Those NME "momentous announcements"

[Back to Earth; sigh] Anyway, Conor McNicholas seemed to be doing a decent job at Muzik...

1. Ever since the Gallaghers did a hilarious interview with them a few months back they've been dying to like Oasis again, and to Get Behind Them. Oasis proceed to release undeniably crap record, but NME childishly refuse to admit it was a disappointment.

2. Prone to sweeping statements like "This is the best record since... / the best debut since... / the most important band since", generally about bands even devout NME followers will have forgotten about in a month's time.

3. Every album seems to get 9 / 10.

4. The letters page has become so terrible: the letter's are little more than variations on "I like this band, how could you slate them?" or "I hate this band, how could you praise them" or "I think this band ARE worthy of your hype, thank you for pointing me in the right direction NME". The responses are always unbearably smug (if someone points out a blatant contradiction in NME's argument, they always say 'Sure were hypocrites, but at least we have soul, unlike you, you pedant.')

5. The way they give out about the Mercury Music Prize's choices, even though most albums on it received glowing praise from the NME. And if anyone writes in to the letter's page pointing this out, they'll get the usual smug reply (see above).

Letter A goes: "Thanks for that great feature on the Sklaags, NME! I think they are the greatest band ever!" While Letter B says: "Hey NME, stop putting the Sklaags in your paper! They are shit!"

Last year many were predicting that the NME would've vanished down the media plughole by Christmas, but somehow, seven months later, it still clings on. How much longer can it sensibly last?

It's times like these where I really miss the old MM. Or hope that Tom would add more updates to FT...

It needs to stop trying to guess the NEXT BIG THING. It's just embarassing. I mean, really. The Vines won't have a top ten single if they record the next England world cup song. And it needs to stop being "shocking". Wow, the Coral take drugs? I care... why? And it has the same journalistic standards as the fucking Daily Star. And all the writers are cunts. Especially Steven Wells, Mark Beaumount, April Long, and Imran Ahmed. The last one on that list couldn't write a fucking parking ticket, let alone a music article.

i'm gonna stick my neck out here and ask why steven wells and mark beaumont are so hated as writers? i don't know enough about their critical histories to defend their tastes, but i've always found their writing to be very readable, always entertaining

anyway the only thing the nme is good for anymore is bile. and everyone knows that even that is not to be trusted

Oh and Dom, if you think "and then they lez up" is very creepy, can I ask WHY ON EARTH you hang out on ILX where that very same phrase is CANON?

his article on christian rock was funny and the stalking article showed good thinking.

Never thought he was a Lester bangs wannabe as his tastes are very very diferent. I don't think he likes the velvets for instance.

Mark beaumont i nevah thought much of really.

I agree w/ sarah. Capital letters ROOLZ!

1981.
Dammit, that's when it went all wrong for EVERYTHING.

And I'm sure capital letters were THE WAY FORWARD back then too.
(mark s check those old copies!)

Yes to both. I need to finally get around to writing something new for FT.

Err... from what I can gather, Coldplay have released an album that they really like, The Strokes don't wear underwear, there's a music festival on... and that really is about it. If one of those was the monumentous announcement then there you have it. There isn't much at all in this weeks issue other than lots an lots and LOTS of pictures of The Strokes (including a gloosy pull-out poster).
I don't mind the writers, I don't mind the reviews, I just wish there was more to read generally, and there just isn't anymore.

and then they all lez up (wells) - 'ironic' lechery

?

and then they all lez up (wells) - 'ironic' lechery

it was yr "?" that did you in

A book should be put out with a collection of his writings. I would definetely get it.

and was that review, in your view, perfect?

i did a handful of concert reviews for them (last year, in a toronto concert correspondent stylee) before they turfed the majority of their web-side content department (ie. i lost my job when my editor did)

the review wasn't perfect, nah. but it was concise, witty, wry and coyly r*ckist: all the things that nme are good for

You could argue this is the fault of the bands as much as the paper, but if the NME actually bothered to cover anything other than its increasingly small coterie of favourite bands (live reviews excepted) maybe it would be different. And most importantly I hate the way that for a paper that supposedly prides itself on championing new music, the ON interviews have been reduced to 200-word press releases for idiots.

