RonJonSurfer Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 A co-worker is looking to get his 16 and 17 year old niece and nephew a subscription to a music magazine for Christmas. He wasn't sure if Rolling Stone made sense for a teenager. What music magazine would make a good gift for a teenager? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 For that age? Probably Blender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 depends a bit on the music she listens to... if she wants to learn German and likes (Indie) Pop/Rock I would suggest Musikexpress if she wants to learn German and likes Alt Rock then Visions personally, I only read the Rolling Stone out of nostalgia, when they feature interviews from 20, 30, 40 years ago I don't read too much English music magazines... NME maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I still swear by Rolling Stone, for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Spin or Blender (as suggested above). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I subscribe to RS, people seem to dislike it for some reason, but I think it has some pretty interesting articles. My only problem is that in the past few years, it seemed like every other issue was a nostalgia issue, like, an issue where the cover story is about something that happened 40 years ago. They've gotten better about it though. And a lot of people HATE Spin and Blender but I don't know why. I've only read a few issues of each but they had some pretty good articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Most of the nostalgia stuff was for the 40th anniversary last year, which they basically used as a celebration of how awesome they are/were. I don't have too much against Spin, but I can't stand Blender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Spin and Blender are for indy-kids with their blinders on. Rolling Stone can get a little up inside it's own sphincter sometimes, but for the most part it's a good read, there's some humor, great stories, really great sometimes, and they have some good music articles here and there, tho sometimes they take a corporate slant and you have to look between the lines for a good music recommendation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 http://www.danacountryman.com/csm/back_issues.html This magazine fulfills all your needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Rolling Stone doesn't focus on just music though, they also do movies and other media outlets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I usually only pick up UK mags, so that wouldn't be much help. I get the NME newsletter in my email and buy a copy of Mojo if I see a good story and/or CD. But I really like the few issues of Q that I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Most of the nostalgia stuff was for the 40th anniversary last year, which they basically used as a celebration of how awesome they are/were. I guess that explains why the nostalgia issues have stopped by now. It was really lame while it was happening though. I want to read about what's happening now! Not have someone retell me something about the 60's everyone already knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Thanks for all of the suggestions...personally I still miss Creem and Circus magazines...I'll pass along the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 get the niece a copy of Modern Bride. She'll want it someday. And no nephew should be without Skateboard magazine. Neither of them have anything to do with music, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Yeah, Q and Mojo are quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 ...personally I still miss Creem and Circus magazines... I wasn´t really a fan of Circus but I did love Creem, Rolling Stone, NME and MelodyMaker back in the days... and Rock&Folk, the french magazine, one of the best music magazines ever. I wonder how I managed to read every line in those magazines... I had time by then! Actually, it was like being in the University... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 My favorite was Creem. I read a regional magazine called The Aquarian. The Aquarian was great because it listed every show that was going to happen, no matter how small the venue or how unknown the band. Good magazine/newspaper. I loved MelodyMaker, but it wasn't always easy to find here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 I forgot about Crawdaddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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