Best music mag on the market for the mainstream. (Q)

Member Name: MattJames

Product:	Q
Date:	06/11/09 (3 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Reviews, features (if interested in band), wide breadth of music covered.

Disadvantages: The redesign has bought unneccesary changes, adverts.

I regularly buy Q when one of my favourite bands are interviewed or featured heavily, or if I'm going away on a long trip. Essentially this sums up my feelings on the magazine, I'll only buy it if either of these are fulfilled. If not, the features about other bands can be too long, leaving not a lot else in the magazine

However, when I'm interested, the features and interviews are genuinely interesting, and in each issue you will read many things you have not heard about before. The interviewer doesn't usually waste time asking boring questions (to the fans). Reviews in the magazine tend to be quite strong as well, I tend to agree with what they think about many albums. They have live dvds, live performance and reissue reviews as well.

However, since the redesign, they have incorporated more broad reviews such as films, tv shows etc. This is not why people pick up Q magazine and seem a waste of space. Also, more and more of the magazine seems to be adverts these days.

Summary: A good magazine, brilliant if it contains one of your favourite bands