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Made this as a respone to Meowth in another thread. Go wild

Well, I should point out I didn't mean that literally. I was just saying there aren't very many good bands anymore.

And coincidentally, you just put up two late 90's bands.

I knew you that you were joking, but I just wanted to know what kind of new-ish music people on the forums listen to. And I said Songs not bands and both those songs are from the last decade

I think a good band from the new decade (and I'm going to get a lot of harping for this) is Everclear.

I see. Personally, I've always counted bands, because I listen to so much older stuff. It doesn't seem appropriate to me to classify Judas Priest's latest album as "of The Last Decade," despite the fact is came out one year ago.

By the way, you didn't say songs or bands. You said music.

There is a lot. I could mention the Phenomenal Handclap Band, Ole Børud, The Answer, Midlake, Glyder, The Quill, Roadstar, Jamiroquai, Gotye, Michael Kiwanuka, Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, Miike Snow, Pomplamoose, Bernhoft, and plethoras of other groups. Even popular artists have a lot of things going for them, like Muse, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and so on.

However, I will leave you with this group, which is at present my favourite newcomer on the scene:





Oh dear, that bass player pops up more than he should. Is it possible to make these video windows smaller?

This post has been edited by ILB: 09 April 2012 - 12:08 AM

Meowth, on 07 April 2012 - 07:22 PM, said:

Gorillaz' first album came out in 2001, just sayin.

Kasabian have pretty much just got better with each consecutive album, IMO, Though their vocalist is a little grating on the most recent one.

This post has been edited by MisterDean: 09 April 2012 - 12:18 AM

Meowth, on 07 April 2012 - 07:22 PM, said:

Yes, curse those kids and their music!











Just off the top of my head.

Ewwwwwww, not nickelback dude, that's a terrible example.

crossedeyefreak, on 07 April 2012 - 07:32 PM, said:

Uhhhhh, everclear is a 90s band?

This post has been edited by CaptainBaconMan: 15 April 2012 - 06:28 AM

Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, The White Stripes, etc.

If you can't find good music in your own decade you're not looking hard enough.

Or, if you prefer Kalnoky's original band...



Catch 22 definitely has a bit more... youthful energy, and punk sound to it, which I can definitely appreciate, but I prefer Streetlight's cleaner, more "professional" imo sound.

Sam, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you can't really mock Nickelback and then link to sucky music <3

I kid. Except not. I didn't like anything you linked to

Back before the song "Rockstar"



And yes, those were some good songs you linked earlier, TD. I suppose the earlier 00's had some exceptions... but so few... so few.

Oh, Voltaire is also awesome, though perhaps not for his musical talent:

Ha ha. That was actually pretty entertaining. The second song especially was tastefully blasphemous.

This post has been edited by Meowth: 16 April 2012 - 04:37 AM

Meowth, on 16 April 2012 - 03:12 AM, said:

I'm not buying this.

Early 2000s (2000-2004ish): The White Stripes, the Hives, the Vines, Smashing Pumpkins released their "final" album in 2000, Animal Collective had some early 00' releases, Death Cab for Cutie, the Notwist, motherfucking Radiohead (and Thom Yorke's solo, I believe...), the New Pornographers, Modest Mouse, Elliot Smith, Alice in Chains, the Strokes, Sigur Ros, Spoon, Wilco, Iron & Wine, Broken Social Scene, Explosions in the Sky, British Sea Power, ect. ect.

If you pull out the top-album lists on Metacritic on those years, you could probably build a sizable list of high quality releases from just one year alone.

As for songs I'll choose for this time period:
If you listened to radio in the past decade, you probably couldn't escape this song in America for at least until 5 years after it was released. I still hear it on the radio today every once in a while.


