NME

UK music publication

NME is a British music publication, originally launched in 1952 as *New Musical Express*.

For decades it was the UK's leading weekly music paper, influential in covering rock, punk, and indie scenes.

Now primarily online, NME remains a recognized name in music journalism: NME gave the album a glowing review. (Lowercase nme is nonstandard.)

magazine

reviews

Published critical assessments

features · exclusives · journalism · critics · ratings · publications · readership · subscriptions · issues · editors

music

bands

Musical performing groups

  • indieProduced outside majors
  • rockSolid earthen material
  • BritpopMid-nineties UK rock movement

punk · alternative · artists · albums · singles · genres · emerging · underground · British · scene

awards

ceremony

Formal event marking occasions

gala · honors · accolades · recipients · prizes · voting · categories · presenters · shortlist · annual

Opposites
geographic/cultural orientation

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Music and culture periodical

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editorial tone/stance

NMERolling Stone

Music and culture periodical

People magazine · Entertainment Weekly · Billboard · Tiger Beat · adult contemporary

music genre focus

NMEBillboard

Large outdoor advertising display

Entertainment Tonight · People magazine · MTV · Access Hollywood · fanzine

Family

new, enemy, enemies, enmities

Familiarity
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