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Post by The Crimson Rambler on May 23, 2019 16:42:26 GMT -5
Thought this might bring about some interesting conversations. Here's a thread to reflect on the last decade of music. What do people think of the last 10 years of music? What are everyones favourite songs and albums? What about the current state of rock music? Feel free to talk about what you like...
Anyway, to kick things off here's a nice big fucking list because I'm bored. Here are 10 of my favourite songs from each year...
Rock/Indie/Alternative
Hip Hop
Pop
Pop/‘Soul/Funk’
Electronic/Dance/Trip Hop
Film Score
2010
Finger - Ty Segall
Fuck You - CeeLo Green
Palaces of Montezuma - Grinderman
Paradise Circus - Massive Attack
POWER - Kanye West
She’s the One - Japanther
Six Legged Man - Black Francis
Stylo - Gorillaz
Tightrope - Janelle Monáe
The Dream is Collapsing - Hans Zimmer
2011
AKA… What a Life! - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Bad As Me - Tom Waits
Beware - Death Grips
Get Away - Yuck
Ice Cream - Battles
Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
Make Some Noise - Beastie Boys
She’s Thunderstorms - Arctic Monkeys
White Limo - Foo Fighters
Yonkers - Tyler, The Creator
2012
Don’t Die - Killer Mike
Doom and Gloom [Jeff Bhasker Mix] - The Rolling Stones
Elephant - Tame Impala
Goals In Slow Motion - Future of the Left
I’ve Seen Footage - Death Grips
Sixteen Saltines - Jack White
Swimming Pools - Kendrick Lamar
The Full Retard - El-P
True Thrush - Dan Deacon
Wet Blanket - METZ
2013
Avant Gardener - Courtney Barnett
Copy Of A - Nine Inch Nails
Black Skinhead - Kanye West
Bread, Cheese, Bow and Arrow - Future of the Left
Forever - HAIM
Reflektor - Arcade Fire
R U Mine? - Arctic Monkeys
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels
Smooth Sailing - Queens of the Stone Age
Vacation - Splashh
2014
Bagboy - Pixies
Blood, Sugar - Mankind
Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck) - Run The Jewels
Dude Incredible - Shellac
Figure It Out - Royal Blood
Goes Black - Big Ups
Happy Idiot - TV On The Radio
minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix] - Aphex Twin
Seasons (Waiting On You) - Future Islands
You Can Believe It - Superfood
2015
Articulate (I’m Going So Far Into You) - The I.L.Y’s
Ballad Of The Mighty I - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Go - The Chemical Brothers
Milkman - Bully
Open Fire - The Darkness
Pretty Pimpin - Kurt Vile
simple slamming b 2 - AFX
Turned Off - Death Grips
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson
Wesley’s Theory - Kendrick Lamar
2016
Ain’t It Funny - Danny Brown
Burning Bright (Fields on Fire) - Nine Inch Nails
Colours - The Avalanches
Daydreaming - Radiohead
More Than The Fairy - Death Grips
Square Hammer - Ghost
We The People - A Tribe Called Quest
Whitest Boy on the Beach - Fat White Family
Wriggle - clipping.
You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen
2017
Ascension - Gorillaz
BOOGIE - BROCKHAMPTON
Burn Blue - Flasher
Cave - Future Islands
Everything Now - Arcade Fire
Lights Out - Royal Blood
Machine - The Horrors
Over Everything - Courtney Barnett + Kurt Vile
Runnin’ Outta Luck - Alex Cameron
Young Lady, You’re Scaring Me - Ron Gallo
2018
Colossus - Idles
Date Night - Father John Misty
Fast Slow Disco - St. Vincent
Loading Zones - Kurt Vile
Need a Little Time - Courtney Barnett
Pressure - Flasher
Sports - Viagra Boys
The Reason They Hate Me - Daughters
This Is America - Childish Gambino
Total Football - Parquet Courts
2019
Armatopia - Johnny Marr
bad guy - Billie Eilish
This Is The Place - Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Borderline - Tame Impala
Spiked Flower - Swervedriver
Feet - Fat White Family
Flat Tummy Tea - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
I'll Have What She's Having - WOOZE
We’ve Got To Try - The Chemical Brothers
IGOR'S THEME - Tyler, The Creator
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on May 23, 2019 16:48:59 GMT -5
I think there've been too many stylised song titles in recent years.
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Post by The Escapist on May 23, 2019 17:03:27 GMT -5
It's been fantastic. Rap music in particular has gone stratospheric, and produced classic albums that stand toe-to-toe with the classic rock records of the 60's and 70's. With Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, and Frank Ocean, pop music has had some amazing artists too, and it's not as if rock is dead either: Arcade Fire, The War on Drugs, David Bowie, and Car Seat Headrest have all made some iconic work. People are gonna say it's been rubbish because guitar music is no longer the zeitgeist, and others are gonna give the standard "there's still good music, you just have to look harder" line, but both of those are wrong. Good music is everywhere now, hidden at the bottom of crates and also exploding at the top of the charts, all just one click away. This decade has been an embarrassment of riches.
