Research and Planning: Music Magazine Contents Analysis

Genre 
Indie, you can tell by the use of the colours, yellow, black and white
Audience
The audience is a young audience aged 16-25 as they have used a font which is easy you read and the use of the colours shows this also . The use of all the artists also shows this as they are all aged 16-30 this is what the audience is inspired to become.
Media Language 
The use of a close up image on the article about Chiodos makes it seem like the article may be quite a close interview with the artist. The images also show what the articles are about for example the image of a gig shows that the article is a gig review.  The artist all are wearing similar style clothes which are all dark colours which is why the darker colours are used on the magazine.
Layout
There are images of articles that the readers may want to read more on the left hand side and the images get smaller as the articles are less what the reader may want to read then on the right hand side is the regular articles in the magazine. The use of the different layout on each side of the page makes the contents look much more interesting. The use of a quote from a interview also grabs the readers attention and makes them want to read the article.