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Examples of artist websites built on WordPress

WordPress is one of the more common Content Management Systems that is used to build artist websites. It has become synonymous with blogging and is known for the ease of access and use.

Here is a quick list of some artist and label websites that are built using wordpress to give you an idea of what can be made:

Beck
www.beck.com

Dizzee Rascal
www.dizzeerascal.co.uk

Drift Records
www.driftrecords.co.uk

Gallows
www.gallows.co.uk

Gilles Peterson / Brownswood Recordings
www.gillespetersonworldwide.com

Hot Chip
hotchip.co.uk

Jaguar Love
takebacktheradworld.com

Maximo Park (artist)
www.maximopark.com

Patrick Wolf (artist)
www.patrickwolf.com

Party Dark (artist)
www.partydark.co.uk

Röyksopp
http://royksopp.com

Tinie Tempah (artist)
www.tinietempah.com

Please share other WordPress artist/label websites that you like or dislike in the comments below.

  • Paul Meggs

    This is built in WordPress I think.
    http://www.carsandtrains.net/

    Although, have you tried Expression Engine? I vaguely remember reading his label website was built using it:
    http://www.circleintosquare.com/

    As is this label:
    http://qn5.com/

    You can’t be a good WordPress based site when it comes to aggregating all social media content together in one place. We’re using it for Secret Hymn Records, although it hasn’t been made live yet. Hoping to utilise as many live capture tools as possible with that one for tours….

  • http://goodlizardmedia.com Pete

    Thanks Paul, some nice looking sites!

    Doesn’t look like carsandtrains.net is built on WordPress. We should have mentioned in the article actually, there’s a cool addon for Firefox called Wappalyzer that tells you what framework/CMS the current site is built with. Check it out – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10229

    I’ve heard some good things about Expression Engine. However, it’s not open source (costs $250 per site) so it’s not as easy to experiment with as WordPress.

  • Paul Meggs

    Hey,

    Yeah EE does cost $250 which is a big shame. And it’s not open-source as you say. Although it looks like WordPress MU almost matches it, plus it’s mobile compatible.

    Cheers for the tip there though with the Firefox addon – will install it! :)

    Paul

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