Music Magazine Recommendation

[RonJonSurfer]

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.

[daslied]

For that age? Probably Blender.

[Farin]

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?

[TheLizard]

I still swear by Rolling Stone, for the most part.

[MindCrime]

Spin or Blender (as suggested above).

[Batman]

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.

[TheLizard]

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.

[scott]

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.

[Ombre Vivante]

http://www.danacountryman.com/csm/back_issues.html

This magazine fulfills all your needs

[MindCrime]

Rolling Stone doesn't focus on just music though, they also do movies and other media outlets.

[Levis]

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.

[Batman]

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.

[RonJonSurfer]

Thanks for all of the suggestions...personally I still miss Creem and Circus magazines...I'll pass along the info.

[Shawna]

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.

[The Seeker]

Yeah, Q and Mojo are quite nice.

[edna]

...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...

[RonJonSurfer]

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.

[RonJonSurfer]

I forgot about Crawdaddy.