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Summary: 1 of 2
Comment: Filter and Under the Radar are the only music magazines I come near. I hear Mojo is just as informative, renovative, and enjoyable, but I'm a little too close-minded to care about other genres I... don't care much about. Fans of rock/pop/what the kids are calling "indie"/alternative/punk/post-punk/folk/!!!!, take a gander at this.
And the covers are slick and durable. They don't look out of place sitting on a coffee table.
Customer Rating:
Summary: "Filters" out the garbage
Comment: Music magazines -- that is to say, magazines that actually cover music -- are becoming a scarcer breed. Filter magazine returns hope to music-philes who despair of finding halfway decent coverage. Here it is: Excessive ads, hot-talentless-celeb-of-the-moment interviews, gossip and flash-in-the-pan coverage are not to be found in this sleek magazine, and that's a relief. The smooth, glossy exterior of the magazine shows that a lot of care has been given to this magazine, and the contents reflect that. Music coverage tends toward good music that isn't as well known as it deserves -- Cursive, Modest Mouse, Hot Hot Heat, Queens of the Stone Age, the Stone Roses, Grandaddy, Supergrass, Hives, Sigur Ros, and more. Don't worry: good faves are not neglected: David Bowie, Lou Reed, Siouxie and the Banshees, and so on. When actors are interviewed, the choices are solid and the people are talented: Elijah Wood, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray and so on. The focus of Filter is clearly-defined, but not narrow. It's stuck on music that is good rather than just popular, but not snobbily so. If the music is good, then it gets included: there's room for Coldplay, the White Stripes and the Strokes in this tight little mag. Many of the groups it covers are up'n'coming. The detailed nterviews are polished and professional, peppered with nice clear photographs (the Bowie shoot is especially gorgeous). And reviews are clearly-written and concise, giving a sense of the album's flavor. Newcomer Filter has the guts and strengths to become a music mag to be reckoned with. For devoted fans of good music, it doesn't get much better than this. Highly recommended.
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