The All-New STYLUS.

That's great news Michael. I'm a big fan.

godspeed, mf

Like KOTJ, I just started writing for Stylus this summer...I'm extremely grateful to Todd for giving me the opportunity to work for such an amazing publication, even though my writing wasn't (and still isn't) anywhere near as good as other Stylus contibutors'. I'm not sure if I'm any better, but regardless, Todd's advice was always OTM. I owe him.

I'm just glad to have slipped in to be a part of it at all

^Yes

Maybe if this new site run by some ILM dude doesn't want the same fate as Stylus, he should get the music journalist juggernaut known as Esteban Buttez on board.

(Hint: drop me an e-mail and I'll get him some Jack Daniels to wake him up from his coma)

I will miss Stylus but not clicking on a feature to find out it's Nick Southall crapping on about studio technique/headphones/that sound in Spirit of Eden he heard which kinda sounds like Mark Hollis calling the local pizza joint for a large Hawaiian.

Ban you. There was no need for that kind of infantile trolling.

This is why they invented the phrase, "nigga plz".

Oh! Apologies.

I'm going to miss the Soulseeking column. I think it's really important to have people writing critically about more than just "the music." Sometimes it's really refreshing to read people writing about subjects like music overconsumption and other stuff that doesn't directly relate to any one artist or album but is of interest to any serious music fan. There's not enough of that kind of writing out there, it seems.

I've said this elsewhere, but yeah, what i'll miss most about Stylus is its commitment to doubt, that every canonized treasure or forgotten misunderstood cult item deserves a rebuttal or an appeal. Up can be down, and the skepticism actually makes to it print. The site wasn't a collection of staff-wide endorsements. I'm gonna miss it.

Switched 'it' and 'to' there for some reason. Damnz interweb.

Maybe we all could post some of our favorite Stylus pieces to celebrate all the great writing the magazine has added to the world? There's so much great great stuff in the archives there that deserves revisiting.

Soulseeking by Nick Southall
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/soulseeking.htm

Consummation of consumption by Marcello Carlin
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/soulseeking/consummation-of-consumption.htm

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviewcomment.php?ID=2759

'great' example of the fallout of the crappest writer they ever hired. Hits generating provocation disguised as reviewing.

^^^this

i think he's talking about dabug?

dabug-chaser

i just want to thank todd for taking a chance on a naive kid chasing a crazy dream. i don't know who that kid was, and all of his writing was shite, but kudos to you, my hero.

Little-known fact: I once wrote a review of an obscure album for Stylus, six months after it came out, and sent it to Nick. The very next day, a review of that album appeared on the site, written by a regular. I maintain mine was better. Nick's main problem seemed to be my use of the word 'ejaculated' in the first sentence.

littlest known fact.

Now all my reviews are directed towards unsuspecting distribution companies. H4rt Media? Hurt Media more like...

Pitchfork is still around. What's the big deal?

As I said in the C/D: Tiny Mix Tapes thread:

In my opinion: Pitchfork is excellent for its reviews, interviews, and occasionally its features. AMG is a great reference tool. And ILM is the best place I've found on the internet for discussion. But none of these places really have the breadth of critical pieces that Stylus has/had. Here, you can get a lot of different opinions, which is essential, but there aren't pieces here from one person's point of view that explore a particular angle on something in depth as often as not. I think all of these sites are useful for different reasons, and Stylus's closing will leave a hole in online music discourse.

Basically, less long form music writing; sadness abounds.

Pitchfork is still around. What's the big deal?

lol

I'm going to miss Stylus' unabashed love of pop. I still remember Pitchfork reviewed Kylie's Fever because it was April Fool's, whereas I would eagerly look forward to reading stylus every week for swygwart's roundup of the UK top 40. I think most people on the teenpop thread have at one time or another written for stylus. The Reverend mentioned that they've got latin music reviews - a recent development, but generally Stylus is unmatched for its cross-atlantic perspective.

Pitchfork reviewed Kylie's Fever because it was April Fool's

Are you serious? Ugh.

that dominique leon is such an elitist bitch:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19918-fever

pop more leik pap amirite guyz

I've said this elsewhere, but yeah, what i'll miss most about Stylus is its commitment to doubt, that every canonized treasure or forgotten misunderstood cult item deserves a rebuttal or an appeal. Up can be down, and the skepticism actually makes to it print. The site wasn't a collection of staff-wide endorsements. I'm gonna miss it.

-- kiss out the jams, Sunday, 28 October 2007 16:37 (4 hours ago) Link

BIG HOOS

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1566

Thanks, Swygart, if you're reading this, for introducing me to one of my favorite songs ever in hilarious and accurate fashion. (Oh, and for running the Jukebox, too.)

Rev, I don't even know if that's a boo or a yay

=yay

hmm...i thought everyone had the same opinion as i do and that we all agreed that stylus was crap. i guess i was wrong. it was so bland. did anything that ever appeared on there ever stir anything in anyone? not really.

it was so bland. did anything that ever appeared on there ever stir anything in anyone? not really.

I can't imagine anyone thinking this. Consider the "Seconds," "Playing God," and "Staff Top 10" features.

He must've not read many Stylus pieces.

Another kudos for the long extended pieces by some of my favorite ILX peeps. And some of the shorter stuff by my other favorite ILX peeps. RIP.

kiss, that's a BIG yay.

Oh, I forgot about Dom.

hmm...i thought everyone had the same opinion as i do
hmm...i thought everyone had the same opinion as i do
hmm...i thought everyone had the same opinion as i do

i kind of wish Stylus had polls.

Holy shit. It just occurred to me that without Stylus, I wouldn't have found ILX, at least not when I did. And even if I had, I might not have stuck around if not for recognizing several posters as Stylus contributers.

There's a lot of love in here.

Stylus RIP. Todd is seriously the best guy ever, running a site tirelessly, using a rotating carousel of writers [was Stylus the Montreal Expos of the music crit world?] to create a great outlet for longform music crit and also a great playground for all sorts of new music writers.

Working for and with Todd on Stylus was an opportunity for which I'm forever grateful. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have ended up where I am today, not only for his generosity but for introducing me to a community of writers that could be critical without being mired in rockist/popist nonsense [at a time when that was all the rage.]

Thanks Todd and all the best with your future endeavors.

[BTW, Todd is still doing great stuff at eMusic's 17dots blog. Highly recommended. It's like reading Stereogum, except enjoyable and interesting.]

And so the farewells begin.

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/the-bluffers-guide-to-stylus.htm

1hey this is a real drag. thanks todd and nick and will and everyone else. good stuff - i stopped reading p4k long ago, i guess i may have to go back :(

# no Says:
February 6th, 2006 at 5:19 am

Fergal is like Dom except he’s actually funny and I don’t want to punch him in the gut.

RIP

Stylus' best ever opening paragraph:

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-am/the-am.htm

If nothing else I liked when Stylus provided a nice counterbalance to some of Pitchfork's more wonky reviews. In general, Stylus seemed to be a bit more levelheaded when it came to buzz bands.

seriously well done to all involved in the site.
i love(d) stylus.