Yea, I think hardly anyone can say otherwise.

All time - yes, but last decade, hell no!

The rest of Europe has great music too, but often the artists either sing in their own language (so the rest of the world never gets to hear it), or the record labels don't want to promote them abroad because English isn't their native language.

Kent and Dungen are two bands that sing in Swedish that are absolutely amazing.

Mando Diao is another fantastic Swedish band.

I agree with Elias. US has got some great bands/singers since 2000. One of my most favourite bands/singers are also from the US - Patti Smith, The National, Cat Power, Lisa Germano and some more.



Mando's first album is class, still the best album they ever made.

My Bloody Valentine are more an Irish band than a UK one

Ouf yeah. Really good band. I think the Caesars go without saying. Take a listen to their song "Kandy Cane." Pure pop perfection.

I personally think the UK has clearly the best range of classic artists and to come from a relatively small island nation is amazing.

Saying that, I can't say there is a clear winner over the past ten years. It has become increasingly difficult to find brilliant new artists these days despite many being there if you look hard enough, what with listening habits today being incredibly dire (looking at the top 40 list these days is nothing short of appalling). That might sound incredibly snobbish but 20/30 years ago it would be easy to find tunes in the chart that reflected the listener rather than just the artist. I mean, do I give a flying pig's arse who Ne-Yo or Justin Timberlake are gonna 'sex up' the night? There seems to be a lack of variety in the charts these days which is a shame.

Problem these days is that if a band's first album flops they don't get a second chance. In 1980, a band called U2 released their debut album which only reached 52 in the charts. That they only reached commercial success when War came out is remarkable considering most bands wouldn't be given that chance these days. What I find worrying is that probably many genuinely talented acts are slipping through the fingers of record companies simply because they do not sell records immediately.

Unfortunately, I can't see any improvements in this download age, especially when folk are only interested in the odd song and not full albums these days.

Britain pisses all over america, musically... especailly considering that it's so much smaller

it'd be a ridiculous thing to ignore american music. whether or not the uk's musical output is better or not is a debatable issue, but to shun american music shows musical and cultural ignorance.

I've always been a huge british music lover, but what came out from America past years really impressed me.