The first thing you notice when you look at the magazine is the main band on the front cover. This is a common technique used by music magazines to get the reader interested. The picture on the front shows a relatively new band called ‘Them Crooked Vultures’, NME may have picked this band to feature on the front cover due to the fact it features 3 member from different band who most people will have heard of so it will get them interested. The picture shows them wearing typical clothing of the genre for example dark clothing gothic necklaces etc. The font and size of the font is also very important in capturing the reader’s attention- the font used is very large and bold which connotes the genre of rock or something heavy. The font takes up a fair amount of room on the front cover this denotes that the band featured is going to be the main article.
The picture of ‘Them Crooked Vultures’ is slightly overlapping the masthead which denotes that they have anchored the masthead and do not feel the need for it to be the main focus of the cover. The colour codes of the magazine are generally red, black and white which are iconic of the genre.
There are also a number of secondary articles featured on the front cover such as an advertisement for an article featured in a bubble which could suggest that it is a special article for this edition of the article only.
The contents page carries on the colour scheme of the front cover. The contents page has a very disorganised layout to give an informal look to it to relate to the music genre which is indie/rock. The clothing codes worn are generally bright colours and strange designs which is typical of the genre. The fonts are also very similar to the front cover as it is bold and stands out a lot which connotes a rocky genre.
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