A band that really jumped out of nowhere late:


And my personal favorite:

The White Stripes: has that one song
the Hives: never heard of them
the Vines: never heard of them
Smashing Pumpkins: as I said before, I don't count album release dates. I count when the band started.
Animal Collective: never heard of them
Death Cab for Cutie: terrible
the Notwist: never heard of them
Radiohead: they're alright
the New Pornographers: never heard of them
Modest Mouse: hipsters
Elliot Smith: never heard of him
Alice in Chains: they were early 90's. Hell, they pretty much made grunge popular.
The Strokes: didn't they have that one good song?
Sigur Ros: who?
Spoon: only for eating
Wilco: never heard of them
Iron & Wine: cool name, first time ever hearing it
Broken Social Scene: never heard of them
Explosions in the Sky: I don't know who they fucking are
British Sea Power: are you just making this shit up now?
ect. ect.: are you telling me there are more?

Meowth, on 16 April 2012 - 05:44 AM, said:

Which one are you talking about?

I mean shit there's also Bright Eyes, Manchester Orchestra, Mogwai, CocoRosie, Edward Sharp, The Fall of Troy, Fleet Foxes, Gogol Bordello, Godspeed You Black Emperor! oh no not that hipster band fuck you they're awesome, The Avett brothers, The Blood Brothers, Caribou, The Flaming Lips have released stuff throughout the last decade, so has Beck, I don't know, Flobots, Apocalyptica, The Tallest Man on Earth, Fever Ray, Grizzly Bear, The Locust, Ratatat, Snowden, St. Vincent, Washed Out, Yeasayer, World's End Girlfriend, Young The Giant, Yo La Tengo, The Black Keys, Cake, Sufjan Stevens, Taking Back Sunday, Astronautalis. There is plenty of music dude.


I've already shown you this band Meowth, they're fucking badass.



I feel like this guy is what it would be like if Modest Mouse had a hip hop vibe to it. And he fucking raps about history, I love this guy.



Fuck you Metallica, I want cellos in my metal.



And who can forget good ol monotone cake?

This post has been edited by CaptainBaconMan: 16 April 2012 - 07:14 AM

CaptainBaconMan, on 16 April 2012 - 07:09 AM, said:

Heh, the first time I heard this song was for the opening to "Chuck". I'm not as much of a fan of the actual lyrics, but the music's good

Meowth, on 16 April 2012 - 05:44 AM, said:

The White Stripes, Jerk has covered, but The Hives a The Vines? You Probably
Have. In the same vein there's The Ceasars and JET.

"Hipsters" is pretty much the shittiest reason to write off a band ever, besides, hipsters won't touch MM with a 10-foot pole anymore.

And the strokes have had plenty of great Tracks

This post has been edited by MisterDean: 16 April 2012 - 08:12 PM

jesus christ titanium dragon you truly have abysmal taste and are proving meowths point a lot more than you are disproving it
captainbaconman you get big ups for astronautalis and worlds end good job
meowth you need to expand your tastes beyond metal

whf, on 16 April 2012 - 10:30 PM, said:

Look, you're probably right. A lot of these bands are worth me at least checking out -- I admit that -- but I should point out that I DO listen to more than metal. Also, just remember, I have limits. I have to draw the line at bands like Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire. That is what I consider "hipster" music. It isn't that I refuse to listen to it BECAUSE it is hipster, but because I simply do not like it. I've given it a try. Don't like it.

""Hipsters" is pretty much the shittiest reason to write off a band ever, besides, hipsters won't touch MM with a 10-foot pole anymore."

Also, for those who haven't gotten the memo on the word hipster, I would like to clarify that hipster is hardly what it used to mean. Thanks to Micheal Cera it is (ironically) a counter-culture now.

This post has been edited by TheBellBoy: 16 April 2012 - 10:52 PM

rip snowing

get the pale shield for your eyes

whf, on 16 April 2012 - 10:30 PM, said:

I found astro looking for people similar to aesop rock, and someone recommended worlds end to me, now hurtbreak wonderland is one of my favorite albums ever.

