dynamo london

I'm not sure I actually like The Maccabees' music, and must admit haven't really listened closely to it, but that's not the point. The functionality and freshness of this site made me sit up and take notice. At its heart I like the stop frame animation that sits behind the menus and content fields. It hints at the kind of integration between full-screen animation and interface that I'm sure we'll be seeing more of in the future. I'd love to see more variety in the imagery used.

At launch it does that controversial thing of taking over the whole screen to display the animation to best advantage, which web purists won't like at all, and the execution of the somewhat primitive logo and the 'Buy It Here!' flash at top right rather let the side down a bit, but overall the site has a nice feel to it, and I'm sure Maccabees fans love it, and are delighted that they can get all the information and band interaction they need right here.

Somebody said recently that with MySpace taking care of your web presence no band needs their own specialised website any more. I don't think I agree with that just yet. MySpace pages always look pretty much like everybody else's spaces, no matter what you do to them, and this site demonstrates that it's still important to distinguish yourself and maintain your individuality in an ever more crowded marketplace.