Wells = great political writer, shite at actually capturing the essence of a record beyond "this ROCKS, this SUCKS", but brilliant at humour. He should stop writing about music and start savaging major public figures for a career.

''Wells = great political writer, shite at actually capturing the essence of a record beyond "this ROCKS, this SUCKS", but brilliant at humour. He should stop writing about music and start savaging major public figures for a career.''

he has started writing fiction and he does have a publishing thingy called 'ATTACK BOOKS!' if i rememeber correctly. I wouldn't be surprised if he left NME for good to concentrate on this.

Talk about facts I was much happier not knowing. Thanks NME!

When all 3 existed there seemed a competition for the same ground. Now, for example, Muzik, Kerrang, Mixmag and Uncut know exactly who their readers are and none of them are likely to jump ship to the NME.

The question is, reading everyone's comments, who are the NMEs readers.

So imagine how betrayed those old accordionists must feel.

NME was better in the old days = ACCORDIANISM.

Great news folks: in the NME this week the momentous announcement has finally arrived a week late:

Steve Lamacq's Evening Session on Radio 1 Tuesday to Thursday will be axed at the end of December. The Monday show will survive.

This man has inflicted awful music on a generation of youngsters for the past decade. Just how bad is Lamacq's legacy and influence over music. the 90's legacy is slowly going - no more Chris Evans on radio/tv, no more Select magazine and now Lammo has had 3 evening shows axed.

[crack open beer DG !]

It will be replaced with a broader based music show, details to follow. What would you like to hear in this slot?

...the second announcement Pulp have lost their record deal with Island/Universal.

"Dual Shocking at Reading"

''...the second announcement Pulp have lost their record deal with Island/Universal.''

Just borrowed their last alb from the rec library and you can see why it's happened though i really like it but there are no 'hits' are there?

dom...are you being sincere?

They're cutting the Evening Session down because shallow schmoozing Ibiza casualties have infested the BBC from top to bottom and are too coked out of it to even notice the vast number of small children wearing rawk t-shirts on the nation's high streets.

1) domino record company signs pedro mendes, lua-lua to three-album deals; adem, the kills join portsmouth as makeweights in deal
2) systems thinking to be employed in fresh attempt to get pete doherty off crack

a bold statement on the front cover of NME this week:

The Future 50 - The Bands, artists and innovators driving music forward

We name 50 artists including Crystal Castles as well as the inventors and re-inventors that are shaping the future of music.

http://tinyurl.com/6dafgk

So who are the other 49 ...

Pipecock

"HEY GUYS, THE NME ISN'T VERY GOOD ANYMORE, DID U NOTICE?"

This is going to be hilarious, I was considering buying it before I realised it was £2.10 now.

no doubt we will find out tomorrow, unless the list leaks on the web tonight

maybe the day after, if there's a distribution snafu

My prediction for the prestigious number one slot: John Arne Riise.

They said pushing music forward, not back into its own net.

Ding: They b talkin Slik on Poplr.

Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong FTW

Is it just me or does every single band NME hype these days, such as Crystal Castles, smack of Campag Velocet?

That guy on the cover this week even looks like Pete wotsisface from Campag.

they don't sound at all alike tho do they?

We are definitely into the Campag Velocet/Lo Fidelity Allstars bit of this decade now. When the music press is totally bored with the guitar music that made the 00s what it was but hasn't got the slightest clue what to replace it with.

I'm presuming they're quite anti Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong etc, right?

Crystal Castles I haven't heard but they're Canadian so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

I mean the idea of innovation (or even pretending to innovate) had zero cache in the NME for about six or seven years so I suppose this is a positive development. Well, maybe.

