Indie Music Magazine

A music magazine is a magazine that aims to provide its audience with the latest news, gossip, reviews and tour information. There are many different genres of music magazines due to all the possible audiences. The genres I am particularly interested in are indie rock or indie pop.  

Indie magazines promote independent music (often shortened to indie music or indie) is music produced independently from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing.  They also promotes manufactured music too. 

The audiences of indie rock are  There are different style images for indie music magazines, for example Arctic Monkeys is a perfect example of a Indie type style of music, the band wear leather jackets, black skinny jeans. white t-shirt and sunglasses, this is an example of the English type of Indie music. An example of the American type of indie music star image would be the kings of Leon, who have a messy look with beards.

 Indie magazines are becoming increasingly common as the music is becoming more current and popular. An indie magazine will often include such a simple masthead and the this would typically be large and take up the whole top section. This is so it is easily noticed on the shelves of the shop amongst its other competitors. 

The main image would usually have a current band or musician as most indie music is aimed at the younger generation. The musician won’t be extremely famous however will be well known by the younger generation. 

The conventions would include a lot of puffs with other band names and current news regarding the indie industry. The images used would be graphic and abstract. The idea of indie is being independent and original and not conforming to the stereotypical music ideas. This is shown through their photos, for instance they are never usually happy however connote a unique seriousness. The colours would be dark and natural as indie is considered rock music however not as heavy and serious. This also reflects the magazine as it would be quite simplistic to show that indie music focuses solely on the music rather than the gossip or stories behind the musicians. It would not be crowded or cluttered as other magazines such as pop.