Media Language of a Music Magazine

NME means 'new musical express'. Underneath the word NME it does actaully tell you what the title means. There are no images, concepts or myths assicated with the NME logo, to me the title looks pretty simple.



This photo is chosen because it is a photo of the band NME are featuring as the main feature in this week's magazine. Both members aren't smiling, but they don't look moody either. The right-hand side band member is smiling slightly, but it looks more like a smug look then a smile. But the left-hand side band member has a blank expression on his face. In the photo you can only really see both band members faces and a little bit of their shoulders. The right-hand side band member is standing slightly in front of the left-hand side band member, but I wouldn't say their really posing. I don't think NME is the type of magazine where the bands featured pose for photos. Both band members are wearing plain t-shirts, the only difference is one is wearing a black t-shirt and the other is wearing a white t-shirt. There is really a certain hairstyle which both the band members have, although one is wearing a bandanna. I would say that really both the members have scruffy hair styles. In the photo of MGMT the members don't really appear to have much attitude. And they don't appear to behave in any certain way, they don't seem to give off the 'I'm a rockstar I can do what I like' vibe.
The indie/rock label is being represented in these photos. Both the members of MGMT do look like they belong to the indie/rock genre. There is no women in MGMT, but women are in indie/rock bands. For example bands like The Gossip, The Ting Tings and The Long Blondes all have women singers and Beth Ditto from The Gossip has already appeared on NME's front cover.
This particular photo shows that it is mainly men who are in indie/rock bands and also that it is mainly men who appear on the front cover of NME. Women aren't really shown on the front cover of NME, but that doesn't mean that they are no women in the indie/rock industry. There are a quite a lot of women in the industry, but a lot of them are actually solo singers. Amy Winehouse and Kate Nash are examples of these solo singers.
People of a different race are quite often featured on the cover of NME magazine.
With all these people featured in NME it shows that the music business does include all types of people and no one gets left out.