Links: NME goes out of print, write about music anyway, Qwant music search, how to write a hit in 2018.

• Goooood-byyeeeeeee, NME (raspberry). Told you so. (See Music journalism: still dead, thank goodness and How to slum as a rock critic, like generations of rock critics before you.) The Daily Mash correctly summarises all the recent retrospectives.

• In the meantime, writing about music sucks. But you should do it anyway.

• There’s a new music search engine called Qwant. The beta version is here, and they’d like your feedback.

• Writing a hit pop song in 2018. Choruses are not the only hook.

 

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