One of things that really irritates me about MySpace (and numerous other websites is this new fangled obsession with floating adverts that expand down your screen if you dare to come within a thousand pixels of it; thereby necessitating a deep sigh and a search for the neatly disguised "close me" button. The internet has this and a lot more little inadequacies that irritate me.Something that the web has been instrumental in fostering of new artists - giving them air that they may never have had before. Of course there are drawback to this, as one has to sift through many more shit bands, but on occasion gold can be found. London based band, Neon Highwire, sit somewhere in the middle-ish bracket.
Formed in the death row of 2008, their sound can be best described as the utter bastard children of modern electropop/indie artists such as LCD Soundsystem, Justice and Bloc Party after they've being impregnated by the fathers of the new wave disjointed; Devo and Fugazi.
Rather than lay claim to overly simple rhythms a chord progression, Neon Highwire's songs are laced with touches of elegance and intricate meanderings that makes them rather nice to listen - an impression is also left that these may also be killer dancefloor chooooooons.
Neon Highwire have a nice selection of tracks on their MySpace page, that should be spun at least once; however extra props to stand-out pieces "Akira!" and "Neon Blink". What I got to listen to this evening were quite well recorded demo's, so it be intriguing to sit down and hear the fully mixed and mastered beasts that I'm sure they can produce - in the meantime, MySpace and its irritating fold-out ads will have to do. We may not have to wait too though, as their debut EP, Luminescence, will be getting be getting a 2010 release with a UK tour to follow thereafter.
Neon Highwire will be supporting Easy Music favourites, Cold in Berlin at their single launch at the Old Blue Last in Old Street next Tuesday (December 1st), with Tiny Islands and Ignug - doors are at 7.30pm and it's free in, so make sure to catch them.
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Myspace is a crock of shit that illogically remains popular with bands and artists. It's a fucking eyesore with an interface long long overdue an overhaul.
You're kind of right in that it's an eyesore and poorly constructed; but for many artists it still remains the best interface available.
It definitely does need an overhaul though
I wouldn't say it's the best interface, just the de-facto in a market where there are more pretenders to the thrown starting up virtually weekly. Much like the way everyone uses eBay not because it's the cheapest or best, but because it's got the biggest user base. It's just a shame they're so complacent at the fact that it's so widely used for bands when it could be so much better. Personally, I love last.fm and the way anyone can contribute to it but the artist having control over the music represented themselves, but even that's not perfect, and at first glance quite confusing.
You'd have thought Facebook would have pulled their fingers out by now and made their pages a shining example of how it should be done as they're the only feasible contenders user wise. The thing is, bar the fact that their pages don't look like blocks of multicoloured vomit, they're not really any better.
True too - LastFM is very good at what it does and FaceBook has seriously failed to take up the task with regards to music.
For FB though, it is probably too late for them to capatalise on a music profiling system; however MySpace's dreadful design is enough to induce mass cases of epilepsy.
Regarding eBay, I don't trust it at all - I always feel like I'm about to get ripped-off.
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