Music magazines

 

Acoustic - acoustic magazine with reviews and features

ATM - drum and bass

B & S - urban music and lifestyle

Bass guitar

Big cheese - centred on rock music and also features unsigned bands

Blues in britain - gig listings, reviews, articles

Clash - music coverage and gig reviews

Classic Rock - Rock music with very good articles, gig and album reviews etc.  The best one around in our humble opinion

Computer music - music tech mag and the biggest readership in the UK.

DJ - dance music magazine with articles, reviews and listings

Drummer - interviews, features, reviews and instruction articles

Fused - music, fashion and art

Future music - good music technology magazine. Hardware, software, reviews, guides, etc

Guitar and bass - equipment, artists, reviews, instruction

Guitar buyer - reviews and buying guides on guitars and guitar equipment, amps, etc.  

Guitarist - features, interviews, techniques, free CD with each issue

Hip hop connection - music and culture

International DJ - equipment and reviews, technique tuition, interviews

Jazzwise - premier UK jazz magazine

Kerrang! - alternative rock and metal weekly magazine

Knowledge - urban music and street culture. UK publication

M8 - dance music and clubbing

Metal hammer - long running rock magazine

Mixmag - dance music covering all aspects - techno, house, drum & bass, trance, garage, etc

Modern drummer - US magazine for drummers with features, reviews and tuition articles

Mojo

Music and vision - classical music.  Features reviews of CD, books, opera and concerts. Also has worldwide listings

Music tech - for sound engineers, technicians and those involved in recording

Music week - weekly music industry magazine and features industry news, recruitment, etc

NME - new musical express. Long established music weekly newspaper

Notion - music and culture

Powerplay - rock and metal magazine with interviews, reviews and live gig information

Q - this is the biggest selling music magazine in the UK

Rhythm - UK drum magazine with interviews and news, plus tuitional CD

Rock sound - rock magazine with news and interviews.  Comprehensive live section and demo reviews

Songwriting and composing - articles about publishing companies and extensive contacts. For members of the songwriting guild

Sound on sound - music recording magazine and one of the best.  Features recording techniques and reviews.  Demos can be reviewed by the magazine

Terrorizer - for extreme music.  

Total guitar - features and reviews and comes with a free CD each issue with backing tracks

Total production - focuses on live event production. Sound, lighting, stage, etc

The wire - non-mainstream music

Zero tolerance - rock music of all types with articles and reviews on bands. Also technical advice