Alt-rock website research

1. Alt-Rock Artist/Band Website
Analysis
Including DON BROCO, Royal Blood, The Wombats and Fall Out Boy

2. Don Broco - Rock
Don Broco’s website fits with their musical style of post-
hardcore rock, with the black background and white and
red text. The website has an ‘oversized’ look to it, due to
the large icons used for the tour logo and news images.
The first thing seen on the website is the band’s latest
music video “Stay Ignorant”. The red, white and black
aesthetic fits in with the logo for their UK show in
November which uses the same colours and fonts as the
website. Users can access information about shows,
news, merchandise and get email updates just by
clicking on the respective word in the toolbar at the top.

3. Royal Blood - Rock
Royal Blood’s website is very minimalistic, using a
monochromatic black and white colour scheme. In fact,
the art used is actually the cover art used on their latest
album “How Did We Get So Dark”. The toolbar is on the
bottom and gives access to the shop section, the music
video for “I Only Lie When I Love You”, information about
shows and the full website (next slide). Scrolling down
reveals the music video and also a list of places users can
listen to the band’s music.

4. Royal Blood - Rock
The full website still has the toolbar at the bottom,
and it stays there if you scroll down. It includes links to
news, live info, music videos, photos of the band,
merchandise and a signup form for email updates; as
well as links to the band’s social media pages and
Spotify profile. The website continues the use of the
monochromatic colour scheme, and also the use of
the album art, but this time there is a very similar
image used next to it. Much like the previous website,
this one uses a vertical scrolling way of navigating the
page.

5. The Wombats - Indie
The Wombat’s site has a ‘portal’ to the full site which uses a pink and black colour scheme, fitting in with the
colour scheme of the cover of their latest album “Glitterbug”. The album is sold on this page, with the standard
and deluxe editions being displayed with options to buy the album through download, CD, vinyl record, or
boxset. Links to tour dates, the merchandise store, and the full site is at the bottom of the small website.

6. The Wombats - Indie
The Wombats’ full site stems from the homepage
(largest image). The words on the left hand side are
links to different sections, including news, song
lyrics, images of the band, tour information, the
band’s music, and music videos the band has made.
The background image changes depending on
which link you roll over, but it’s always of a city. The
logo stays in the top right corner and the links to
the band’s social media pages and their Spotify
profile stay in the bottom right corner regardless of
which page you are on. All text is white, which
contrasts well on the dark background and general
theme of the website.

7. Fall Out Boy – pop-punk
Fall Out Boy’s website uses the cover of their latest album “M A N I A” for the main image of their homepage.
The site uses a scrolling aesthetic when navigating it, giving the impression that the different sections are
overlapping each other as the user scrolls down. A toolbar is used at the top right, linking to news, tour info,
music, music videos, a signup form and the merch store. Linked at the bottom are the band’s social media pages
and profiles on music streaming sites like Spotify and Amazon Music.

8. Codes and Conventions
From my research, I have found that websites for alt-rock bands include these codes and conventions:
• Latest album cover used as main image
• ‘Portal’ to full website that includes
shop and music links
• Links to merch shop, music videos and concert
info clearly shown on homepage
• Latest album/release advertised heavily (first
thing seen on website upon visiting)
However, some websites had features that were quite unusual and unconventional. For example,
The Wombats’ website has a link to the lyrics of all their songs, which the other websites did not
have anything similar. The Wombats’ is an indie band, so this unusuality fits in well with their
indie background.