The NME Blog http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:27:54 -0800 Yahoo! http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/9138/buy-shares-in-a-band-think-of-the-possibilities/ If you had shares in a band, any band...what would you tell them to do? Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:27:54 -0800 Luke Lewis http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/9124/whats-the-best-gig-youve-ever-seen/ Here are our fondest live music memories. Let us know the shows that left you reeling with delight/quivering with emotion/vomiting with joy. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:06:37 -0800 Luke Lewis http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/9102/run-for-your-lifeits-the-worst-beatles-songs-ever/ Considering they're the Greatest Band Of All Time, the Beatles are responsible for a surprising amount of ropy old toss. Indeed, listening to their collected works on shuffle is an exercise fraught with potential danger. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:40:11 -0800 Luke Lewis http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/2110/lady-gaga-vs-roisin-murphyspot-the-difference/ Claims Irish electro ice-maiden Murphy: "Lady Gaga is just a poor imitation of me. She has copied my style." Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:42:14 -0800 Luke Lewis http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/2078/this-is-the-endthe-best-last-lines-on-albums/ Perhaps, in the age of the shuffle function, endings are not as important as they were in the days of vinyl, when the sound of the needle slipping off the mat would be the occasion for a moment's silent contemplation. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:26:40 -0800 Luke Lewis http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/2026/who-is-the-greatest-bass-player-of-all-time/ Bass. Does it matter? The trouble is, playing bass is just not as glamorous, or aspirational, as playing lead guitar. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:29:55 -0800 Luke Lewis http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/2013/the-20-loudest-tracks-of-all-time/ My Bloody Valentine's "You Made Me Realize" is a sonic onslaught that requires earplugs to be handed out on the door, and has been known to induce powerful auditory hallucinations. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:29:28 -0800 Luke Lewis http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/1968/u2not-quite-as-magnificent-as-the-media-would-have-you-believe/ U2 are the Biggest Band In The World. Everyone knows that. It must be a freakish anomaly, then, that their new single "Magnificent" sold just 4,000 copies in its first week of release, and hobbled into the charts at number 42, giving the band their worst chart performance since 1982. Fri, 22 May 2009 20:36:03 -0800 Luke Lewis http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/1922/save-a-dying-albumrecommend-a-great-record-that-everyone-else-ignored/ Which albums are worthy of a second look? Consider this blog a home for music's underdogs and unloved strays--those under-the-radar LPs no one made a fuss about. Fri, 08 May 2009 18:40:45 -0800 Luke Lewis http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/1900/what-is-the-greatest-indie-album-of-all-time/ If there's one thing us nerds here at NME enjoy, it's debating a good-old fashioned list. We've put together our own best track/album run-downs in the past--but this time we thought we'd try something different and let our readers decide the outcome. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:07:30 -0800 Luke Lewis