NME Contents Page
This edition of NME features Oasis with the Crouch End Choir on the contents page. The contents page of a magazine is a sort of map for the audience to navigate where to find different articles and specific bands and artists. The page is made up of a medium sized image, fairly large title at the top, an advert for subscription, a brief indicator of some articles in the magazine and a index list of the bands included in the magazine. 
The title of the page is 'NME This week' all in the same font, the font being the font used for all the NME logos. This gives the brand a specific recognized look and stands out. 'This week' suggests its like the weeks gossip of the music world, its fairly informal and it draws the audience into wondering what is the news of the week. The page is set out in square boxes of different sizes, the page is busy with various different colours and things going on but is organised and aesthetically pleasing. 
The colour scheme is the classic red, black, white and yellow contrasting mix. These colours are iconic to NME. 
The page includes a lot of information and is used to draw the reader into what the magazine has to offer. The page is generally made up of subheadings; this attention grabbing and allows the audience to understand what the magazine includes without giving all the articles away before they've read the magazine. 
The advert for the subscription stands out with the yellow font. The magazine would feel this advert is important as they are obviously wanting to make as much custom and profit as possible. Using the yellow font different to all the other coloured font gives the advert  its own special edge and it is clear initially it is different to all the other sections on the page. 
The band index isn't common on a lot of music magazine contents pages, but because NME mainly focuses on bands so therefore it would be an interest to the reader that they want to know about bands. The band index gives the audience the opportunity to navigate where to find pages of the bands they are interested in