And how could I forget Interpol! Shit. I've burnt myself out on MF Doom though.

These are the last songs I'm posting, I doubt meowth will like any of them anyways.





this video weirds me out so bad

Meowth, on 16 April 2012 - 05:44 AM, said:

I'd recommend that you look them up at least. Nels Cline is a fantastic musician.

Also, a few I ignored: Soilwork had a large number of their releases in the 00's, Tool had some good stuff out, Polvo has really come unto their own as a heavy rock band, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of the Dead..., Opeth, SOAD...

And I didn't mention this earlier, but Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age had their best releases (well, my favorite anyhow) early in the 00s.

Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" is sort of a legend in indie rock lore now.

Listened to all of "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." Had a little bit of a prog-rock feel to it, which was nice. It was relaxing, but maybe a little too relaxing... I just found it a bit drab at times.

All of Bomb the Music Industry. You gotta be into punk though, so that may be a problem, lol.











And literally all of Scrambles

This post has been edited by SmashFiles: 17 April 2012 - 08:20 PM

Meowth, on 17 April 2012 - 08:04 PM, said:

The thing is, whatever you like the most about the decade you listen to, you can find songs and bands that combine their best elements into something you can see as an artistic progression from the original. That's how I get into new things. I hear shit and listen for cues from old songs. It makes things interesting.

In response to the Bellboy's second contribution:

Through The Wire was a pretty decent song. I've never been a huge fan of rap, but it can be a guilty pleasure on occassions and that was pretty good.

Constant Surprises was a bit drab.

Teeth Like Gods Shoeshine was certainly better than a lot of other Indie music I've heard. It was a bit weird, and maybe wasn't 100% up my alley, but it had a lot of energy, which is a nice change.

Daydreamin' was actually pretty fantastic. It was meaningful and it sounded great.

Shield for You Eyes... was a really good song that snooths showed me awhile back. I personally think the vocals take away, though. They do, however, change the feeling of the song rather dramatically.

@Jerk

That makes sense, but it can be rather difficult finding bands that really give you the same feeling the old ones do. For example, most modern metal is screamo and most modern rock is pop-ish. I know there are exceptions, but you don't normally just come across them. You've got to be looking for them, and you need to sift through a lot of stuff you won't like.

Well, I've been doing this thing lately with youtube. If you figure out some of the classification names of what you like through, say, allMusic.com you look up some of the classification terms in YouTube or what-have-you and find some interesting stuff. The best I got was from a series of clip videos on obscure psych rock. Samples a little bit of a lot of songs, you know? Whenever I heard something I like I'd write down the band name and then find some place to listen to them more thoroughly. I have scored some seriously good albums that way lately. Just from the sound bytes on a couple clips, you figure out what a band is capable of.

Anyway, that's how I've been getting my leads. snooths and other forum members have given me some great suggestions too; made a list from their suggestions. That's actually how I got into the White Stripes (Icky Thump is one of a handful of albums I'd pick out of the 00's as a "perfect album" by my definition. THEN AGAIN, I'd go to bat for "American Idiot" too, so take that as you will).

In response to MisterDean:

I listened to "Is This It?" and "Hard to Explain" by the Strokes. The other two songs were blocked in the States. Honestly, I found them to be bland and run-of-the-mill. It just seemed like generic Indie to me.

"Get Free" by The Vines was pretty good. Had a hard rock feel to it. Wouldn't mind hearing something like that on the radio -- if I still listened to the radio.

"Hate to Say I Told You So" by The Hives was alright. Was similar to "Get Free," albeit a little more aligned with punk than rock. "Ride" was blocked in the states.

@Jerk

That is probably a good idea. Sometimes I listen vertically instead of horizontally; as in, when I find a band I like, I will often stop, and listen to them for a long time, to really enjoy it. That is one of the reasons I love Black Metal, but know so few bands. But I think a little variety would be good.

