NME's Alex Miller on BBC news after the Klaxons' Mercury win

[DanijelaKretena]

HAHAHHAHAHA i love Klaxons...Love Jamie..lol too drunk

[pafculka]

oh shut up I love him!

[Pookie4795]

He's a dick, she's stupid

[MrComingtogetyouable]

Would love to split this guy's lip and knock that ironic smirk off his face. This clueless tool is not qualified to be a music journalist. This guy promotes trash and doesn't know a thing outside his hipster circle of goons and fashion dead-beats. Watch your back Miller, you're going to hit the pavement and it's not going to be pretty.

[MrComingtogetyouable]

This guy is a total douche bag and he doesn't know shit about music journalism. I would very much like to bust his lip open and knock that pretentious smirk off his clueless face. As a matter of factly, if I see this guy on the street I'm going to do just that. Watch your back you slimy turd of a cavity. People like you need to go down.

[MrComingtogetyouable]

This guy is a total douche bag and he doesn't know shit about music journalism. I would very much like to bust his lip open and knock that pretentious smirk off his clueless face. As a matter of factly, if I see this guy on the street I'm going to do just that. Watch your back you slimy turd of a cavity. People like you need to go down.

[benjaminrichardshoop]

hahahahahahah

[andydsmith]

it's like the newsreaders are proud of being total squares

[Ryn2k8]

nme is gash as fuck, but that was funny.

[soigeneration]

in some awkward way, that was one of the greatest things I've ever seen.

[daveboy2810]

he slaughtered her!

[angularstudios]

lmao @ the presenter laughing at 2:32.

[VeeDubTom04]

gosh. alex miller is a class prat. if i liked him i might laugh but he's such a boring, morbid cunt.

[dykeeniesloveu]

is jamies the lead singer? I though it was james

[todaysgrey]

you can tell by how much the other news guy is laughing that he thinks the womans a bitch hahaha

[adsmylie]

how pilled up were klaxons

did u see jamie trying to knaw off his face

lol

x

[FraterO]

lol gurning away:D

[IGotProducedIn1989]

nme sucks dick

[Fran100]

why does nme suck dick? i've never read it, just wondering

[IGotProducedIn1989]

it's not just about nme it's about this whole part of the music industry. what they do isn't what music should be about. this whole competing-each-other-charts-an­d-prizes shit. music should connect the people and you can't connect with competing and rivalling.

[pissoffIsthistaken]

wow alex miller....what a twat, i guess he has to be to write for nme, maybe thats harsh especially if he was pissed and hadnt slept but he does come off badly in the interview, like the klaxons most probably did deserve the award, they fall short live though which is a shame

[mrcat1990]

klaxons original? best in decades? i guess no one hear has listened to godpseed you black emperor! f#a#0o or iFoward Russia! give me a wall or even iLiKETRAiNS progress reform ep now those are bands with new ideas

[mAttthhheaLy]

yeah, but GYBE! are "on hiatus", forward russia couldn't follow "give me a wall" and no-one's ever heard of iLIKETRAINS - so I guess Klaxons are all we've got...

[mrcat1990]

not really theres plenty of original bands in britian and the world try jeniferever! just cause a band are unknown doesnt mean there not worth listening to!

[mAttthhheaLy]

dude, i never said iLiKETRAiNS were bad because they were unknown. i fucking love them haha.

[Grahamh18]

tbh he seems to have it spot on

[sebbster2000]

A talented journalist, but Klaxons are one of the most over-rated bands of the 00's. I've listened to that album many times and although there are new ideas, the songs are horribly average. "What British music has been waiting for, for the past 15 years"? What a joke.

[ouchdoesithurt]

'horribly average' - are you serious? then what music is not average according to you?

[sebbster2000]

Not average? The Beatles.

Chillax dude, I'm entitled to my own opinions and if you don't agree then fair enough.

[ouchdoesithurt]

But The Beatles are not from the 00's.

I'm not being agressive, just wondering really. Over the internet it's hard to see.

[sebbster2000]

Ok, Portugal. The man

[shinzu12]

klaxsons was better on the night?! they worn fucking old school Greek armor there nothing but art school ponses there albums shit, there shit live, and the NME have bin tools for years who love to plug shit bands.

[iheartmusicXx]

awh hes such a prick lol

[NathanvanH]

what a n00b that reporter is...

and aye, 3 peice? what about Steffan?

amy winehouse and klaxons cant be compared. No way. They are both different and Klaxons are everything that horseface is not.

[pajo1981]

Alex Miller is a sad condesceding twat. She was right look at his fuckin ponce hair! And he is what? a music journo?

[edwetenhall123]

that guy has balls

[emsrose92]

amy winehouse is pants

[ChrisLovesGreys]

I didnt like the klaxons record as much as winehouses. It all mushed into the same stuff. It makes sense that it got mediocre reviews from other newspapers. Oh well. Amy has a bit of a chance at the grammys for album of the year.

