Best Artist Websites?

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What are the best artist websites you've encountered?

Personally, I love http://bjork.com/

― Sean Peoples (speoples), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 19:39 (twenty-three years ago)

radiohead's was a big favorite back in the day...

http://www.radiohead.com/

it's all flashed out now... before it was nice and simple html, but complex and dreary as heck.
m.

― msp, Tuesday, 10 December 2002 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.prince.org/

simple, yet informative.

― Sean Peoples (speoples), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 19:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Caetano Veloso.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 10 December 2002 20:53 (twenty-three years ago)

C'mon people! It's Momus.

He's one of the first to understand that the only really interesting things on the web are communities like ILX, and personal weblogs.

It's completely written by the only person we care about on the site; has the highest content / bullshit ratio of anywhere similar; is used to communicate news, pix, ideas about the creative process behind the music, work in progress etc. sometimes years in advance of their final fruition.

Not that it couldn't be improved eg. a more completist discography and lyric list would be useful : I had to go elsewhere to get the lyrics to Fatman, the War Photographer and The Hippy Portapak Analog Revolution.

And Nick would really benefit from a MomusWiki where we could mindmap the many cultural influences, interests and links in the world of Momus.

And hey, more free music, sound doodles, etc. are always welcome.

But other sites pale in comparison.

― phil jones (interstar), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 20:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Caetano site is an example of everything that's wrong with website design :

Hard to find information, gratuitous video entry tunnel which having seen once I NEVER want to see again (but can I avoid it?), meaningless musical fragments totally out of context (what's the sample from, what does it mean?)

And it breaks the fucking back button! Eeuch!

― phil jones (interstar), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 21:03 (twenty-three years ago)

www.dilatedpeoples.com
www.warprecords.com
www.djshadow.com

there are too many cool flash sites to name..lets flip the script and ask what ist he worst artist/label site out there? my vote is the rephlex records site http://www.rephlex.com it is just piss poor

― juiceboxxx, Tuesday, 10 December 2002 21:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Okayplayer.com holds it down nicely for the Roots, Common, Talib Kweli, the Jazzyfatnastees, Meshell NdengeOcello, D'Angelo, Jaguar Wright, and Scratch. Pretty good artist sites; more interestingly, it's evolved into a great and lively web community. And ?uestlove is the funniest dude on the messageboards.

Oh, and anyone who still loves the Boo Radleys needs to see Martin Carr's new project at www.bravecaptain.co.uk.

I have to remember how to link this shit all up.

― Matt C., Tuesday, 10 December 2002 21:40 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.spiritualized.com/
http://www.davidbowie.com/

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 21:45 (twenty-three years ago)

what the hell's the point of that Spiritualized site?

Does it convey any information about the band, that I might care about? Will I buy more records? Be keen to hear their new material?

It's bollocks! 100% useless.

― phil jones (interstar), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 21:54 (twenty-three years ago)

search: Warp Records

destroy: XL Recordings

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 21:55 (twenty-three years ago)

the explosion part on this site is good.

http://www.thewarmguns.com/

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 22:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Content wise, the Bob Dylan official site (duh, bobdylan.com) is astonishing. Sound clips of every song, complete lyrics, tons of live shows... really, really great.

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 22:04 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.sosolid.com/

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 22:05 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.playgroup.mu/
http://www.amontobin.com/ -- "visit the old site" link at bottom right
http://www.planetofthedrums.com/

― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 22:29 (twenty-three years ago)

and
http://www.fischerspooner.com/ -- stylized just like the band
http://www.quannum.com/http://www.blackalicious.com

― JasonD (JasonD), Tuesday, 10 December 2002 22:30 (twenty-three years ago)

And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, have a pretty creative website.

― David Allen, Wednesday, 11 December 2002 03:47 (twenty-three years ago)

www.modestmouse.com

― , Wednesday, 11 December 2002 03:57 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.modestmouse.com

― , Wednesday, 11 December 2002 03:57 (twenty-three years ago)

that modestmouse site is funny

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 04:45 (twenty-three years ago)

The new Grandaddy one is niiice!

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 07:18 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.beefheart.com/
http://www.projex.demon.co.uk/ubutiq.html (love the "Protocols" section!)
http://www.officialdamned.com/

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 09:48 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm rather partial to www.gvsb.com, Alexis' tour diaries are particularly amusing.

― leigh (leigh), Wednesday, 11 December 2002 17:41 (twenty-three years ago)

dirty.org

― Rick, Wednesday, 11 December 2002 17:49 (twenty-three years ago)

the sonic youth site is pretty good. lots of good content (mp3s of b-sides, rarities), message boards, and it incorporates Chris Lawrence's concert chronology.

― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 12 December 2002 01:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Not an offical site, but for all those Bowie completeists this site has the info:

http://www.illustrated-db-discography.nl/

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 12 December 2002 02:07 (twenty-three years ago)

you used to be able to play pong on the salako website but i think that site has disappeared.

― keith (keithmcl), Thursday, 12 December 2002 05:09 (twenty-three years ago)

and hopefully the band too

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 12 December 2002 05:30 (twenty-three years ago)

I hate flash sites, my favorite sites are simple and elegant and with lots of contribution from the artist.

Bill Rieflin's First World site was great when it had his diary on it.

The Youngblood Brass Band site is pretty unique, especially with the embedded music and whatnot.

Also Jo Jo Mayer's site has a lot of info, and the new Happy Apple site has a really cool look plus mp3s and funniness.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 12 December 2002 06:33 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

Here's a simple site with an enormous amount of elegance and energy

http://www.jasonbienia.com

― Laura Hosaluk, Wednesday, 19 April 2006 17:44 (twenty years ago)

A good record takes you on a journey. A journey where you can look inside your soul, and project those thoughts into your everyday life. A good record becomes something personal. Dear Sweet World utilizes minimilistic guitar playing, piano, harmonicas and bass to create an atmosphere, or medium, for the listener to connect with. That medium is the connection to your soul.

Biernia's bio definitely has an enormous amount of something.

― Roy Kasten (Roy Kasten), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 18:26 (twenty years ago)

So he's a sophomore in college then?

― JW (ex machina), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 19:05 (twenty years ago)

SO YOU'RE FUCKING HIM, LAURA, AMIRITE?

― STRAIGHT FERN GULLY (jaxon), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 19:21 (twenty years ago)

I like any artist website that meets the following criteria:

1) It is not Flash (or anything stupid like that).
2) It does not attempt to play music or show me a video without my permission.
3) It does not have an intro.
4) It is not a MySpace page.
5) It has clearly labeled links to information.
6) It has updated high-res images available for download.
7) It lists specific contacts that make it easy to email and call the right person for business purposes (i.e. publicist, booking, label, etc.)

― Brian O'Neill (NYCNative), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

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― golgi, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 04:33 (fourteen years ago)

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