Also, kids be liking dance music again so the NME needs something to hitch its wagon to while also giving it some viable faces.

they don't sound at all alike tho do they?

It's not about aesthetic similarities, or even individual worth, it's just... proportional likely cultural impact / cache vs NME hype. I really like that first Lo-Fis album, for instance, but they never had any chance of doing what the NME claimed for them (i.e. TAYKIN' OVAH). Doubly so for Campag Velocet.

but if they're championing bands like that again then ALL IS WELL

I'm presuming they're quite anti Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong etc, right?

-- Matt DC, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 11:42 (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

NME has for some reason decided to treat The Wombats as the Shed Seven of this decade.

And Sarfahl, I'm gonna mail you this afternoon. I've been pondering a response all week, I ain't forgotten you.

Good, I've been feeling lonely.

if they're championing bands like that again then ALL IS WELL

Even Libertines knockoffs are better than Crystal Castles or Campag Velocet or the Lo-Fis, sorry.

you will be sorry

Do the NME still consider the Charlatans to be this decade's Charlatans?

The Top 10:

via: http://www.phantom.ie/content/view/1502/104/

1) David Sitek

2) MIA

3) Radiohead

4) F***ed Up

5) Burial

6) Saam

7) Rick Rubin

8) Damon

9) Alex Turner

10) Crystal Castles

Hmmm. Who is / are Fucked Up, and Saam too? I can't help but feel that Sitek's import is WAY over-exaggerated there, especially given that Foals remixed his production cos they didn't like it. MIA and Radiohead are typical picks. Rubin vaguely alarming in 2008; what exactly is he doing that is new these days? Alex Turner also very unsurprising. Damon. Burial. Ho hum. Crystal Castles= Campag Velocet.

F***ed Up are a Canadian Hardcore Punk band

Can't even be bothered to zing that list.

info: http://www.jadetree.com/bands/artist/fucked_up

Saam is a video producer isn't he? Lol copout.

another 40 artists to zing

11) Sam Sparro

Swearword in your name / album title = not shocking in 2008.

12) Lupe Fiasco

13) Paul Young

14) Lush

15) Ulver

Swearword in your name / album title = not shocking in 2008.

-- Scik Mouthy, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 13:19 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

.. which is why they are doing it?

16) Sammi Hyypia

17) Pipecock

Is it, though? And if it is, why is that why they're doing it? What are they hoping to achieve?

double x

18) Lou1s J4gger with a Dyson vacuum

these ten are all in the 50:

Italians Do It Better
Last.fm
Dirty Projectors
The Canadian Government [the actual government because they fund artists]
Huw Stephens
Tony Allen
The Hype Machine
Diplo
HeartsRevolution
Samuel Dust [Late of the Pier]

When I was in the UK a while back I met some guy who told us he wrote for NME. Either my friend misunderstood because of the accent or he was playing dumb and said,
"What's that, does it suck?"
"...yes, it sucks."

via: MitchellStirling at SOMB

The NME Future 50, Let's push things forward
http://tinyurl.com/5hgjj4

The bands, artists and innovators driving music forward.

50. Nova Dando & Petra Storrs (Designers)
49. eMusic
48. Franki Chan (DJ)
47. Ian Rogers (Software developer)
46. Adem
45. Spank Rock
44. Owen Pallett (Producer)
43. James Rutledge (Remixer)
42. Strange Place Club (Promoters)
41. The Hype Machine
40. Honey Owens (Atlas Sound/Valet and Rad Summer)
39. The Horrors
38. David Brewis (Producer, Promoter, Field Music)
37. Mike Skinner
36. HeartsRevolution
35. NASA (Supergroup)
34. Tony Allen (Percussionist)
33. Ladyfest (Festival)
32. Diplo
31. Sam Kilcoyne (Founder Underage Festival)
30. Huw Stevens (DJ)
29. JME
28. The Futureheads
27. Bjork
26. Samuel Dust (Late of The Pier)
25. Tetonik Kids of France
24. Alex Hancock (Head of music for Skins)
23. Danja (Producer)
22. James Ford (Producer)
21. Santogold
20. Jonathon Ive (iPod designer)
19. The Canadian Government (Subsidies to bands)
18. Kate Moross (Designer)
17. Dirty Projectors
16. Last.fm
15. Geoff Barrow (Portishead)
14. Italians Do It Better (Label)
13. Wiley
12. Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion)
11. Club Smell
10. Crystal Castles
09. Alex Turner
08. Damon ALbarn
07. Rick Rubin
06. Saam (Video director)
05. Burial
04. Fucked Up
03. Radiohead
02. MIA
01. David Sitek

