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  • Best Music of the 00's ?
  • GiantJaunt
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    Every decade has some kind of music that really defines it but I’ve been wondering what music really defined the 00’s. I’m struggling to think of any bands this last decade that have even come close to anything that has gone before. I probably prefer rock but listen to anything good.

    Seems to be just average solo artists and x factor style stuff about recently and the real music hasn’t come to the fore front. Can anyone restore my faith in modern music and think of some great bands?

    Hohum
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    No, not really.

    john_drummer
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    Muse
    Kaiser Chiefs
    Franz Ferdinand
    Killers
    Florence & the Machine (ok not to my taste but somebody likes them)
    Foo Fighters
    Linkin Park

    basically pick any festival footage from the last 10 years & you’ll find something good

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    Kahurangi
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    the defining genres were sh#te.

    Elbow are good though.

    GiantJaunt
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    There must be some out there I’ve overlooked. Only ones I can think of that I’ve really liked have been Radiohead and maybe the Streets first 2 albums. I think all the good stuff has probably been buried under all the rubbish. I remember thinking the 90’s wasn’t all that great but looking back it was awesome….Blur, Stone Roses, Suede and so many other great Indie bands, not to mention some of the dance music too. 80’s…a bit far out but still good. 70’s… rock like Pink Floyd. 60’s… speaks for itself.

    john_drummer
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    oh yeah, Editors too

    RealMan
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    Every decade has some kind of music that really defines it

    Yeah, before the internet where everyone had to listen to whatever was on the radio/totp.

    Now, there are so many different types of music, hardly anyone really listens to the same stuff as anyone else.

    13thfloormonk
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    Um… am I going to embarass myslf by saying Kings Of Leon?

    I mean, yeah, their last album was mostly crap, and they actually admitted modelling themselves on U2, but they started well, still have some credibility and have at last three decent albums to their name?

    I’m usually a bit of a music snob but reckon they’re at least a cut above the usual pop dross.

    edhornby
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    Calvin Harris

    GiantJaunt
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    they’re at least a cut above the usual pop dross.

    Yeah I think Kings of Leon are OK but are only just a cut above of the rest which are sh*te. Prefer the Killers but they’ve only done a few good tunes.

    CountZero
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    Christ, you lot really aren’t paying attention are you?
    Arcade Fire
    Doves
    Stars
    Metric
    Death Cab For Cutie
    Elbow
    Mumford And Son
    Laura Marling
    Broken Social Scene
    Auf Der Maur
    Freelance Whales
    The Hold Steady
    Black Mountain
    Bon Iver
    The Like
    Wolf Parade
    Midland
    The Delgados
    The Shins
    The New Pornographers
    Blood Red Shoes
    The Joy Formidable
    The Smoke Fairies
    Sons And Daughters
    The Dead Weather
    Fleet Foxes
    Pretty Girls Make Graves
    Asobi Seksu
    The Acorn
    First Aid Kit
    Goldfrapp
    …there’s plenty more I could find with a bit more effort, and it’s worth pointing out that most of the artists on that list I’ve seen live, playing venues in Bristol.

    RealMan
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    CountZero, that’s quite impressive. You’ve managed to name about 30 bands that no one has ever heard of.. Well, except DCFC, not that I could name any of their songs 😉

    yunki
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    shpongle

    nickc
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    seen most of those Realman, my 12 yr old was at a blood red shoes gig the other week comparing how loud they were to the Joy Formidable. Good music’s not hard to find.

    Ettes
    Manchester Orchestra
    Libertines
    Animal Hospital
    The Avett brothers
    Band of Skulls
    Beach house
    Best Coast
    Biffy Clyro
    The Big Pink
    Black Mountain
    Caribou
    Chew Lips
    Cystal Castles
    Deadmau5
    Delphic
    Dirty Epics
    Dirty Projectors
    The Drums
    Dum Dum Girls
    You love her cos she’s dead
    The XX
    Vivian Girls
    TV on the radio
    Tired Pony
    Ting Tings
    Sufer Blood
    Sufjan Stevens
    Sleigh Bells

    and on and on…

    mastiles_fanylion
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    I don’t think people are understanding the OP – there is no DEFINING music and I agree with the point. Bands like The Arcade Fire and Muse are pretty decent, but they aren’t really defining a mood or anything.

