Alternative Press is definitely still around, and thriving. They just had a 30th anniversary exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, actually. I'm really impressed by what they do, even though I don't write for them anymore (I stopped last year). They know exactly who their audience is - basically teenagers through people in their early 20s - and they cater to them incredibly well. Whether or not you like what they cover is one thing, but you would almost never look at an issue of AP and think, "Why is that band in here?"
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 26 September 2015 01:22 (eight years ago) link
U.K. mags in general just vastly superior to anything here. but there isn't much left here. but even the U.K. mags with Joe Bonnamassa on the cover are LEAGUES better in every way. design, layout, writing, art, photos, everything.
― scott seward, Saturday, 26 September 2015 01:24 (eight years ago) link
AP has always been good at what they do. and years ago they covered metal that no other non-metal mag would. i just haven't seen a copy in years.
― scott seward, Saturday, 26 September 2015 01:25 (eight years ago) link
I don't think I'd ever see it if I didn't have a subscription. Same reason I still see Down Beat (which is horrible, btw - hideous covers, awful layouts, and astonishingly bad writing); I vote in their annual critics' poll, and every year everybody who votes in the poll gets a year's subscription as a thank-you.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 26 September 2015 01:27 (eight years ago) link
I definitely think that 'niche' mags are the only ones that can survive. Hopefully not just niche mags that only cover older music though.
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 26 September 2015 01:34 (eight years ago) link
It's a shame that you cant have a music mag that covers everything but nobody seems willing to pay for it.
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 26 September 2015 01:36 (eight years ago) link
Because nobody likes "everything." A magazine like that would have max 2 articles per issue that any given potential consumer might like. That's a recipe for abject failure. The only way to sell a magazine is to make sure that a potential buyer a) knows more or less what they're gonna get (which keeps them coming back) or b) can look at the cover and say "OK, I'd like to read about them...and them...and him...and him...and her...and that...all right, that's worth five bucks."
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 26 September 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link
the magical belief in the rejuvenating qualities of 'new music' as subscribed to by aging tastemakers is not wrong because it is irrational but because the attempt to assert vitality through consumption is grotesque― nakhchivan, Friday, September 25, 2015 9:24 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkgod thank you!― mattresslessness, Friday, 25 September 2015 22:38 (Yesterday) Permalink
― nakhchivan, Friday, September 25, 2015 9:24 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
god thank you!
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― everything, Saturday, 26 September 2015 05:58 (eight years ago) link
I've not seen anything about or referencing The La's for a long tiime.
― Mark G, Saturday, 26 September 2015 08:32 (eight years ago) link
lol uk landfill posters just cant keep off my dick on threads like this
― noɪˈɣiːələx (nakhchivan), Saturday, 26 September 2015 10:19 (eight years ago) link
louder than war tho with significantly less tendency for millions of innocent young men to be mowed down like blades of grass
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Saturday, 26 September 2015 10:26 (eight years ago) link
safer than war
louder than War (band)
― fappy board (wins), Saturday, 26 September 2015 10:29 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siNoYypkGlQ
amazing band
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Saturday, 26 September 2015 10:33 (eight years ago) link
if that's the band 'War' there then yes.
― Mark G, Saturday, 26 September 2015 11:19 (eight years ago) link
there's fans of landfill indie on ilx?
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 26 September 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
several posters seem peculiarly obsessed with it
― nameReinhard Gruhl/name (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 26 September 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
Would hope that doesn't mean they like it!
dont think mansun,stone roses etc quite count as landfill indie however
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 26 September 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
there's a band called KAGOULE?
― kinder, Saturday, 26 September 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
from nottingham apparently
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 26 September 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvOmgnfJsa8
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 26 September 2015 21:49 (eight years ago) link
the reviews section is a decent size
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 28 September 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link
...there are a lot less places to BUY magazines in the U.S. now. you can still always find Mojo and Uncut and the Wire though...
― scott seward, Friday, September 25, 2015 9:05 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea that's true, basically bookstores and record shops both of which are sometimes hard to find
also i am not seeing the wire mag anywhere lately, even at bookstores with larger-than-usual magazine selections
― marcos, Monday, 28 September 2015 14:26 (eight years ago) link