magazines that are good

zedius · 03.03.2007, 12:37 AM

Are there any music magazines that are good? My girlfriend always gets blender, and I tried to like it, but it just seems like shit. Like it's got the ocdcasional alright thing, and then pages and pages about shit like beyonce and arctic monkeys.

But I would really like to be exposed to new awesome things, and I might even like to do that in a convenient magazine form.

I want a magazine that will introduce me to giant drag and not tell me a damn thing about my chemical romance or panic at the disco. Is there a magazine that knows the difference?

afterthefact · 03.03.2007, 12:40 AM

THere is Paste, although it's the kind of magazine that won't surprize you to have a cover story of The Shins. Not that I don't like The Shins, it would just be nice if there was one mag that had a little bitof everything.

Correction: A little bit of everything already preapproved as good by me.

CHOUT · 03.03.2007, 01:27 AM

I used to read Blender, because my sis had a subscription. There are a few cool recurring articles but it seems to be tabloidesque which I didn't like.

The Big Take Over is good.

Katy · 03.03.2007, 01:43 AM

I don't have any subscriptions anymore. But I still buy UNCUT quite often (I like the free CD).

I always get the new Nude mag, sometimes I buy Bizarre, The Wire, PlanB, PIMP, various tattoo mags...

Oh, I've got to remember to pick up the current issue of Mojo (which I never buy, but this issue's all about The Stooges and has a free CD compiled by Iggy, so....)

afterthefact · 03.03.2007, 01:44 AM

Yeah, I like Mojo just for their cd's, cause even crap bands can make a good list of old stuff sometimes, even if it's just because they are wanting to impress

sonicl · 03.03.2007, 01:51 AM

For noise, industrial and metal of an experimental persuasion, I recommend Rock-a-Rolla, but I suspect that the only way to get it outside the UK would be a subcription.

Purely a personal opinion, but Plan B annoys the tits off me. Definitely a mag for the myspace generation.

EDIT - Bollocks. I meant to post something far more momentous for my 5000th post.

Destroy Rock 'n' Roll · 03.03.2007, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by afterthefact

Yeah, I like Mojo just for their cd's, cause even crap bands can make a good list of old stuff sometimes, even if it's just because they are wanting to impress

Heh, true on some cases.

I buy a lot of different music mags... from Metal magazines to Classical ones, but for the indie rock reccommended music stuffs - The Wire and Mojo do it for me.

king_buzzo · 03.03.2007, 06:05 AM

capitain obvious: uncut and mojo

demonrail666 · 03.03.2007, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicl

Plan B annoys the tits off me. Definitely a mag for the myspace generation.

Never thought of it like that but you're so right.

Trasher02 · 03.03.2007, 09:57 AM

Playboy?

Toilet & Bowels · 03.03.2007, 11:06 AM

the sound projector

http://www.thesoundprojector.com/

they only put out one issue a year, but it's by faaaar the best music magazine i've ever read.

king_buzzo · 03.03.2007, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Trasher02

Playboy?

best post relevant to thread ever???

schizophrenicroom · 03.03.2007, 11:15 AM

the wire is the best
magnet is good for the average "indie" stuff
bpm if you like the whole club/electronica thing
big takeover

really, anything but spin and blender and AP are good choices.

lungfish · 03.03.2007, 11:48 AM

Skyscraper

http://www.skyscrapermagazine.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_Magazine

Danny Himself · 03.03.2007, 02:00 PM

I like Plan B. They have good free CDs.

_slavo_ · 03.03.2007, 03:38 PM

The Wire. Fullstop.

Been subscriber for almost 2 years now and never regretted a penny.

Everyneurotic · 03.03.2007, 06:54 PM

my favs are:

big takeover
the wire
terrorizer
mojo

uncut's content/writing level has gone down considerably over the years.

signal to noise is above average, nothing to get too excited about but btter than whatever you are planning on wasting your money on.

val-holla-ing · 03.03.2007, 07:33 PM

the wire is the only magazine i've ever liked enough to subscribe to. i jack copies of fader from the radio station i work at, occasionally, though.

auto-aim · 03.03.2007, 07:37 PM

I only tend to read videogame magazines now and then... Last music mag i bought was mojo though probably a good few months ago.

