The NME are shit
they're a tabloid with guitars.

But "Is this it" must be one of the all-time great debuts. The Strokes never recovered however and went a bit bland. Plenty of good stuff this last ten years in my opinion, from the Sugababes to BRMC to Nathan Fake (techno genius) to Darren Hayman (kooky folk/indie) to Art Brut (comedy art-rockers) to loads of others in my lovely vinyl collection. Reckon you could take any one year and build a record collection for life.
(raymond "three griddle pans" luxury yacht lovin' the christmas action, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:17, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I like The Strokes.
Their albums get consistently better but Tool knocks their socks clean off and for Gods sake, THE MARS VOLTA!!!
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 19:43, Reply)

Nah, "this is it" is clearly their classic
I much prefer it anyway - more visceral, in a good way, not like anything associated with Pete Doherty who is visceral in a very bad, obvious way.

Tool? Isn't that some overproduced jazz-metal? Dunno really. The MArs Volta are definitely jazz-metal - not my cup of tea. If we're getting heavy then put on something droney and decadent like Hawkwind or the Warlocks.

I realise that no-one cares but it's the end of the thread and I'm killing time before meeting people at the pub. Chundercock!
(raymond "three griddle pans" luxury yacht lovin' the christmas action, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 20:11, Reply)

XTRMNTR
Exterminator should definitely be in there. As should Sunn O))), DJ Shadow's second one and Nathan Fake.

NME- were good , relevant, and intelligently written. In the 90s. Been shit for years.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 20:17, Reply)