[dantract]

AlEx MiLLeR is SuCh a jEr"K LoLz i HaTe tHe KaCkSOnz dEy iZ WeLL ShiT YeH dAt `GuY' LoOkz LiKe a GaY aNne RoBiNsOn

[thefezbrigade]

brilliant!

[mathstextbook45]

That's funny. That news reader is a bit mean,isn't she?

[rawskins]

alex miller is jokes and shes a toss pot for thinking all modern music is all hair and clothes.

[emzdiz]

HAHA holy fuck, Alex Miller = Genius.

[downinallbion]

THREE piece band?

she's no done her research then!

[eskimogirl]

Klaxons are always referred to as a three piece band... I don't think they count Stef as a member, seeing as he only plays drumss on one of the album tracks.

[ANDYphoenix1993]

haha :)

[bahiakids]

ALEX MILLER es EL TIO MAS GUAY DEL MUNDO DE CARA

[frenchkids]

klaxons aside i think that nme should think very carefully about who they let appear on television, because this alex miller fellow is a prat. style over substance is mostly prevalent in nme it used to be a magazine of some credibility well written, and far reaching. Conor mcnicholas is the problem.

[PrincessKaty]

frenchkids, judging by your remark "style over substance is mostly prevalent in NME", you read nme regularly. If this is this case, then surely you have read their immense slagging off of Alex Millers performance on telly, even advising readers to watch it on youtube because they would find it funny?? (im not saying i agree with everything NME does, and this reply has nothing at all to do with whether or not i like the klaxons)...

[frenchkids]

i once read nme however i stopped when it became bullshit (about 4 years ago) sorry if i offended you. My opinion on the matter does not seem to be shared on this particular page. By any chance do you own any glowsticks. Merry xmasxx

[PrincessKaty]

i dont own any glowsticks, i am not a big klaxons fan if thats what u mean... nor am i one of those wankers who takes everything NME writes as gospel

[ANDYphoenix1993]

haha, i owned some

but they ran out of glow :(

[AndrewBagel]

freeze them.

[michaelbuckley]

NME is a poor magazine, every new band is "the next big band" but I agree with them on the Klaxons front, they did deserve to win and very true comment about their music being something new rather than amy winehouse who just sings songs that could have been out in the 60s/70s

[loowish]

god i sound like an arselicker on that last comment...no klaxons are good though

[loowish]

hah that was good... alex miller is smart...

anyone who says nme has no revelance to popular culture has obviously not read the magazine for the past 3 years at least

[timmaximo]

cliched scenesters? Does anybody talk like that apart from contrived middle class NME writers. Your campaign to get the Sex Pistols to number one didn't do very well did it - shows that NME has no relevance anymore on popular culture.

[emathebrave]

hahaa

i love naive middle aged people!!!

[andymc32]

NME sucks the scrot and only knows about the shitty indie genre, idiotic cunts

[psipsina7]

you can f*ck of too

[FUNandBRi]

yay! klaxons won!

[doctoroddity]

Alex Miller is SO pretentious

[psipsina7]

ah fack off

[khalithistle]

stupid nme cunt. the truly "forward-thinking" musicians dont get covered by your glorified-smash-hits of a rag because the 15-year-old retards that buy it wouldn't be able to handle it. nme is haircuts, clothing styles (they had a fucking "how to dress like brandon flowers, sponsored by topshop" feature once) and idiotic "scenes" that these cockends invent for themselves.

[PsychoSurreal]

How pretentious of you.

[xNelsx]

no, in fact he's right...media poisons everything that's good, specially NME, so yaa, the Klaxons are fucked, or they'll be like that soon. They'll launch the indie rave genre into fame...the price? just think of the Emo kids of today and the Emo kids ten years ago.

[volcanoofsushi]

PWNT

[simionTheOne]

xD amy totally got pwned didnt she xD

[MCbrapzzz]

KLAXONS R DA SIKKLEST BAND YEH

AND R WAY BETTR THAN AMY WINEHOUSE

she is prety sik but klaxons desurv

it she won bare lodes of de prize tings

yeh and NME r zikeds!!!!

[simionTheOne]

hell yea

[ianfleming3264]

Don't get me wrong, i like the Klaxons. But saying they deserved to win over winehouse because they made a "Forward thinking record", in a genre that uses the word "Rave" to describe itself. C'mon wtf? They're a pack of indie chancers.

[samnectar]

I was at first very put off Klaxons by this "new-rave" thing i heard bandied about. But its not actually them that call themselves that, its a shit genre that NME have invented up to sell magazines and set a new trend, and they have just happened to use Klaxons to be the figurehead of this new genre because they are young and talented. I then listened to Klaxons without thinking of this NME bullshit and realised they are a truly gifted band and really did deserve to win this by quite a long way.

[andymc32]

I think that hair and cloths comment is very justified especially considering that cunt works for NME proably the worst culprit of makeing music not about the music, but nevermind.

xoxoxox

[cerpinTHEmute]

ha! tell that bitch

[PaulIsbe]

Is this bloke for real. Klaxon's record was ok but Back to Black IS the defining album of the past year and Amy wiped the floor with everyone performance wise. W***er!

