whirlygirl Escribi�:

M'Chebne Escribi�:

music print is pretty endangered these days. I love the internet an all but it'd be a sad day if I had to read a web page on a train journey or the toilet.



yours, stuart maconie x

What I don't like is misinformation that gets printed, but otherwise I agree with what you say about music magazines. As much as I may disagree with certain things said in music magazines, it does challenge my thinking on why I disagree with the writer of the article, but in a way the diaglogue between writer and reader can open up your perception on how the writer comes to the conclusions she/he did when writing up the article. That's a mark of a good, engaging journalist - if they can, for a few paragraphs, bring you into their world. I love music rags and used to read them so often on my breaks when I worked at Tower. Even better was when the mags would get cycles out each month and we'd get to take them home when the new batch came in. *sigh* I'd get so excited seeing a band I really liked being featured within its pages.



I just hope the music magazines are a bit more kind to the Chemical Brothers this time around. I remember when Push The Button came out there were some good articles floating around, but the scathing ones were very disappointing. Esepcially since only a couple years before the Chems were still I kind of got the feeling there was more focus on the Libertines/Pete Doherty and how electronic music was officially dead, so the major mags focused on the resurgence of rock. I never did find the one article that we heard rumored to have really pissed off Ed... I think it was sneakerbeater and maybe pushpop that went hunting for it and turned up nothing. Anyway - it would be sad if music magazines went away entirely. It would be a bit of a hassle to bring your laptop into the toilet with you, hahaha.



This was a good thread pushpop started:



http://forums.theche...?t=1976&start=0

it was the nme review of ptb that pissed ed off and he publicly attacked it as from my memory of reading the review it didn't bother to actually review the album but just slag dance music off and stay how it was dead. nme never put it on there website so if i can find the magazine in my flat i'll type it up for you whirly so you can read it

yeahs its all about mixmag!

irish fan Escribi�:

whirlygirl Escribi�:

M'Chebne Escribi�:

music print is pretty endangered these days. I love the internet an all but it'd be a sad day if I had to read a web page on a train journey or the toilet.



yours, stuart maconie x

What I don't like is misinformation that gets printed, but otherwise I agree with what you say about music magazines. As much as I may disagree with certain things said in music magazines, it does challenge my thinking on why I disagree with the writer of the article, but in a way the diaglogue between writer and reader can open up your perception on how the writer comes to the conclusions she/he did when writing up the article. That's a mark of a good, engaging journalist - if they can, for a few paragraphs, bring you into their world. I love music rags and used to read them so often on my breaks when I worked at Tower. Even better was when the mags would get cycles out each month and we'd get to take them home when the new batch came in. *sigh* I'd get so excited seeing a band I really liked being featured within its pages.



I just hope the music magazines are a bit more kind to the Chemical Brothers this time around. I remember when Push The Button came out there were some good articles floating around, but the scathing ones were very disappointing. Esepcially since only a couple years before the Chems were still I kind of got the feeling there was more focus on the Libertines/Pete Doherty and how electronic music was officially dead, so the major mags focused on the resurgence of rock. I never did find the one article that we heard rumored to have really pissed off Ed... I think it was sneakerbeater and maybe pushpop that went hunting for it and turned up nothing. Anyway - it would be sad if music magazines went away entirely. It would be a bit of a hassle to bring your laptop into the toilet with you, hahaha.



This was a good thread pushpop started:



http://forums.theche...?t=1976&start=0

it was the nme review of ptb that pissed ed off and he publicly attacked it as from my memory of reading the review it didn't bother to actually review the album but just slag dance music off and stay how it was dead. nme never put it on there website so if i can find the magazine in my flat i'll type it up for you whirly so you can read it

Awww, Thomas, that's so sweet of ya - but I'd hate for you to go through all that trouble of retyping articles! It would be interesting to read at some point though. I always wondered what was up with the mysterious article that rubbed Ed the wrong way - and why I was never able to find it online.

i can find it i will throw it up.

nme didn't put it because they were probaly ashamed of its lack of actual journalism merit and the fact that it was just a attack on a music genre.

yet the same magazine a year later is instrumental in developing a buzz about the klaxons and the whole dance music genre called nu rave

That would be cool when you have the time, man. :)



I was going over a couple of threads a few days ago that focused on reviews for Push The Button and dance music in general. Isn't it strange how only a couple of years ago dance music was considered dead or dying and now it's making it's way back to front and center. Such is the cycle of things, I guess. What's great is the Chems continue to hang in there, never giving up, and allowing us to hear the fruits of their labor. I hope their new album is received well from the fans to the critics.



ACID, you bring up a point about Mixmag and I'm not sure if it's positive or negative - they have been sort of blasted here in the past, which was why I was wondering. For all the club fluff that magazine is known for, I've found the last time around with Push The Button they were very kind to the Chemical Brothers.

mixmag is more receptive of the chems but still a pretty bad magazine. devotes large portions of the magazine to horrible music like hard dance etc. and will they ever get a copy editor worse spelling in a magazine especially when the named electronic battle weapon 7 as the new song from the chemicals in the last issue

I don't get it.

dance music is music to which one dances

and music in general is something people enjoy and use to get off

why can't, hmm.

if there's dancing there'll be dance music. who cares about who else likes it or what's popular?

irish fan Escribi�:

mixmag is more receptive of the chems but still a pretty bad magazine. devotes large portions of the magazine to horrible music like hard dance etc. and will they ever get a copy editor worse spelling in a magazine especially when the named electronic battle weapon 7 as the new song from the chemicals in the last issue

Thankfully hard house is getting less attention from them these days and the content has improved lately somewhat but, yeah, their quality control/copy editor needs shot.



I still buy Mixmag most months, unless the CD looks total crap. They've been loving the Chems hard since PTB came out, I must say.

A collaboration with MSTRKRFT would be nice.

Eh, though I like MSTRKRFT, they sound too much like Daft Punk before Human After All...

Dave Escribi�:

A collaboration with MSTRKRFT would be nice.

I would prefer a remix.

Remixers I'd like to remix the chems tracks :

Switch

Erol Alkan

Soulwax

Surkin

Para One

Sebastian

I read this on King Creosote's myspace blog. Very exciting, if it's used, they were the best band I saw live all last year!



'I've recorded a song for Chemical Underground using a poem by Laura Hird, and have just finished a chorus or two for the Chemical Brothers'



Don't know if this has been found before.

Ben_j Escribi�:

Remixers I'd like to remix the chems tracks :

Switch

Erol Alkan

Soulwax

Surkin

Para One

Sebastian

Alkan's remix of Believe was amazing, and Soulwax is just amazing in and of itself. A 2manyDJs remix of some Brothers work is in order--they spin them enough in their sets, really.



Ooh, if Soulwax opened for Chemical Brothers, that would be a great show.