Ultimately, I think the original post here is essentially way off the mark.

I agree in the sense that it would be very nice to have a magazine geared to live reviews; I used to really enjoy reading the live reviews in Melody Maker and NME when I was a teen and I'm disappointed at the focus of most music mag – relegating live reviews to a page or a spread.

But, instead of knocking fRoots for not being the magazine you'd like it to be, why don't you start your own? You don't like its coverage? Well, a blog won't cost you anything but your time.