Why I hate 'Indie' &NME

[alexxxxx]

I hate 'NME' and 'Pop' Indie. It sucks big time. I'll give you my reasons for this:

-They aren't indie(independant), usually backed by big record label or subsidy of one.

-The music is so blad, constant strumming of chord and flat lyrics.

-It usually is so similiar to each other.

Sometimes NME does pick up some good music, I personally think Black Kids are great and CSS (I've been listening to CSS since 2006). But I've been listening to MGMT for a few months, why has it taken so long for them to become 'popular?'

But usually it doesn't, Glasvegas 'The best new band in britain' - I don't think so, it's not the worst, but it's just so normal and suckass.

Indie and NME is not cool or indie at all - it's just styled pop.

I can't say i'm much better, I listen to alot of pop-rock and even-less North American 'Indie' and I try to make myself feel like i'm listening to something special (ahahaha) but I try to discover my music through other means rather than mainstream TV (IE. Music Blogs, Last.fm, Deezer, eMusic).

[Elasticated]

i reckon there is definately an 'indie' sound.

[Monopoly]

It's just a music style, don't take it so seriously.

[RedStratocas]

yeah, i hate nme too. they're so close-minded and hype-crazy. they gave "blueberry boat" by fiery furnaces, an incredibly creative and fun album, one star. i was mad when i saw that.

while a lot of people hate them because they're a bit elitist, pitchforkmedia.com probably has the best perspective on the music world today, especially indie.

[Crimson]

Every label changes as time goes on.. Heavy metal used to be like ozzy and stuff like that - if you heard that nowadays it'd probably be called Indie.. lol :-P

[-Eyeless-]

If you don't like NME don't buy it

But seriously I recommend searching the net, I found a few sites that have much better reviews and are much more "in tune" lol, if I can remember them I will post them here

Edit: I agree with redstrat, pitchforkmedia are good. I will try to find some more

[Jõnathan]

I found out most of the bands I like through MTV2, and the only time that I bought NME was when the Flux Remix EP came free with it

[samsaBEAR]

i have no problems with NME. the only thing i dont like is when they pick a band, then they hype them up beyond belief, such as Glasvegas.
but through NME ive heard of many good bands such as To My Boy (before Jon sent me stuff ), Klaxons, CSS, Hadouken! (but that was a collab with MTV2) and the like.

[omgitslily]

Well yeah I like NME, I always buy it but lately it has gone downhill because I used to find new bands from it and I have usually already heard the 'new' bands it features now..

But when you say all the music sounds the same, an outsider looking in on a genre they don't listen to would say that about anyone. Because bands in genres have songs consisting of different things to make them fit into that genre, so they're bound to have some musical similarities.

[distraction]

i hate the nme, they haven't really a clue what they are talking about.

they don't find bands, they latch onto ones that have already gained cult status and hype them up to the point where they become unbearable.