Hype-hop

No lengthy autopsy of NME this week - I'll leave that in the more capable hands of Simon at No Rock 'N' Roll Fun. I could bang on about the barrel-scrapingly lame and drawn-out coverage of Liam Gallagher's little German fracas which signals the ever-increasing tabloidisation of the news section, and about the fact that even the supplements are now possible only with corporate "support" (hello V***phone!) - but I won't. Two observations on skimming the issue briefly, though:

1. Re: the news item about nothing more than the fact that "hot new Aussie band" (copyright NME for the next six months) Jet don't want any hype. Someone in the news team has a SERIOUSLY developed sense of irony.

2. Re: Piers Martin's review of the Burning Brides' EP Glass Slipper. Apparently they sound as though they think Sonic Youth's Sister is the pinnacle of modern cultural production. The fools! How misguided! It's Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation, of course!