff can be found online but it would be nice to have something sturdy i could read on the bus or what have you.
I agree with cephalopod, OMM is a good read but it only ever take about 15 minutes to read.

 

[HMD]

the best

 

[aoifeimc]

the best

I don't know, I mean Metal Forces did used to be great but now it's so obviously all about their advertisers and those fat cats record execs....sell outs

 

[Unknown Convict]

always a good read:

and always:

whenever it's in print

 

[billygannon]

I'd love to read a music magazine/zine/vhatever, A5 format, 100 or more pages with just reviews of albums, singles etc. the odd interview/article about a scene, music of all sorts of genres. I know all this sort of stuff can be found online but it would be nice to have something sturdy i could read on the bus or what have you.
I agree with cephalopod, OMM is a good read but it only ever take about 15 minutes to read.

Why don't we set up one?

 

[aoifeimc]

Why don't we set up one?

I can't think of one reason why not...not one, lets do it.

But who shall be editor??

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

i like "What Specialist Music?" and "Gay Community News"

 

[Jerry Twig]

i like "What Specialist Music?" and "Gay Community News"

As Danzig is of course a regular feature in both.



sorry

 

[billygannon]

I can't think of one reason why not...not one, lets do it.

But who shall be editor??

Editorbot?

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

now that everyone has computers these days setting a mag up is relatively easy re. submissions, cartoons, band pix, etc

however getting the ads to pay for the printing of it is a total pain in the arse

 

[aoifeimc]

now that everyone has computers these days setting a mag up is relatively easy re. submissions, cartoons, band pix, etc

however getting the ads to pay for the printing of it is a total pain in the arse

This is true, but it would be sooo deadly brilliant that the advertisers would be lining up!
Though there would have to be a strict "no big-upping your mates coz they're you mates" and "no big-upping your advertisers coz they're your advertisers" policy in place so that might be a bit o a stumbling block me thinks

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

This is true, but it would be sooo deadly brilliant that the advertisers would be lining up!

dream on baby!

 

[aoifeimc]

dream on baby!

Thank you baby...I intend to

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Magnet - generally good
No Depression - Ok but a bit chin strokey
CMJ - Absolute Horseshit

 

[travispickle]

Best: The Wire or JMI
worst:Q magazine

The Wire is fairly up it's own hole though isn't it? It's great when I know what (read who) they're going on about. Really well written. I used to read it a fair bit about 10 years ago. That Invisible Jukebox is brill. Did they only bring out the one book of that?
Otherwise?The Word? meh.