[extraordinarygirl0]

all haircut and clothes?!?!?!?

she needs a slap in the face with Myths...

klaxons completely deserved to win...huzzah boys, well done!

[Noonday100]

Oh God, what a middle-class cock!

[shrimple]

klaxons deserved tht prize im over the moon they got it.

[LPK101]

Ha! I don't know what to laugh louder at - Klaxon's winning the Mercury which has to be the biggest joke of the year - or Alex Miller proving that all NME writers are total cunts

[abzechi]

that guy looks like seth myers

and klaxons completely deserved this.

[betterthinktwice]

aww they look so adorableee n_n

they totally deserve it. =D

...and Jamie was too drunk. o.o

[abbylolol]

fuck this musta been a slow day at the newsrooms.

[icehaven3]

Brilliant. Glad the news lady pointed out that AM's hair is suspiciously similar to the Klaxon's alleged 'scenester hair' Hee hee.

[euro456]

klaxons are not a great band at all. The NME has also gone so so far downhill.

[sebbster2000]

I couldn't agree more, the album was so hyped up and over-rated. It's so average!

[samnectar]

I think Bat for Lashes should have won. I see what Alex's point is about The Klaxons being more on the tip of where music has been for the last 12 months, but thats mainly because NME put them there by promoting this shambolic "new rave" genre. The Klaxons are ace, new-rave is just a term coined by NME to set a new trend which will soon be forgotton, although the Klaxons won't. Good on you guys.

[samnectar]

After listening extensively to both albums i retract the comment that bat for lashes should have won. Klaxons deserve this by a long long way. Bat for lashes main strength in the production, Klaxons have it all!

[LifeDoesGoOn]

Actually, I think it was Klaxons that called it new rave first. They then decided that it wasn't a very good idea and said that their album would just be pop, and have since banned glowsticks at their concerts, which is a minor tragedy. Oh well.

[asabovesobellow]

I was sooo happy they won; how on earth did the view get nominated ahead of the good, the bad and the queen?

[rodolphefleury]

I'm glad they won. I like the fact they get their awards drunk and probably hight on MDMA. They might be arty pretentious wankers (good on them, who wants to be boring twats like Futureheads?) but at least they're not arrogant heinous pricks like Johnny Borel from Razorlight. And to all the people who thinks Bat For The Lashes should have won it, I tell them Wrong, The Horrors should have won it!

[laurenHORROR]

AGREED!

[psipsina7]

ah sory if your not but are you claire?

[didzz]

I hate the NME, but that was funny.

[ZOMBxE]

why do you hate NME?

[BarkingMadWoOf]

Actully Jamie Has Said The Band Are 'Nu-Rave' In An Interview Before...But It's A Bit Of Indie/Pop/Rock/Dance :]

So There We Are...

Klaxons SO Deserved The Prize !!!

I

Love

Them

<3

[troboider]

haha! despite being sh*t, they made me laugh by being pilled up

[blocandy]

the term was coined by Joe Daniel, he is the head of angular records and plays guitar for the violets, but atm the klaxons since jamie broke his leg

[bugpowderdust]

lol @ 2:15

[wheeliebinn]

"And im talking about toes thismorning"

[joboy2k]

sockironer your a mug, they dont even like being under the nu-rave genre. some idiot made it up and stuck it in a magazine and people followed. klaxons acctually say there not nu-rave and dont wanna be. they only dress illuminous cause they like to put on a good show and stand out as they say in there interviews.

[XTRMJZZTRRR]

I'm pretty sure that the term was coined by some feller at Kitsune - to describe them - they openly embraced the term until it was adopted by the mainstream. Fair enough if you like them, you like them, and if you don't, you don't - but c'mon - they don't come much more hypocritical than the NME, thats something that no one can deny...

[sockironer]

the comments seem to point to the fact that the pretentious fuckwits embraced the term till it became popular (wot clever art rockers),as for being a mug,fair enough, Im a mug for not buying how great the fucking klaxons are, they still need a good kick in the head (before being carted off to a BUPA hospital on the back of mumsy wumsys medical insurance),and having to resort to illuminous clothes to stand out/put on a good show? err,dig your own hole mate,lol

[stellaiss]

arent the klaxons a four piece band

[XTRMJZZTRRR]

"Rave" band (Nu-Rave being new wave music/old rave fashion - obviously forward thinking) win "prestigious" award, keyboard player chewing it up like Pac Man, NME sucks up to big time - you can even see a little fleck of shit on his nose (surprise). How left-field...

[Balsch]

maybe they just deserved it?....

[theGanj]

Tut tut. They could have at least waited until after the awards before they took MDMA.

[markoos123]

haha best ever interview i have ever seen haha love the cheap dig you got in :D

[sockironer]

I cant watch, its like crawling thru shit to get to your mums funeral,even the NME editor is trying not to say how fucking abhorrent these pricks are,,how can you make a 'forward thinking album' whilst simultaneously trying to con old ravers into thinking your 'new rave',,Im sorry to spew such hate but these lads are pretensious wankers

[JohnnyFlorida2000]

Go on Alex you lad!!!