COMMENT: WHO CARES ABOUT THE NME AWARDS?

Does anyone actually care about the NME Awards anymore? In the era of Web 2.0, we already know who the ‘next big thing’ is months before they’ve even released a record. We don’t need the music weeklies to tell us.
Read the rant I wrote about it for Ghettoblaster Magazine here:
http://ghettoblastermagazine.com/2010/true-brit-who-cares-about-the-nme-awards/

RATM BEAT GEORDIE JOE TO XMAS NUMBER ONE

Rage Against The Machine’s Christmas number one victory over Xfactor’s Geordie Joe is evidence of the power of social media in the modern entertainment industry. The massive popularity of MySpace, Twitter and Facebook has democratised music in a way that hasn’t been seen since punk. The stranglehold of major labels is being broken in favour [...]