Contents, double page spread & front cover

I really like the contents page for this issue of NME Magazine. The bold Masthead centred in a simple font is really effective as it grabs the readers attention and draws it to the contents page.
The pictures with captions underneath is a really good idea as it's very unusual compared to what a 'normal' contents page looks like. The big black and white picture in the middle surounded by smaller pictures in colour works effectively as it gives your eyes lots of different colours to work with. Attention is realy drawn to the big black and white picture in the middle because it's the biggest article in the issue.
Also, words pull the reader in. For example, 'The 20 sets that shook the Glastonbury festival' using the word shook creates a large impact in the readers mind and will draw them in to read the magazine as powerful words are used.

On this article in NME, i like the way the smaller pictures have been surrounded by a white border. I like this because it means they don't fade in to the larger picture which they have been placed on top of. I like the font that they used for The Strokes, it's simple yet effective and bold and attracts attention.

This magazine front cover is very effective as is uses certain words to pull in and intice the reader to purchase the magazine. 'Nirvana Unseen' is very effective as Nirvana fans will buy the magazine to read the unseen text and images and they want to know everything about the band. The 'godlike genius' is very effective as it's comparing The Cure practically to God. The lighting used in the picture of him also makes him seen like God, the light from behind really lights up his hair and head creating almost a halo and this fits in with what they described him as in the text.

The front cover contains the names of17 different bands, this shows the diversity of the magazine and all the different kinds of bands you would expect to see and read about in the magazine. This creates more readers as fans of all the different bands will be more willing to buy the magazine as it contains articles on their favourite bands.