    Saying that, not much has since punk, rock and disco. All that happens these days is music being regurgitated with slightly newer sounds and nothing is capturing a generation’s attention.

    mboy
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    Every decade has some kind of music that really defines it but I’ve been wondering what music really defined the 00’s.

    Pop SH*TE basically! Driven by the likes of X Factor. The whole reality TV thing really took over popular culture in the 00’s, and has basically dominated over anything slightly original… Thank God the public rebelled and made Rage Against the Machine Christmas Number 1 last year!

    I’m struggling to think of any bands this last decade that have even come close to anything that has gone before.

    There have been loads of good (and plenty of bad) bands and producers in the 00’s, the problem is they’re still too recent in our minds to begin to achieve cult status. The likes of Blur, Oasis and Radiohead weren’t yet at cult status entering the 00’s… The other problem is that stated above, and that nobody original has been allowed to achieve much with all the X Factorites around!

    nickc
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    and that nobody original has been allowed to achieve much with all the X Factorites around!

    pay attention at the back…

    CountZero
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    Realman, considering all of the gigs I attended were sold out, plenty of people have heard of them. I’ve seen The Like twice this year, Laura Marling three times.


    Z Berg, The Like


    Dan Boekner, Wolf Parade


    Torquill Campbell and Amy Milan, Stars
    The point is I heard all these artists on daytime BBC radio, and plenty of other people have heard if them too, it doesn’t take much effort to find quality music. Just ‘cos you haven’t heard of them, doesn’t mean many, many others haven’t.
    The Word magazine is also a good source, it has a superb sampler cd each month with lots of stuff you’ve never heard of.

    sc-xc
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    Hijack – but John, was tattood by Joolz the other day. 3 and a half hours of talking about NMA/RSC etc. Booked in again for early Jan…was a real treat 🙂

    sc-xc
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    oh…and nick. Normally I find your taste impeccable, but crystal castles was the biggest load of shit I ever saw.

    nickc
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    sc-xc I love Alice…mad as a box of frogs, but with a bad attitude and big boots…bless her. 🙂

    CountZero
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    Ok, perhaps there isn’t a “defining sound”, except perhaps endless carbon copy autotuned crap on Radio One, but that’s really because with the Internet now everything is available, there’s vast, diverse libraries online and no one defining style, anyone can go find something to identify with, and the tribal nature of music styles has diminished somewhat. But to say that all that’s available is just X-Factor spawn is patently rubbish, as the lists above prove.

    djglover
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    This is all well and good, but what will be the enduring sound of the 00’s, as played at retro student indie discos in 2024.

    I think the Libertines and Babyshambles, Kings of Leon – likley, probably the Killers, hopefully the Shins, Arcade Fire and the Coldwar Kids but I doubt it..

    j_me
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    Every decade has some kind of music that defines it

    A definition that usually happens 2 decades afterwards. it’s too early to know what will be judged as the defining music of the 00’s. We’ll have to wait and see what the next generation thinks.

    [edit]but I hope franz Ferdinand are long forgotten, have you seen them live ? [/edit]

    stuartie_c
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    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.

    Not strictly a “00s” band, but everything else from the decade is just shite* compared to these tracks

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxL46UBHTAE

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    (In my generally faultless judgement)

    bravohotel9er
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    I found this list of indie rock albums from the 00’s on the net.

    Strangely, they’ve gone for a Top 63, I disagree with some of the choices (I certainly wouldn’t have included the abysmal Los Campesions) and there are a few obvious picks that they’ve omitted, but then it’s somebody else’s opinion after all.