If I had to pick a top ten albums of the decade:
1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
2. To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
3. Blonde - Frank Ocean
4. The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
5. Yeezus - Kanye West
6. Good Kid, Mad City - Kendrick Lamar
7. 22, A Million - Bon Iver
8. Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey
9. Atrocity Exhibition - Danny Brown
10. Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs
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Post by The Crimson Rambler on May 23, 2019 18:27:35 GMT -5
Now maybe I'm not listening to the right stuff but the evolution of 'rock' seems to have significantly slowed down. Has anything new gained any real traction? Looking back I can name many different subgenres that have emerged over the decades but for the 2010's I struggle to name much new.
Who do people consider to be the decades defining rock artists? Many of the biggest right now had their heydays back in the 00's, 90's and even earlier, so what about the newbies. Those whose output (or at least most significant output) can be dated from 2010 onwards. In previous decades I think it'd be much easier to name defining acts we could all agree on but this time I'm not so sure.
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Time really flies.... mine:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation (2010)
The National - High Violet (2010)
The Naked And Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010)
Young The Giant - Young The Giant (2010)
The Cars - Move Like This (2011)
Foster The People - Torches (2011)
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light (2011)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011)
Roy Sludge - Too Drunk To Truck (2011)
Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding (2011)
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2012)
Silversun Pickups - Neck Of The Woods (2012)
The Killers - Battle Born (2012)
Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams (2012)
Of Monsters And Men - My Head Is An Animal (2012)
Phoenix - Bankrupt! (2013)
Beady Eye - BE (2013)
The Naked And Famous - In Rolling Waves (2013)
The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday (2015)
EL VY - Return To The Moon (2015)
Paul Weller - Saturn's Pattern (2015)
Lord Huron - Strange Trails (2015)
Scott Merritt - Of (2015)
Skinny Lister - Down On Deptford Broadway (2015)
The Rolling Stones - Blue And Lonesome (2016)
John Mellencamp - Sad Clowns And Hillbillies (2017)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Who Built The Moon? (2017)
The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017)
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (2017)
Liam Gallagher - As You Were (2017)
Lucero - Among The Ghosts (2018)
Post Malone - Beerbongs And Bentleys (2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody - Soundtrack (2018)
Joe Jackson - Fool (2019)
Weezer - The Teal Album (2019)
Czarface - Czarface Meets Ghostface (2019)
The National - I Am Easy To Find (2019)
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Post by shannee on May 23, 2019 22:18:15 GMT -5
Everything I hear that makes it into the charts or I hear others talking about on SM sounds like mass manufactured prepackaged crap or very water down versions of the past. I’m sure there are talented artists out there but the industry has such a lockdown on what is released and they are not willing to invest or take risks on anything. IMO that is the reason guitar music no longer exists.
I know I sound like an old lady but 🤷♀️ The rebound into conservatism, lack of risk, and pop-dribble vs the indie 80s and 90s is staggering. It makes me sad to think of the generations of kids who won’t have their own Sex Pistols, Jam, Smiths, pixies, violent femmes, sonic youth, etc. And all the kids who right now don’t know these bands ever existed! It’s crazy
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Post by mystoryisgory on May 24, 2019 1:53:19 GMT -5
Everything I hear that makes it into the charts or I hear others talking about on SM sounds like mass manufactured prepackaged crap or very water down versions of the past. I’m sure there are talented artists out there but the industry has such a lockdown on what is released and they are not willing to invest or take risks on anything. IMO that is the reason guitar music no longer exists. I know I sound like an old lady but 🤷♀️ The rebound into conservatism, lack of risk, and pop-dribble vs the indie 80s and 90s is staggering. It makes me sad to think of the generations of kids who won’t have their own Sex Pistols, Jam, Smiths, pixies, violent femmes, sonic youth, etc. And all the kids who right now don’t know these bands ever existed! It’s crazy A few things....
- With the exception of the Sex Pistols, none of the bands you mentioned in your post were cultural behemoths or dominated the charts. Certainly not Pixies or Sonic Youth until Nirvana's success reshaped the mainstream. And similarly, not all of the best bands and musicians of the 10s are cultural behemoths or dominate the charts. Looking at the charts is not a good metric for good music.
- There was plenty of mass manufactured and prepackaged crap released in the 80s and 90s. Ever heard (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, Cotton Eye Joe, or Wannabe? When we look back at previous decades in awe of how great the music was back then, we have to keep in mind that we're looking through a filter of hindsight. We overlook all the garbage released in those years, because it's worth forgetting. And it will be the same story with a lot of the trash released today. 20 years from now we'll have forgotten about it.
