Whenever a band or artist’s website is prefaced with a disclaimer that “we don’t like the internet” or “we hate Myspace” it reeks a little bit of self-importance and pretention. If having an online identity where fans can access your music easily and efficiently is such an ethical comprimise for you then don’t have one. I don’t want to hear how a band’s Myspace is run by a third party because the “artist” doesn’t want to harm his integrity by filling out the fields on his own.

With that said, UK experimental act Microphone Stand is one of these bands. Their Myspace page reads “This page was setup and is run on behalf of microphone STAND, as they do not like myspace…”. Gee, thanks for that heads up. I would have thought they loved Myspace had the issue not been clarified. As for the music itself it is a claustrophobic, paranoid mish mash of gently strummed accoustic guitars, distorted cymbals, and sporadic heavy blasts of electronic beats; pretty much what you’d expect from an experimental solo artist with a laptop, some editing software, and a personal mantra that includes not selling out to Myspace (or at least not directly selling out to Myspace).

[mp3] Microphone Stand - Orchestra Gob