    I broadly agree with a majority of it though…

    63. Everything All the Time – Band of Horses

    62. One Beat – Sleater-Kinney

    63. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not – Arctic Monkeys

    60. Boys and Girls in America – The Hold Steady

    59. Domestica – Cursive

    58. Summer in Abaddon – Pinback

    57. Nouns – No Age

    56. Oh, Inverted World – The Shins

    55. Murray Street – Sonic Youth

    54. Atlas – Battles

    53. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix

    52. Microcastle – Deerhunter

    51. Give Up – The Postal Service

    50. The Execution of All Things – Rilo Kiley

    49. Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules and Love Affair

    48. For Emma, Forever Ago – Bon Iver

    47. Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes – TV on the Radio

    46. Too Much Guitar – The Reigning Sound

    45. Farm – Dinosaur Jr

    44. Castaways and Cutouts – The Decemberists

    43. Silent Alarm – Bloc Party

    42. Wonderful Rainbow – Lightning Bolt

    41. Bitte Orca – Dirty Projectors

    40. The Creek Drank the Cradle – Iron and Wine

    39. Fever to Tell – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    38. Apologies to the Queen Mary – Wolf Parade

    37. The Moon and Antarctica – Modest Mouse

    36. Boxer – The National

    35. I Am Not Afraid of You, And I Will Beat Your Ass – Yo La Tengo

    34. Hometowns – The Rural Alberta Advantage

    33. Baby, It’s Cold Inside – The Fun Years

    32. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – Spoon

    31. Twin Cinema – The New Pornographers

    30. Z – My Morning Jacket

    29. The Glow, Part 2 – The Microphones

    28. Drum’s Not Dead – Liars

    27. Before the Dawn Heals Us – M83

    26. The Airing of Grievances – Titus Andronicus

    25. You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine – Death From Above 1979

    24. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

    23. White Blood Cells – The White Stripes

    22. Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? – Of Montreal

    21. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – Wilco

    20. Veckatimest – Grizzly Bear

    19. Bows and Arrows – The Walkmen

    18. Blood Visions – Jay Reatard

    17. Illinoise – Sufjan Stevens

    16. The Life Pursuit – Belle and Sebastian

    15. Oh You’re So Silent Jens – Jens Lekman

    14. Is This It?- The Strokes

    13. Yoshimi Battles Pink Robots – The Flaming Lips

    12. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven – Godspeed You! Black Emperor

    11. Turn on the Bright Lights – Interpol

    10. Source Tags and Codes – …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead

    9. The Lost in Translation soundtrack

    8. Person Pitch – Panda Bear

    7. Bang Bang Rock and Roll – Art Brut

    6. Ágætis Byrjun – Sigur Rós

    5. Hold on Now, Youngster… – Los Campesinos!

    4. You Forgot It in People – Broken Social Scene

    3. A Place to Bury Strangers – A Place to Bury Strangers

    2. Funeral – Arcade Fire

    1. Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished – Animal Collective

    Hohum
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    john_drummer – Member
    Muse
    Kaiser Chiefs
    Franz Ferdinand
    Killers
    Florence & the Machine (ok not to my taste but somebody likes them)
    Foo Fighters
    Linkin Park

    basically pick any festival footage from the last 10 years & you’ll find something good

    Sorry chap, but I would say any of the half-decent festival footage of the last 10 years has come from bands who started out prior to the noughties.

    theotherjonv
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    Indie Kid retro disco sounds of the:

    80’s – The Wedding Present
    90’s – The Wedding Present
    00’s – The Wedding Present

    and I confidently predict a recurrence in the 10’s as well.

    Hohum
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    I guess it also depends on what you define as “best”.

