What is your go-to music magazine?

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drinkcoasters

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Hey all, what music magazine do you rely on for insight into new music? I like Magnet. I don't really find much value in Spin or RS anymore ... how about you?
 
I don't read the new album reviews from magazines. It's always wider on the net. As for the interviews, I get the Rolling Stones [not as frequently as before as they're caught by the Obama-rush, so they're getting too politicized for my taste] and MOJO.
 
I only subscribe to Under The Radar, it's a good read for current, 'indie' music I guess. They've got alot of **** I've never heard of, or have only seen in my last.fm recommendations.. decent for when I'm looking for new things. They also usually include a download link for free mp3s and have a least one issue a year that comes with a free CD.
 
Still Q for some reason. I don't actually buy it monthly or anything, but it'll be the one I pickup on long train jobs, it overrates stuff obviously because it tenders to a general audience, but like my over go-to mag, Empire, it still holRAB some cred and is a fun read for mainstream reasons.

I also like Mojo & Sight and Sound.
 
my monthly buy is Blunt. A alternative australian magazine.. with a good dose of news on local banRAB i love, unknown banRAB to checkout aswell as international acts... and cheaper than most others such as rocksound and rolling stone.
 
I used to read Rocksound but then they started sucking up to 'the scene' and became just like Kerrang! Nowdays i mostly real either Mojo or Hot Press. NME is the devil.
 
its the gutter press of music magazines, it's in the pocket of the majors, it indoctrinates it's target audience (teenagers) with sh*t music and horrible hyperbole-riddled journalism, too many reasons,. Their awarRAB ceremony is sponsored by hair gel

i picked up an issue of dadrocker's favourite Mojo the other day for the best part of a fiver, waste of money, but they have good features sometimes, this month it was Big Star, Yoko Ono and Kraftwerk. oh and you get a free CD. but they havent been good for a very long time.

dont like the wire either. pretentious wankery. increasingly hostile to the idea of a journo telling me what i should be listening to, i'll decide for myself thanks
 
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