no strokes, no doherty ...the times are a changing at the NME

45. Spank Rock
39. The Horrors
28. The Futureheads

http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/images/2006/10/19/dmu_head_in_hands_315x420.jpg

51. Belle and Sebastian winning a Brit award.

have TV on the Radio ever made the front cover of NME?

I don't know. Do they work in the printing industry?

The Horrors have been dropped haven't they ?

14. Italians Do It Better (Label)

Invisible Conga People - on the front cover of the NME ! it will never happen

Invisible Conga People
http://www.myspace.com/invisiblecongapeople

Burial unmasked ! on the front cover of the NME - the biggest exposure since kendo nagasaki

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38203000/jpg/_38203685_v1.jpg

Burial, unmasked, yesterday.

Santogold and MIA - the music gurls that try bi - exclusive poster special - oh wrong magazine concept that will be for Nuts

Can someone please ban music?

http://images.usatoday.com/life/gallery/carrey/Mask.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/muslimapocalyptic/taliban.jpg

^^^some people who have the right fucking idea, yesterday.

Dirty Projectors - the most underground rock band to appear on the front cover of NME since Godspeeed You Black Emperor !

You forgot The Others.

http://www.the-mirror-of-erised.com/haroldandpetturkey100.jpg

This has made me download and listen to the Crystal Castles album.

Late of The Pier and The Whip - British Hipster Groovy Dance Music Arrives to take on LCD Soundsystem

Huw Stevens (DJ) - is he the new Lammo or John Peel?

33. Ladyfest (Festival)

do they even have a website anymore

36. HeartsRevolution

2 very limited singles (one of which i loved admittedly - but that could have been the sugar intense payola that came with it !) and you become important.

HeartsRevolution - so obscure in Britain that only hipsters are in the know

The Horrors - did the PR company send the NME a brown envelope?

FULL OF THAT COCAINE STUFF I BET

Mike Skinner - when was the past, the future?

http://www.geocities.com/torontodreaming/film/photos/riddler.jpg

The Canadian Government - have their international cultural dept struck a deal with the NME to promote Canadian bands?

OK Crystal Castles can STFU now.

Your search - canada "international cultural department" - did not match any documents.

Suggestions:

* Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
* Try different keywords.
* Try more general keywords.
* Try fewer keywords.

for all of this lists weirdness, i am glad to see James 'Pedro' Rutledge getting some love
- albeit as a remixer as opposed to for his lovely solo stuff.
obviously i aint up on the scene as i had no idea he had become an indemand remixer.
so, which of his remixes should i track down ?

lol mike skinner

"indieman remixer"

12. Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion)

^^this one is the worst by far

where's the pic of him in that fucking furry hat

I was sort of expecting Obama, I remember Select magazine did a "cool list" in 1997 and Blair was in there along with the guys who set up Yahoo, lol.

12. Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion)

^^this one is the worst by far

-- J0rdan S., Wednesday, 23 April 2008 22:52 (42 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

^^^motherfucking real talk

Late Of The Pier actually do sound a bit Regular-Velocety-Allstars at times

my 'Burial was one of the dudes in 3 Of A Kind' false rumour hasn't quite taken off as well as it should've done

Top 10 Overlooked - just where were they in the NME future poll

ILM
Pitchfork
Drowned in Sound
Terrorizer
The Wire
Annie
Fennesz
Opeth
Ulver
Vitalic

FAKE

Hot 4 da '08

NATHAN FAKE - just when will the second album DROP

I think we must congratulate for NOT including a new 2008 crappy brit indie guitar band - just what happened to the courteneers fan club at the NME?

