The document discusses and analyzes the websites of several bands. It summarizes that The 1975's simple yet stylized website effectively represents the band's monochrome aesthetic and connects them to their audience through clear social media links and a mailing list. In contrast, Arctic Monkeys' website seems too plain and corporate, lacking personality. Alt-J's website stands out through its use of raw brushstroke artwork, reflecting the band's artistic style while still keeping the design simple yet personal. Babyshambles' creative and interactive website was well-received by audiences and inspired the author's own design. The Stone Roses' straightforward yet effective site connects to fans through social media feeds while maintaining the band's iconic lemon logo brand identity
3. Hompage- The 1975
I found The 1975’s website simple yet representative of the band as the band is very simple
and are known for their monochrome style linking with the iconography of the band. I liked
the fact that they had their social networking sites set out clearly and also had a mailing list,
I felt that this helped to create an established connection with the audience as by having the
social networking sites and mailing list the audience can find out information about the band
quickly and easily.
4. Hompage-Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkey’s website seem very corpate and impersonal, for me the website was too plain and lacked
creativity, it linked well with their digipak but in my opinon has lost a personal connection with fans.
5. Hompage- alt-J
Alt-J are known for their artistic style
in how they represent themselves and
their work this is shown throughout all
their products and continues to their
website by the raw abstract brush
marks that are also used by artists
such as famous artist Jackson
Pollock. The website overall is simple
but I feel but having these raw brush
marks it makes more personal to the
band and recognizable to audiences.
Whereas the other websites of
modern day indie bands seem very
corporate and impersonal. I liked this
artists influence as it made the
website stand out, I also liked the
element of the iTunes playlist at the
bottom of the website, I felt this was
helpful as an overview into their other
songs, helping the audience to
expand into discovering the band’s
other singles.
7. The Babyshambles- Hompage
Babyshambles website was very creative and has
inspired me. From the audience research this
website also received a good feedback as it was
interactive and the audience liked this fact, I
would like to incorporate this into my website
design. I also liked the old style to it as it was very
different and stood out to me, making the website
memorable to me.
8. The Stone Roses-Hompage
The Stone Roses are an iconic band to the genre s I felt
research into their website would help to inspire my own ideas.
The overall style and layout was simple yet effective in creating
style and a connection with the audience through twitter live feed
and Facebook feed. They were also able to create brand identity
through their products as the main logo on the page is a lemon
shown in an Andy Warhol screen-print style, this was featured in
their self titled album cover which was created by John Squire a
member of the band by employing this to their website and even
merchandise they have established their brand identity to the
audience by the iconic lemon image.
