Prominent Magazines Featuring Indie Music

 

While there are a few pre-existing indie music magazines like Under the Radar, Clash and Indie, indie music is something which is brushed off in the face of more popular genres like pop or rap, which leads to less indie music magazines. Despite this we see famous music magazines often featuring indie artists, especially those gathering a large fan base.

A good example of this would be a magazine we're all acquainted with, Billboard.

 

Here we see indie pop sensation, Halsey (along with Charlie xcx) and indie-folk band, Bon Iver's founder, Justin Vernon, featured on Billboard with bold but aesthetically pleasing colour schemes, showing off their respective attitudes in their own music. A few personal favourites are Halsey's 'Hold Me Down' and 'Ghost' (stripped version) and Bon Iver's classic 'For Emma'.

The next prominent magazine to actively feature indie artists in Q magazine.

 

As seen from above, Q magazine only features the top tier indie artists since their target audience are the masses rather than a niche. Q magazine is also more liberal with cover lines, playing to the strengths of a magazine rather than the conventions of an indie magazine. Florence and the Machine's 'Shake It Out' continues to be a cherished favourite along with Radiohead's 'Creep'.

Another music magazine which doesn't shy away from featuring indie artists is NME.

 

NME is more liberal in their casting of musicians for their covers despite the two displayed above, giving them a wide range and styles of covers. Lana's recent track 'love' only focuses on reinforcing her indie rock style while Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' continues being an absolute banger.

Last but certainly not the least, we have Rolling Stone.

 

Rolling Stone continues to employ artists of diverse nationalities and ethnicity, giving a prompt and positive rise to representation in music magazines. Ecca Vandal's 'Future Heroine' continues to take fans by storm and Arctic Monkeys' 'Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?' remains a favourite.

Indie music is greatly enjoyed and duly celebrated, however few if any artists make it to such fame as to be featured in any of these magazines. This is why a magazine devoted to only indie music can highlight and maybe even boost their effort and guide people to exploring great music and genres they never thought they could enjoy.