@Dynamic, ILB, and Dean respectively:

"19-2000" was different. It was mildy psychedelic. It wasn't my favorite thing in the world, but it was alright. It goes without saying that Swedish Pagans was bad ass. I mean shit, it was about Swedish Pagens. I'll admit it is no "Hammerheart," but then again, nothing can really compare to "Hammerheart."(It was a 90's album by an 80's band, anyway)

"Prude Girl" was surprisingly good. I feel all the instrumental + vocals were handled extremely well. I honestly wish pop music was more like that. "Circus" was actually really fantastic. An amazing cover of what could be described as a great pop song. The keyboard solo was pretty fucking jammin' too. "Baby" was really good, and it was an amazing remake of an otherwise generic song. The bass solo was incredible and the drum intro was orgasmic. Somehow, this has probably been my favorite band in here thus far.

"Days Are Forgotten" was really good. Very catchy and had a lot of life to it, without getting corny or unejoyable for me.

whf, on 16 April 2012 - 10:30 PM, said:

Don't you like hip hop?

Old song, but they just made the video yesterday. If you couldn't tell, it was DIY.

I keep posting in hopes someone will love the same music I do ):

I may be the only one who likes this kind of thing, but I think Passion Pit are pretty cool.

Burgundy, on 18 April 2012 - 06:21 PM, said:

I enjoy passion pit, I don't listen much to them when I'm at home, but if it comes on the radio, I make sure I don't change the station. They come on Alt Nation a lot on XM/Sirius.

Technically relevant: Rucka Rucka Ali > Weird Al Yankovic.

I'm not entirely sure when this was released, but I assume it was sometime this decade. I personally consider it 80's since Govan was in Asia (the band), but who cares.

Some decent quality alternative, anyone?

Jerk, on 18 April 2012 - 10:00 PM, said:

Hells yeah.
Also, this:

Titanium Dragon, on 18 April 2012 - 02:38 AM, said:

This is exactly why you have bad taste in music Titanium, you have to be genre blind to actually enjoy it. Yeah, genres are good for giving you a vague idea of what it's going to sound like (unless it's fairly mainstream or part of a very overdone genre). But I mean come the fuck on, saying hip hop or rap sucks is like saying rock sucks, or instrumental music sucks. Plus, even the a lot of mainstream rappers I don't even like that much have a lot of talent that I can recognize, Lil Wayne has more lyrical talent (well, used to before he destroyed his brain with purple drank) in his toe than the entirety of nickleback. I consider a rapper to be good when reading the lyrics is like reading poetry, but that's still not all it's about.

Just listen to these, I'll try not to throw anything too weird at you, I'll try to stick to names you probably know:

I'm posting this one because I posted another song by him earlier. This man has more lyrical talent than any other artist I've ever seen, but since you didn't like 'Big Bang' (although I somehow doubt you listened to it, and it if you did you were probably lost instantly, which is okay because Aesops stuff is dense as fuck and comes at you fast) I'll put one of his easier to swallow songs (because he's describing the view from his fire escape instead of making thousands of vague metaphors). Fuck, this isn't even really hip hop, it's more like slam poetry.




Here's what I think is one of his best songs though


Damian Marley and NAS, what more is there to say?




In all honesty this is probably Wayne's best song. He actually tells a story and puts on a believable persona.



I don't care what you think, this man was a fucking genius, fuck Tu-Pac. This is one of my favorite hip hop songs ever, and it may be about bragging and having money and guns, but it's so well executed, and the flow is like fucking butter. For a high school drop out this guy did pretty good.

There's gonna be a lotta slow singing' and flowa' bringin' if my burg-a-lah alarm starts ringin'

CaptainBaconMan, on 19 April 2012 - 09:16 AM, said:

I have this problem with ska. I can forage around in most genres, but when it comes to walking beats, I just can't do it.

Forgot about this gem.

Jeff Tweedy can break my heart anytime.