Q magazine: The cover

Cover image:

Head shot of one female - Florence Welch from 'Florence and the Machine'
Facial expression - serious, moody and vulnerable

What do they tell us about the target audience for the magazine:

Could be aimed at both men and women
Men: because they may be attracted to her
Women: may aspire to be like her/look like her

What else appears on the cover:

Title - 'Q' very dominant and with the red background it is eye-catching
The rest of the cover is information about what is inside that issue

Why are particular items in the magazine featured?:

'16 page gig blow-out' - majority of the genre would go to events such as gigs so by placing this feature on the front would attract them
'Zane Lowe new column' - Zane Lowe is quite popular and a new column is something new that would interest regular readers
'Skrillex dance genius or noisy git?' - would make the potential reader intrigued and want to know what the opinion is of the magazine

Stylistic features:

Mostly bold font, although some italics are used in the left hand corner for the words 'in New York' etc.
Sans serif is the main font used to create a modern image for the magazine, however serif is used for the tagline, new column sign and the 'I feel so alone' line. This challenges the usual conventions of a magazine by including two different font styles -  when commonly only one is used.
As for the colour scheme, the writing is mostly white, hints of bright blue can be seen (the same blue of the talent's eyeshadow), only the box the title 'Q' is in is red - making it more eye catching to the reader and drawing in their attention.