Sad news for music fans today, as it seems online magazine Stylus is to stop publishing new content from October 31st. I’ve been reading the site for the last two years or so and it done more to make me think about how we listen to music in the 21st century, how we make music and recommended more music than any other zine but Pitchfork for eons.
I’ll miss the features most of all; Staff Top 10s, the typically hard Album Art Challenge, J-Pop will eat itself, On Second Thought but most of all Soulseeking.
The Soulseeking articles (mostly written by Nick Southall) were insightful articles which still give fresh perspectives on meta-music topics such as the current trend of over-compressed production, downloading music, sound diaries, liner note instructions, the act of listening to music and much much more. It’s well worth your time investigating the archives.
Stylus’ mission statement was “to convey the truth of how a writer feels about what they are discussing” and their staff of writers did it exceedingly well. Stylus, you will be missed. RIP.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
agreed, though I wasn’t an avid reader, I have fond memories of the site and positive feelings towards a few editors and writers that I was able to talk to along the way.
Fuck. I cannot believe I’ve never noticed stylus before. I know I’ve read loads of reviews from the website, but I never actually noticed what it was, or how good it was/is. At least todays a bank holiday…
I wonder though if the site will still be up but it just won’t be updated after Halloween. Could anyone please clarify this?