Lightspeed Champion not enough for you?

we knew about LC in 2007

So you're saying you DON'T like indie?

50. Nova Dando & Petra Storrs (Designers): I'm through with standing in line to clubs I'll never get in
49. eMusic: It's like the bottom of the ninth and I'm never gonna win
48. Franki Chan (DJ): This life hasn't turned out quite the way I want it to be
47. Ian Rogers (Software developer): (Tell me what you want)
46. Adem: I want a brand new house on an episode of Cribs
45. Spank Rock: And a bathroom I can play baseball in
44. Owen Pallett (Producer): And a king size tub big enough for ten plus me
43. James Rutledge (Remixer): (mmm so what you need)
42. Strange Place Club (Promoters): I'll need a credit card that's got no limit
41. The Hype Machine: And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
40. Honey Owens (Atlas Sound/Valet and Rad Summer): Gonna join the mile high club at thirty-seven thousand feet
39. The Horrors: (Been there, done that)
38. David Brewis (Producer, Promoter, Field Music): Somewhere between Cher and James Dean is fine for me
37. Mike Skinner: I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
36. HeartsRevolution: My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
35. NASA (Supergroup): (So how ya gonna do it?)
34. Tony Allen (Percussionist): I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
33. Ladyfest (Festival): I'd even cut my hair and change my name
32. Diplo: 'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
31. Sam Kilcoyne (Founder Underage Festival): And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
30. Huw Stevens (DJ): The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
29. JME: We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
28. The Futureheads: And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
27. Bjork: In the VIP with the movie stars
26. Samuel Dust (Late of The Pier): Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
25. Tetonik Kids of France: Every Playboy bunny with her bleach blond hair
24. Alex Hancock (Head of music for Skins): And we'll, hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar
23. Danja (Producer): Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar
22. James Ford (Producer): I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
21. Santogold: Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
20. Jonathon Ive (iPod designer): Sign a couple autographs so I can eat my meals for free
19. The Canadian Government (Subsidies to bands): (I'll have the quesadilla, on the house!)
18. Kate Moross (Designer): I'm gonna dress my ass with the latest fashion
17. Dirty Projectors: Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
16. Last.fm: Gonna date a centerfold that loves to blow my money for me
15. Geoff Barrow (Portishead): (So how ya gonna do it?)
14. Italians Do It Better (Label): I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
13. Wiley: I'd even cut my hair and change my name
12. Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion): 'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
11. Club Smell: And live in hilltop houses drivin' fifteen cars
10. Crystal Castles: The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
09. Alex Turner: We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
08. Damon ALbarn: And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
07. Rick Rubin: In the VIP with the movie stars
06. Saam (Video director): Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
05. Burial: Every Playboy bunny with her bleach blond hair
04. Fucked Up: And we'll hide out in the private rooms
03. Radiohead: With the latest dictionary of today's who's who
02. MIA: They'll get you anything, with that evil smile
01. David Sitek: Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial

Works perfect.

oh bollocks there is a freebie indie CD with The Independent this Saturday with Reef, Sleeper, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Kula Shaker and The Senseless Things

No I don't like The Independent's / Select / NME / Mark Sutherland at Melody Maker version of Indie in the past 2 decades

Why ever not?

Bodrick III - what was you previous handle on ILM or are you a newbie?

http://blog.ugo.com/images/uploads/clashtitansblogindexraimi.jpg

I lolled hard.

http://www.zingproviders.com/images/zing_logo.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/TapeMeasure.png

We are definitely into the Campag Velocet/Lo Fidelity Allstars bit of this decade now.

