Vampire Weekend Website Analysis

Vampire Weekend is an American Indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2006. They are currently signed to XL Recordings. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, guitarist/keyboardist and backing vocalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer and percussionist Chris Tomson and bassist and backing vocalist Chris Baio. The band released its first album Vampire Weekend in 2008, The band's second album, Contra, was released in 2010. Their third studio album, Modern Vampires of the City, was released on May 14, 2013, winning them a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2014.

Home pageThe homepage uses a black and white theme making it look simple yet professional. The background is bright and looks vintage. Straight away the website advertises the bands new album. As you scroll down

the homepage, it is very simply laid out and easy to understand/use it features videos from the new album getting straight to the point of the music.

News Page The same background and colour scheme continues onto the next page. Once again the newest music video is shown.

Below this on the page is the dates of tours for the band so fans know where to find the band. The font is white and very simple making it easy to read.

Shop Page The shop pages sells a range of merchandise for fans and shows a ‘free shirt’ competition at the top in bold red and yellow making it stand out against the black background.

This page also sells all the bands albums so far. You will notice the bands name ‘vampire weekend’ is always shown in the same white capitalized font making it recognisable to the fans.

Live Page At the top of the Live page is buttons to dates of tickets, checkout, privacy and questions.

Below this are a list of dates for the tour however at this moment the band is not touring and these are past dates.

Contact page

The contact page includes all the information on how as a fan or a business person to get in touch with band or their management.

Lyrics Page

The lyrics page shows the lyrics to some of the songs from the band using a white font following the theme of the website.

Twitter and Tumblr The website also has a link to the bands social media including their twitter page and a Tumblr page.

The Tumblr page follows the same theme as the website and including pictures of the band and fan made pictures.