I noticed that LM has no obvious sponsorships, which makes me even more ready to trust them because I know they are fanboys/fangirls there just like we are. This is where music criticism is changing: with so much product out there, you need friendly filters to help you navigate, just like you might take a friend’s recommendation. You can’t trust NME or some of the bigger webzines who are whoring themselves out; so you go with the people who are doing this for love of music. I’d narrow Bob’s description of SXP – it carries reviews but that’s not the primary purpose. Usually we’ve done the first filter in not writing negative reviews, because we’re trying to find good things to talk about and recommend.
That doesn’t mean that criticism isn’t legitimate – we can all get better. Our writing, and mine definitely, varies in quality. But the only time I ever get worried is when I suspect a writer isn’t writing from conviction. But I don’t get that sense from LM – I feel that we’re on the same side as them so should be careful to temper our criticism to what’s really necessary. If we start knocking each other, it’s exactly what Conor McKnackerless wants!Statistics: Posted by Johnny Anarchy — Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:18 am
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