Has anyone seen the re-design of the NME's site?

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It was pointed out to me earlier today. All I have to say is: Ouch. Painful. This must be a prank pulled by Paul Morley.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Monday, 12 September 2005 22:46 (twenty years ago)

better than their old one, homey

― richard wood johnson, Monday, 12 September 2005 22:53 (twenty years ago)

This much is true, although it now looks like some sort of "due to close after two issues to public indifference" webzine now.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 12 September 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

The old one was cramped, certainly, but the new one looks even more amateurish, and I think they upped the font sizes especially for their new readership.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Monday, 12 September 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

Why don't they archive all their old reviews like rollingstone.com does? I still have never had the chance to read anything by Tony Parsons or Julie Burchill.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 12 September 2005 22:57 (twenty years ago)

No, but I had to laugh at the redesign of iVillage - http://www.ivillage.com

most slowest, pointless shit ever...

I used to dig Chopping Block (web designers), but they did iVillage and all the latest Phish / Trey Anastasio stuff and they have this consistent problem with slow, lame flash navigation.

― bum, Monday, 12 September 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

HA!!!

NME looks like Pitchfork.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Monday, 12 September 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)

Oh god that is awful.
Have they made it look so crap in hope that everyone will buy the NME instead of reading the website?

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 01:08 (twenty years ago)

is the most reliable constant on ILM the fact that any new web re-design will be panned?

― keith m (keithmcl), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 01:52 (twenty years ago)

it looks like Q Magazine.

http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music

but despite that - tis a lot better than the orig.

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 06:06 (twenty years ago)

It's a huge improvement. If I was Googling and came across an NME link in the past I'd never use it cos that old site was so horrible to use, but I can live with this. (Course, there still won't be any content I want to read but hey, it's a start).

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 07:52 (twenty years ago)

It seems okay. Logical enough if rather drab. Questionable content as ever though.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 08:39 (twenty years ago)

bit boring but seems ok to me. whats the big fuss, NME haters?

― ilx, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 09:30 (twenty years ago)

I don’t read their reviews, opinions or interviews either. But news is news and they seem to break quite a bit of it. So I do go to their site, about once a week just to see what is up, and any improvement is alright with me.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 10:17 (twenty years ago)

is NME still publishing? hm.

― Mitch Mitchell (mitya), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 11:16 (twenty years ago)

yes, still publishing:

This Week

http://www.nme.com/images/69_130905_blocparty_cover.jpg

this week, earlier than usual it's the yearly student Uni special:

Free NME Student Guide 2005 featuring the inside knowledge in over 50 uni towns. Featuring:

The best pubs, clubs, gigs and record shops
The Rakesâ€™ guide to saving cash
10 Things to do before you graduate by Franz Ferdinand, The Bravery, Maximo Park and more
Win! Â£250 of clothes

http://www.nme.com/magazine

50 Uni towns ! in previous years they have only focused on about a dozen big/ key uni cities

PS: I was also going to mention about the Q site, the style top navigation bar is a complete rip off.

The music coverage of the website is still far too narrow.

Creatively the content of the website is poor:

- no forthcoming releases section
- reviews poorly indexed
- hardly any historical content / context of music
- no links section
- no cross promotion with Uncut
- no media guide
- the news page has a useless information design, also no RSS
- the search at the the top could include a kelkoo option [owned by yahoo] who also power the web search option. [Kelkoo search is available elsewhere on the NME website to compare some CDs]
- the web search option also doesn't work at the mo

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

The Student Guide used to be really funny - even in the late 90s - probably down to Johnny Cigs for the most part. I wonder what it's like now. Maybe I should steal a copy of NME and find out.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:35 (twenty years ago)

Have a look at The Guide free with The Guardian every Saturday. It's pretty much The NME Student Guide of the '90s transposed (the erstwhile Mr Cigarettes included).

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:36 (twenty years ago)

one of the first nmes i ever got had the student guide (1994). it was genius, but i can't imagine that i read it when i actually went to university. like OH< GOOD ADVICE, buy AN EMBRACE ALBUM, the chicks will DIG YOU, you say (sorry nick).

― N_RQ (Enrique), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:40 (twenty years ago)

re: 10 Things to do before you graduate by Franz Ferdinand, The Bravery, Maximo Park?

What could these be ?

Franz Ferdinand: dress like Orange Juice 20 years on.
The Bravery: sing 80s pop rock Karaoke looking like a twat.
Maximo Park: turn Warp into a guitar music label ?

anymore ideas?

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:46 (twenty years ago)

Manage Portsmouth FC.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)

I think you'll find that Warp turned Warp into a guitar label. They weren't bought out by the Maximo millions.

― snotty moore, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

well, i gotta say that this site indeed runs much smoother than the old one. and the search function finally works, so i can find my old reviews with ease! yay!

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

wait, i take that back. i can find the reviews, but i can't actually view em! fuck!

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

Why is the news page on the website now so horrible? At least it was in chronological order before...

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

Yep- I'll second that. It follows the general tendency towards Smash Hits coverage of late (minimal reviews / limited critique- max hype).

― Mr Gripper (Mr Gripper), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 02:17 (twenty years ago)

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