YAY

er I mean IF ONLY

but if they're championing bands like that again then ALL IS WELL

steveotm

47. Ian Rogers (Software developer)

is it 1994 already?

15. Geoff Barrow (Portishead)

is it 1994 already?

07. Rick Rubin

is it... oh forget it.

Some more actual Canadian bands would have been welcome in addition to the Canadian Government's music subsidies, rather than the actual current Canadian Government of Stephen Harper which is (a) Conservative with a capital C and (b) pretty crap.

25. Tetonik Kids of France

And here I was, thinking that this crap was only to be found in France ... but then the NME came to tell me they were pushing music forward. How exactly I would like to ask.

52. Nicky Wire in a banana suit

Oh God, don't mention him. I have to drive past his house on the way to work every day...

52. Bob Mills
COMEDIAN

Where are ultra-hyped get three bloody emails from their PR people every day Fleet Foxes band?

NME relaunched next week...this is their new publishing strategy

NME prepares retuned magazine
http://tinyurl.com/6onteg

including:

- better designed front covers focusing on photography
- more new bands featured - 3 times the amount compared with now
- more rock history for the young readers, roots feature...influences traced back in modern albums
- My Music - artists talking about their musical likes / dislikes

You sound excited

"(not pictured)"

pinefox - i am just relaying the facts...the proof of the pudding is in the eating

roots feature

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42656000/jpg/_42656433_levi_roots_pa300.jpg

they're giving away pudding with it?

Other possible images to post: ?uestlove, The Carter Family, some fucking 70s reggae guy or other I dunno

They should ask Liang Wenbo what's on his iPod.

I'm not sure I want Reggae Reggae Hot Sauce on my pudding.

Chilli and chocolate is a good combination, why not jerk crumble?

That roots feature pic is the only funny thing that DP has ever posted.

this remains funny too:

[pinefox - i am just relaying the facts...the proof of the pudding is in the eating]

between the two I am still laughing.

That roots feature pic is the only funny thing that DP has ever posted.

-- the pinefox, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 15:15 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

Pretty sure I said something funny on the Mark Speight thread.

to be honest, it isn't that funny. LOSS.

more new bands featured - 3 times the amount compared with now

They can't even come up w/enough of the fuckers now!

pinefox

Captain, the melodic pop rockers are back for 2008

http://www.myspace.com/captaintheband

Captain remind me of the New Radicals

prefab(ricated)-captain-sprout

*bows down in awe*

re: the return of Captain or the new NME

what just happened?

this just happened:

prefab(ricated)-captain-sprout

-- djmartian, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:23 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

http://www.chuckscomics.com/pics/wobblers/sprout.jpg

Those DJ Martian "momentous announcements"

Thanks for the tip, Martian - P(f)-C-S sounds like a name that'll be on many lips this year.

Paul Cheal, publishing director of NME, said: "NME magazine continues to sit right at the heart of our fast-evolving brand. This refresh work will further enhance NME's credibility as the essential weekly for passionate music fans while the new editorial franchises will make it an even more engaging read."

And how many other weekly music publications are there in the uk?

pinefox is an academic in wordplay, right?

Captain video: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NP3SCIMthak
problem 1. sounds like Athlete
problem 2. unable to scope cuet keyboardist properly

NME unveils further design changes
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=41021&c=1

it's all gone wrong

oh dear... cold(bore) / (dull)play and NME

The first issue showcasing the new design runs alongside a partnership between indie band Coldplay and NME to give away a collectable seven-inch vinyl of the band’s comeback single Violet Hill - the only physical release of the single. It also comes with a double A-side track A Spell A Rebel Yell, that will only ever appear with the NME.

http://bp1.blogger.com/_K4e8KJXQxe0/SB2LM9Yvd-I/AAAAAAAAAmw/uolbf2nUjS4/s320/P1030755.JPG

I am going to send DJ Martian one of these for his next birthday.