    CountZero
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    Bravohotel, that’s a pretty good list, plenty on there I’d forgotten, like TV On The Radio, and a fair few are Canadian, as are some on my list. I love Canadian bands, it was 6Music introduced me to them five or six years ago with Metric’s Monster Hospital and Stars Ageless Beauty.

    mikewsmith
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    elbow – seldom seen kid one of the best albums EVER
    kasabien – West Pauper Lunatic Asylum great live and album
    kings of leon – all of it
    radiohead – still going – worth missign Kasabien for
    Paul Weller is still going

    Hohum
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    mikewsmith – Member
    radiohead – still going – worth missign Kasabien for
    Paul Weller is still going

    My interpretation of the thread is to list decent music that originated in the 00’s not prior.

    I think that many of us could put down singers/groups who are still producing decent music that originated prior to the 00’s.

    Margin-Walker
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    NICE LIST..

    Lightning Bolt…..now there’s a band !!

    chutney13
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    people who say all music is dull pop crap now are commenting on themselves. go search. there is plenty about. the good stuff is never put on a plate. dig dig dig.

    bravohotel9er
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    CountZero – Member
    Bravohotel, that’s a pretty good list, plenty on there I’d forgotten, like TV On The Radio, and a fair few are Canadian, as are some on my list. I love Canadian bands, it was 6Music introduced me to them five or six years ago with Metric’s Monster Hospital and Stars Ageless Beauty.

    Posted 5 minutes ago # Report-Post

    I seem to listen to a disproportionate number of Canadian bands…

    Grade, Hot Hot Heat, The Organ, 3 Inches of Blood, You Say Party, Propagandhi, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Death From Above 1979, The Weakerthans and Depistado spring to mind.

    I lived in Vancouver for a while and there was a great scene there in terms of gigs, house shows and indie clubs. Several exceptional record shops too, particularly Zulu and Skratch.

    CountZero, do you post on DrownedinSound by any chance?

    magowen100
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    Paul Weller is still going – I know shame isn’t it! 😈
    Maybe thats just it the sound that will define the 00’s is pop. Cynical times for cynical people! Can’t say I’m a fan but hey ho.
    To my mind music is never really great when economically times are good, new sounds or movements come out of hardship. For me the 90’s was all about dance/rave and that came out of the dark, dark years of the late 80’s and people just wanting to escape. It’ll be interesting to see what happens in the next few years.

    CountZero
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    Bravohotel9er, no, I don’t. I have checked it out, although, thinking about it I may have posted something, not sure. There’s something about Canuk music that just made a huge impression, I guess because a lot of the British music was indi rock that was all sounding rather self-referential, the Canadians had a distinctive sound without all sounding alike. Can’t put a finger on it, but perhaps it’s because they were fairly isolated from the rest of the world and developed regional sounds because of the vast distances between cities. Another great thing is that you still get to see them in small venues over here, Stars played Heaven in London, Wolf Parade played Thekla in Bristol, The Like, (who are Californian), played The Jerico Tavern in Oxford, all around 4-500 capacity. I love small venues.
    The Like’s latest album was produced by Mark Ronson, and their Drummer, Tennessee Thomas, has a delightful English accent, despite being living in America most, if not all of her life. But then, her dad’s Pete Thomas, drummer with Elvis Costello, these many years. Nice girls, all of them.

    kimbers
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    in no particular order i rate

    unkle
    muse
    the kills
    elbow
    the black angels
    dj format
    eminem
    perfect circle
    white stripes
    evil nine
    goldfrapp
    handsomeboy modelling school
    streets
    klasnekoff
    roots manuva
    death from above 1979
    blackalicous

    lots of others but most of them like radiohead are late 90s really

    TandemJeremy
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    GiantJaunt – Member
    Seems to be just average solo artists and x factor style stuff about recently and the real music hasn’t come to the fore front. Can anyone restore my faith in modern music and think of some great bands?

    This just means you are getting old.

    juiced
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    Trance Dance music and Decent Poppier Dance Music . Was a great period at the beginning of the century.

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