I hear that kerrang is pretty good though!

Katy · 03.04.2007, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by auto-aim

I hear that kerrang is pretty good though!

aww, I used to buy Kerrang every week when I was 12-15... they were the first magazine ever to print my letters.

03.03.2007, 12:37 AM	#1
zedius children of satan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Victoria, B.C. Posts: 260	Are there any music magazines that are good? My girlfriend always gets blender, and I tried to like it, but it just seems like shit. Like it's got the ocdcasional alright thing, and then pages and pages about shit like beyonce and arctic monkeys. But I would really like to be exposed to new awesome things, and I might even like to do that in a convenient magazine form. I want a magazine that will introduce me to giant drag and not tell me a damn thing about my chemical romance or panic at the disco. Is there a magazine that knows the difference? __________________ Do you believe in raptors?
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afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	THere is Paste, although it's the kind of magazine that won't surprize you to have a cover story of The Shins. Not that I don't like The Shins, it would just be nice if there was one mag that had a little bitof everything. Correction: A little bit of everything already preapproved as good by me. __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	I used to read Blender, because my sis had a subscription. There are a few cool recurring articles but it seems to be tabloidesque which I didn't like. The Big Take Over is good. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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03.03.2007, 01:43 AM	#4
Katy the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, UK. Posts: 643	I don't have any subscriptions anymore. But I still buy UNCUT quite often (I like the free CD). I always get the new Nude mag, sometimes I buy Bizarre, The Wire, PlanB, PIMP, various tattoo mags... Oh, I've got to remember to pick up the current issue of Mojo (which I never buy, but this issue's all about The Stooges and has a free CD compiled by Iggy, so....)
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afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	Yeah, I like Mojo just for their cd's, cause even crap bands can make a good list of old stuff sometimes, even if it's just because they are wanting to impress __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	For noise, industrial and metal of an experimental persuasion, I recommend Rock-a-Rolla, but I suspect that the only way to get it outside the UK would be a subcription. Purely a personal opinion, but Plan B annoys the tits off me. Definitely a mag for the myspace generation. EDIT - Bollocks. I meant to post something far more momentous for my 5000th post.
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king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	capitain obvious: uncut and mojo
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Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	Playboy? __________________ 666
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,269	the sound projector http://www.thesoundprojector.com/ they only put out one issue a year, but it's by faaaar the best music magazine i've ever read.
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schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	the wire is the best magnet is good for the average "indie" stuff bpm if you like the whole club/electronica thing big takeover really, anything but spin and blender and AP are good choices. __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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03.03.2007, 11:48 AM	#14
lungfish bad moon rising Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: nyc Posts: 236	Skyscraper http://www.skyscrapermagazine.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_Magazine
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Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	I like Plan B. They have good free CDs.
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,908	The Wire. Fullstop. Been subscriber for almost 2 years now and never regretted a penny. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	my favs are: big takeover the wire terrorizer mojo uncut's content/writing level has gone down considerably over the years. signal to noise is above average, nothing to get too excited about but btter than whatever you are planning on wasting your money on. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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val-holla-ing invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: baton rouge. the 225, big raggedy. Posts: 2,731	the wire is the only magazine i've ever liked enough to subscribe to. i jack copies of fader from the radio station i work at, occasionally, though. __________________ please do not misconstrue the previous statement as an invitation for same sex relations or as negative towards anyone of another sexuality. -cam'ron (formerly "no homo")
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auto-aim the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wales Posts: 650	I only tend to read videogame magazines now and then... Last music mag i bought was mojo though probably a good few months ago. I hear that kerrang is pretty good though! __________________ His Naked Torso
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