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When it goes perfect bound we will know the end has come.

[cold(bore) / (dull)play]

Life on Mars!

When it goes perfect bound we will know the end has come.

This is a witty publishing joke that I didn't immediately get, isn't it?

not really, no.

that rebel yell song is the best thing coldplay have ever done and probably will ever do. sounds like an OMD b-side from 1986.

have an open mind...

re: that rebel yell song is the best thing coldplay have ever done and probably will ever do.

gulp...i have to agree..

listen:
http://hypem.com/search/coldplay%20rebel/1/

A Spell A Rebel Yell

80s U2 Unforgettable Fire and at times Jesus and Mary Chain hushed vocals and some swirly shoegazer sound effects

try again
http://hypem.com/search/coldplay%20rebel/

It's time once again for the NME future 50

NME: this week
http://bit.ly/JT1BJ

The new issue of NME, on sale across the UK on Wednesday 5 August (and in London a day earlier), is a Future 50 special, featuring the 50 acts pushing things forward in 2009.

La Roux is on the front cover doing a Visage impersonation, but what are other other 49 bands / artists / innovators

xpost should La Roux do a cover of Fade to Grey

That wasn't an xpost.

That's never an xpost.
xpost

Ooh this was fun last year.

xpost ha "don't argue with me"

La Roux should cover...

CABARET VOLTAIRE - don't argue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS0QC1m4SO0

"I'm a whole new kind of pop star"

new = miserable naive purveyor of insubstantial synthpop?

also said it before but lol word count per 2 pages
http://www.nme.com/images/thums/218_magspread_laroux_L30809.jpg

http://www.nme.com/images/thums/218_magspread_laroux_L30809.jpg

i wish people would stop calling la roux synthpop. it's insulting.

softsynthpop then

La Roux should do a cover of this: with the lyrics "A New Kind Of WoMan"

John Foxx - A New Kind Of Man Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6_1EkxerLQ

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pgq84N6OLYc/SngSo2xe8vI/AAAAAAAAAEw/RzaDaMoaHQQ/s1600-h/magImage.jpg

Visage - Mind Of A Toy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7fytJURpos

Animal Collective have been named the most innovative force in music, according to NME's "The Future 50".
http://bit.ly/qzH66

Meanwhile, Go Girl magazine are going with Hannah Montana is cool, plus a free sparkly stationery set.

http://www.gogirlmag.co.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYpuCzw2RWs

And Performing Songwriter are doing a big splash on Pink.

http://www.performingsongwriter.com/

Building Magazine runs down the top 150 contractors and housebuilders of 2009. No mention for Florence and the Machine, perhaps surprisingly.

http://www.building.co.uk/issue.asp?navcode=500

Meanwhile, the September 1924 edition of Punch opts for "Ramsay Macdonald is a Communist".

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/coldwar/G1/images/c2_s4.jpg

more your amusement: one liners on all 50 encouraged

NME Future 50 via
London dominates NME Future list of cool | thelondonpaper.com
http://bit.ly/iCmfT

1: Animal Collective
2) The Knife
3) Trent Reznor
4) Dizzie Rascal,
5) Omar Souleyman (AGE)
6) The XX
7) Jack White
8) VBS TV
9) Little Boots
10) La Roux

And the rest:

11) Blocks Recording Club

12) Dan the Automator

13) Mattias Arrelid

14) Bradford Cox

15) Norwich

16) Nick Zinner

17) Mike Sniper

18) Pop Justice

19) Twitter

20) The Big Pink

21) Platform Magazine

22) Ray Tintori

23) The Dream

24) Gigbaby

25) Salem

26) Micachu

27) Bandstocks.com/Patrick Wolf

28) Take That’s stage show

29) Sonic Boom

30) Beck

31) Greg Kurstin

32) Sweden

33) Seb chew

34) Hyperdub

35) Rostam Batmanglij

36) Lady GaGa

37) Project Natal

38) Aldene Johnson and Hannah Marshal

39) Opera

40) Stephen McGregor

41) 3OH!3

42) Blackout Crew

43) Sonar Festival

44) Star and Shadow Cinema

45) Cooly G

46) Diesel-U-Music Radio

47) Yo Gabba Gabba

48) Invasion

49) Xenomania

50) Gaggle

Haha that's such a "we don't know what we're supposed to like any more" list.

sonic boom? in 2009????

i mean i love the dude but

15) Norwich - are the supporting Norwich City, Grant Holt and Bryan Gunn?

