ChrisKnudsen

Is anyone a Stylus fan? I love their features and their reviews are alright. The new layout looks suburb and high class. Any other fans?

mndtrp

I've never heard of it. Since it has been recommended, I'll check it out.

DJLinus

I haven't really played around with the redesigned site, but I love Stylus. Their "Playing God" and "Staff Top 10" features are usually great, although I've taken their reviews with a grain of salt ever since they gave Eminem's Encore a "0" (now an "F" since they switched to letter grades). Yeah, the album was pretty bad, but not that bad.

The Bus

Their content looks pretty cool, and that's what's important. But that is the RE-design? It looks completely disorganized and too-plain on top of that, and not in a simple less-is-more kind of way.

But content is what is important, so I won't judge it on its design.

ChrisKnudsen

Stylus' all time greatest basslines was an awesome feature. I loved their idea for the Electric Light Orchestra Hall of Fame features but some of them were a little lacking though. Playing God is a really fun feature. Stylus' features are way better than Pitchfork's IMO.

Poink

I've been a fan for the last few years. I like a lot of the features they do since they give you a reason to come back each day even if what's being reviewed doesn't catch your eye.

Their review(er)s are usually a lot more balanced than Pitchfork; less "harsh" and unnecessary trashing and not as many hyperbolic "BEST NEW BAND OF THE DECADE!!!" claims. That's one of the things that's slowly turned me off of PF after a few years of nearly swearing by them. They've gotten to the point where they're practically just telling you what you "should" be listening to. Maybe it's just me.. I dunno.

Anyways... the new Stylus layout looks pretty nice, although it's a bit too similar to Pitchfork's current format. I think it might just be the colors since I'm used to the older ones.

The Bus

Yes, but Pitchfork's at least is readable. Stylus's design took steps back. I actually like how it looked in '03.

ChrisKnudsen

I liked looking how it looked in 2003 but just to see their top 10 albums to sleep to and say this one:

Tscott

I've never visited the site before but when the first thing to great me is a huge picture of Laura Cantrell it must not be all bad.