Dire UK tat that only bothers itself with sh*te UK indie bands such as the Arctic Monkeys and equally overrated US cack e.g. The Killers. As far as the 10th rate hacks who populate this tawdry little rag seem to be concerned no other music form exists. One to avoid.

Once a good read, NME is just a sad little inkie mostly focused on crap indie sh*t like The White Stripes. Occasionally, there's the token article on other music styles. Most of the bands you read about quickly fade from obscurity into oblivion, and deservedly so, the 200 words of NME coverage being the peak of their careers.