Music is a wide genre and there is a plethora of magazines to suit all tastes. Check these ones out - all with sizeable discounts to cover prices. If you cannot find your exact requirement, then do check out the publishers' lists directly.
A magazine subscription also makes a great Christmas or Birthday gift if you're stuck on what to give someone, or stuck for suggestions for yourself. It lasts for a year, so if the recipient likes it, you're sorted forever!
BBC Music | Clash | Classic FM | Classic Rock | Computer Music | Dazed and Confused | Future Music | Gramophone | Guitar | Guitar Techniques | Guitarist | Hi-Fi Choice | Hi-Fi News | Metal Hammer | Music Tech | NME | Rhythm | Rock Sound | Sound, Vision, Install | Time Out | Uncut | What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision |
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Classical music connoisseurs and new enthusiasts alike will enjoy the features and reviews of over 100 new CDs each month.
Plus with a full length CD featuring a complete works, BBC Music Magazine is the only magazine if your passion is classical music.
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Classic FM brings you the biggest stories, exciting personalities, exclusive interviews, and stunning pictures from the classical music world. With over 70 reviews in every issue, Classic FM has got it all. PLUS every issue comes with a FREE collector's CD.
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Computer Music is the complete guide to making music with a computer. There are millions of potential musicians out there and this magazine will help them get the right software and hardware and show them how to use it. Technology is now at a stage where computer users can complete virtually every musical task in the computer domain. This magazine enables computer owners to develop their musical interest and expertise. EDITORIAL FEATURES: Extensive interactive tutorials, in-depth product reviews, glossaries, frequently asked questions, interviews with games musicians, integrated DVD-ROM, film music composers and pop personalities. There are also major news reports and detailed Internet features in every issue.
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Future Music brings you the most in-depth reviews by respected industry professionals plus news on all the latest hardware and software releases. We also interview musicians at the cutting edge of technology, and give you all the advice, music and free samples you need to get the most out of your existing set-up and improve your music making.
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Guitar & Bass magazine offers you the very best instrument reviews. Our product testers are all leading industry professionals and we've helped thousands of readers make the right choice about kit. In addition, our playing and recording features will help you to make great music. And when you occasionally put down that guitar, there are plenty of entertaining interviews with all your favourite guitar heroes.
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The world's longest-established audio magazine, Hi-Fi News was first published in June 1956. It's also the UK's best-selling enthusiast title, and has a global reputation for authoritative, decisive product reviews - covering high-quality home cinema equipment as well as the best in two-channel pure audio.
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Music Tech is the most practical magazine on the market for recording musicians, sound engineers and producers. Every issue is packed with practical features and tutorials plus a free DVD full of exclusive royalty free samples.
Get a FREE pair of Audio Technica’s T44 headphones worth £29.95 when you subscribe.
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Rhythm is the UK's leading magazine for drummers and percussionists and now comes complete with the new Play Drums CD, packed full of tutorials, play alongs, techniques and practise tools to help you improve your playing.
Every issue of Rhythm is jam packed with exclusive interviews with the hottest players in the world, brilliant features covering every aspect of the drumming universe, independent advice on the latest gear from our team of experts, and all the news, reviews, gigs and gossip you could ever possibly want.
Sound Vision Install is the UK’s premier trade title servicing the needs of the audio-visual and custom installation industries. Slickly styled and packed with the latest product reviews, business news, technological developments and commentary, it is the first port of call for thousands of professionals working within the sector.
Sound Vision Install will help to keep you ahead of the game. Functional too, additional regulars include a comprehensive business directory, events and training diary and a recruitment section.
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UNCUT is the UK's most authoritative music and film magazine and every month celebrates the great legends, icons and maverick talents of rock and movies in one brilliant package that embraces both old and new, cult and classic. It is essential reading for anyone with a passion for music and film - and every month there's a freeCD.
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Clash is a bi-monthly award-winning music magazine bringing originality and independent opinion in a truly unique style. Clash is for people who buy music and want to read about music.
In-depth and exquisitely written, Clash is dedicated to music and fashion...there is no other title quite like it.
Subscribe and download 12 songs of your choice on iTunes with our fantastic subscription offer. Clash has teamed up with iTunes to offer the first 50 subscribers to Clash 12 songs of choice on iTunes absolutely free (UK only).
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The definitive voice in rock journalism, going behind the scenes to bring, for the very first time, the real stories behind rock legends from Led Zeppelin to Metallica, to Marilyn Manson and beyond. In-depth profiles and features on the movers and shakers of rock music. Focuses on hard rock, heavy metal and the older generation of 'Rockers'. Interviews, news overviews, tour dates, retrospective articles and a hefty reviews section.