Psychedelia Smith maybe?

Psychedelia Derbyshire? Sonic Boom? Is it 1989 again?

I bet Omar Souleyman is confused as hell to be on that list.

Also, The Lex is gonna explode when he sees 45).

25) Salem - agree with Salem one of the most interesting new artists around, when will they unleash their debut album ?

but no listing for the sublime American band: Twisted Wires

If only Sonic had worked on his dancing, maybe he could have moved up a place?

dan the automator???

beck? how is this the future

NME blog: The Future 50 - The Innovators Pushing Music Forward
http://bit.ly/4d6Kk

only heard of half the list, maybe that's a bad thing. thought they'd be up on Toddla T by now. good that The Knife are so high.

shouldn't Fever Ray be included for 2009 not the Knife?

reminder of last year's list (lots of 'what is this, THE PAST?' type remarks then too surely)

50. Nova Dando & Petra Storrs (Designers)
49. eMusic
48. Franki Chan (DJ)
47. Ian Rogers (Software developer)
46. Adem
45. Spank Rock
44. Owen Pallett (Producer)
43. James Rutledge (Remixer)
42. Strange Place Club (Promoters)
41. The Hype Machine
40. Honey Owens (Atlas Sound/Valet and Rad Summer)
39. The Horrors
38. David Brewis (Producer, Promoter, Field Music)
37. Mike Skinner
36. HeartsRevolution
35. NASA (Supergroup)
34. Tony Allen (Percussionist)
33. Ladyfest (Festival)
32. Diplo
31. Sam Kilcoyne (Founder Underage Festival)
30. Huw Stevens (DJ)
29. JME
28. The Futureheads
27. Bjork
26. Samuel Dust (Late of The Pier)
25. Tetonik Kids of France
24. Alex Hancock (Head of music for Skins)
23. Danja (Producer)
22. James Ford (Producer)
21. Santogold
20. Jonathon Ive (iPod designer)
19. The Canadian Government (Subsidies to bands)
18. Kate Moross (Designer)
17. Dirty Projectors
16. Last.fm
15. Geoff Barrow (Portishead)
14. Italians Do It Better (Label)
13. Wiley
12. Dev Hynes (Lightspeed Champion)
11. Club Smell
10. Crystal Castles
09. Alex Turner
08. Damon ALbarn
07. Rick Rubin
06. Saam (Video director)
05. Burial
04. Fucked Up
03. Radiohead
02. MIA
01. David Sitek

19. The Canadian Government (Subsidies to bands)

Gordon, slip the Wurzels a tenner and you're a shoe-in for 2010.

Last year's list had the Futureheads on it???

11) Blocks Recording Clu

These guys have been doing this since at least 2004. Remember that mental version of 'Hey ya!'?

I think the ILXor count has fallen from one to zero compared to last year's list. :-/ Or perhaps we're up to many, if we count the residents of Norwich, Sweden, and Twitter.

I saw the video for Summertime Clothes on MTV2 and it is clear to me that Animal Collective aren't gonna make it because they have made the mistake of mixing their music to be virtually inaudible on TV.

lol @ nme.com blog comments: "the intern you got to write this must have been wanting to get home early"

NME's Future 50 mocked by a blog
http://bit.ly/10vLjn

unfunny

That wasn't even really mockery, it was just... words

I like how they put Twitter and VBS in there but not Spotify. Spotify needs to be sorting out its Bungs Department asap.