Stylus Magazine

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Stylus Magazine
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Type of site
 Music and movie webzine
Available in English
OwnerTodd Burns
Created byTodd Burns
Launched2002;23 years ago (2002)
Current status Stylus Magazine

Stylus Magazine was an American online music and film magazine, launched in 2002 and co-founded by Todd L. Burns. [1] [2] It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog.

Contents

Additionally, Stylus had daily features like "The Singles Jukebox", which looked at pop singles from around the globe, and "Soulseeking", a column focused on personal responses in listening. Even though they never reached the readership of other music magazines such as PopMatters or Pitchfork, they still had a very consistent and fired-up audience.[ citation needed ] In 2006, the site was chosen by the Observer Music Monthly as one of the Internet's 25 most essential music websites. [3]

Stylus closed as a business on 31 October 2007. [4] [5] On 4 January 2010, with the blessing of former editor Todd Burns, Stylus senior writer Nick Southall launched The Stylus Decade, a website with a new series of lists and essays reviewing music from the previous ten years. [6] It is now also defunct. The Singles Jukebox relaunched with many of the same writers as a stand-alone website in March 2009 and continues today. [7]

Reception

Stylus received positive attention from critics for its analytical depth and the breadth of its musical coverage. The New York Observer described it as a “respected online music publication” that “built a name for itself among music specialists interested in rigorous, and often personal, criticism of little-known artists.” [8] Retrospective commentary has also noted that the magazine often covered “more obscure and deserving artists with less snark and narcissism” compared to some of its better-known contemporaries. Its inclusion on the Observer Music Monthly list of the Internet’s “25 most essential music websites” in 2006 further highlighted its standing within mid-2000s digital music criticism.

References

  1. ↑ "Work". Toddlburns.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  2. ↑ Burns, Todd L. "About". Music Journalism Insider. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020 – via Substack.
  3. ↑ Flynn, Paul (18 March 2006). "25 Most Amazing Music Sites". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Neyfakh, Leon (26 October 2007). "Stylus Magazine, Respected Online Music Publication, Will Fold After Halloween". The Observer. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Stylus Magazine closes with some 2007 lists". BrooklynVegan . 31 October 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  6. ↑ Nick Southall [@thestylusdecade] (3 January 2010). "http://www.thestylusdecade.com/ So we exist! Intro up yesterday, and lists & essays start going live on Monday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "The Singles Jukebox". Thesinglesjukebox.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  8. ↑ Neyfakh, Leon (2007-10-26). "Stylus Magazine, Respected Online Music Publication, Will Fold After Halloween". Observer. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
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