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Dazed & Confused magazine has evolved from a London street scene magazine into an internationally-recognised title that continues to identify and create leading-edge cultural trends through its challenging and often controversial editorial, design and visual identity. With its world-exclusive interviews, groundbreaking fashion editorial, peerless photography and award-winning themed issues in music, art, fashion and film Dazed & Confused defines the cutting edge of style and fashion!
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Packed with features across all classical music genres, our globally acclaimed writers will inform and entertain you with independent and intelligent editorial and over 125 reviews in every issue. Its reputation is founded on its acclaimed critical analyses of the latest CD releases, in-depth features and interviews with classical stars, and its comprehensive coverage of live, recorded and broadcast music.
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Guitar Techniques occupies an unique position in a market place crowded with guitar publications. It was a formula that was bound to succeed from the start: take the UK's foremost guitar teachers and players, and transfer their finesse and passion for music into a magazine! The magazine has established itself with guitarists who wish to better themselves as musicians in both the UK, Europe and as far afield as the USA and Hong Kong!
EDITORIAL FEATURES: We have a loyal and exclusive readership and a very low crossover with other guitar publications. When it comes to choosing music, our Abba to Zappa policy means that there's always something for everyone!
Subscribe now and save 20% on the shop price for 13 issues! Every issue comes with a CD and is delivered FREE to your door, so you can spend more time playing, rather than hunting around the shops for the latest issue!
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The technology of recorded sound has seen a seismic shift since Hi-Fi Choice's launch in 1975, yet despite this its core ethos remains. From vinyl and valves, to multi-channel digital audio and high-fidelity video, we sort the best from the rest with rigorous test processes and a highly experienced team of reviewers a thorough, no-nonsense guide for those who demand supreme fidelity. Hi-Fi Choice conveys our love for music and hi-fi with both depth and accessibility, widening the window on real hi-fi for audio buffs and music fans wishing to make the most of their sonic passions. We have a Passion for Sound.
EDITORIAL FEATURES: Hi-Fi Choice is the essential guide to audio excellence in the home. It is a no-nonsense guide to the finest products available, packed front to back with tests of unique depth and clarity. Product group tests sit alongside solo reviews, news, industry comment and analysis, added to by authoritative advice sections and a comprehensive buying guide listing all our favourite products.
Get 3 issues of Hi Fi Choice for ONLY £1. If you like what you see you can continue for only £11.24 every 3 months by direct debit.
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Britain's only monthly music magazine which covers both traditional and contemporary metal bands, hardcore, gothic rock, punk and alternative. We report on the burgeoning British scene as well as all the latest bands Stateside and around the world.
Metal Hammer has a comprehensive news section and reviews section and provides in-depth interviews with rising stars on the scene and more established respected acts. Our aim is to satisfy fans of established, traditional metal bands as well as to break new bands, and to keep our readers informed of everything happening in the world of metal. Every issue carries a free covermounted CD of new music.
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Each week NME tells you all you need to know about music, from exclusive interviews and pictures and reviews to the UK’s most comprehensive gig guide. NME has been there when all of the great bands emerged from The Smiths and Libertines to The Artic Monkeys. If it's not in the NME then it's not worth listening to!
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Rock Sound - The UK's best magazine for new music featuring all the styles of rock - metal, punk, hardcore, emo, indie and darkwave. Every issue we bring you the best in-depth interviews, the most reviews and the best new acts.
Plus a free Sound Check CD featuring the bands you'll read about inside Rock Sound magazine.
Subscribe to Rock Sound magazine now and pay just £3 for the next three issues - that's a 72% saving on the normal cover price. After that, if you enjoy Rock Sound you can carry on saving 32% and pay only £7.37 every 3 issues.
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Get the most out of London with Time Out. Time Out publishes the very best of London to make sure you get the most out of living in the most exciting city in the world: The best features and exclusive interviews, eating and drinking tips, news and reviews and listings that'll tell you what's on and where.
Buy 1 and get 8 Issues free. That's right, get 2 months worth of the London's best news and reviews for just £2.50. Once you have received your 9 issues, you need do nothing as your copy will continue to arrive at a cost of just £22.50 every 12 issues - that's a saving of 25% off the shop price.
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What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision is the UK's biggest hi-fi and home entertainment magazine. Every issue gives you expert advice on how to save money and get the best equipment for your cash to ensure that you get the best out of your movies and music.