since when has nme been about music?

they just want to be seen as 'cool' so the things they like must be seen by 'cool' 'with it' peeps

if the didn't like the arcade fire they wouldn't tell you that all the cool people had turned out because that would make them look uncool.

15 bastarding places that could've gone on sale instead of "exchanging hands for up to £100 outside the venue" (probably about £40 on todays tabloid-reality exchangerateometer)

I'm guessing no one actually reported on the gig itself and they just got mailed the g'list by kidfiddler or something, and they've used it as an excuse to mention those bands and earn a couple of quid from the PR peeps.

Not that I'm cynical or 'owt

OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE THE NME IS SHIT!!!!!1111!!!!11!!!1

it provides context to the gig - they have become famous to a certain degree.

its like commenting that the venue was empty
or that touts were charging lots outside.
it tells us something about where the band are in their career.
it also tells us that bloc party have good taste in music or whatever.


it really isnt the end of the world.

what I hate about that site is the way they have misleading headlines so you have to click a story that probably isnt very interesting, and receive a further deluge of popups/slowness.