- The 2010s have been the one decade where the music industry has had the least lockdown on what is released. In fact, record companies had been quietly wondering if their irrelevancy is coming because, in the age of the internet, anyone can release an album and become successful on word-of-mouth alone. Look no further than the Arctic Monkeys if you need an example of how this often works.
- And because the internet has allowed for musicians to rise to prominence outside of traditional channels, music in the 10s fires in all directions creatively. Bands these days incorporate such a myriad of influences into their work that it's impossible to classify their music into any one genre. That's something you didn't see in the 80s and 90s. In those decades, you had discrete movements of music, radical, yes, but not as varied as today.
- I strongly dispute your claim that music of the 10s is more conservative than the past. If you look at hip-hop, which has arguably replaced rock as the major musical genre of our time, you'll find Kendrick Lamar directly confronting race relations in a way many artists haven't in decades, D'Angelo lending support for BLM, Beyonce's empowerment anthems for black women, and so many more political statements as radical as London Calling or What's Going On.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on May 24, 2019 6:49:32 GMT -5
Everything I hear that makes it into the charts or I hear others talking about on SM sounds like mass manufactured prepackaged crap or very water down versions of the past. I’m sure there are talented artists out there but the industry has such a lockdown on what is released and they are not willing to invest or take risks on anything. IMO that is the reason guitar music no longer exists. I know I sound like an old lady but 🤷♀️ The rebound into conservatism, lack of risk, and pop-dribble vs the indie 80s and 90s is staggering. It makes me sad to think of the generations of kids who won’t have their own Sex Pistols, Jam, Smiths, pixies, violent femmes, sonic youth, etc. And all the kids who right now don’t know these bands ever existed! It’s crazy I'm okay with guitar music fading into the background for a bit. I'd rather another genre take the reigns of mainstream pop culture (as hip-hop has done) than another Guns N' Roses or Bon Jovi-type being huge again. But, I have to say, I do relate to the bit in bold very strongly. I was born in 1997, and I do resent that there wasn't a single contemporary group that I felt I could relate to as a teenager in this decade. People buzzed off Arctic Monkeys when I was in college and they were bringing their AM record out, but they were already seven years on from their debut album by then. They didn't belong to us; they were my older brother and his generation's band. Whenever I watch one of those talking heads documentaries with original fans of The Smiths or The Jam, say, remembering what it was like to go to their gigs and anticipate their new releases, I do feel like I've missed out. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on May 24, 2019 7:12:58 GMT -5
Geez I barely remember what I had for breakfast let alone what were my favorite songs itemized over the last decade.
2009
Animal Collective - My Girls
2010
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
2011
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds - AKA...What A Life!
2012
Grimes - Oblivion
2013
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
2014
Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
2015
Tame Impala - Let It Happen
2016
Radiohead - Daydreaming
2017
Arcade Fire - Everything Now
2018
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Talking Straight
2019
Better Oblivion Community Center - Dylan Thomas
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Post by shannee on May 24, 2019 8:44:07 GMT -5
Everything I hear that makes it into the charts or I hear others talking about on SM sounds like mass manufactured prepackaged crap or very water down versions of the past. I’m sure there are talented artists out there but the industry has such a lockdown on what is released and they are not willing to invest or take risks on anything. IMO that is the reason guitar music no longer exists. I know I sound like an old lady but 🤷♀️ The rebound into conservatism, lack of risk, and pop-dribble vs the indie 80s and 90s is staggering. It makes me sad to think of the generations of kids who won’t have their own Sex Pistols, Jam, Smiths, pixies, violent femmes, sonic youth, etc. And all the kids who right now don’t know these bands ever existed! It’s crazy A few things....
- With the exception of the Sex Pistols, none of the bands you mentioned in your post were cultural behemoths or dominated the charts. Certainly not Pixies or Sonic Youth until Nirvana's success reshaped the mainstream. And similarly, not all of the best bands and musicians of the 10s are cultural behemoths or dominate the charts. Looking at the charts is not a good metric for good music.
- There was plenty of mass manufactured and prepackaged crap released in the 80s and 90s. Ever heard (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, Cotton Eye Joe, or Wannabe? When we look back at previous decades in awe of how great the music was back then, we have to keep in mind that we're looking through a filter of hindsight. We overlook all the garbage released in those years, because it's worth forgetting. And it will be the same story with a lot of the trash released today. 20 years from now we'll have forgotten about it.
- The 2010s have been the one decade where the music industry has had the least lockdown on what is released. In fact, record companies had been quietly wondering if their irrelevancy is coming because, in the age of the internet, anyone can release an album and become successful on word-of-mouth alone. Look no further than the Arctic Monkeys if you need an example of how this often works.
- And because the internet has allowed for musicians to rise to prominence outside of traditional channels, music in the 10s fires in all directions creatively. Bands these days incorporate such a myriad of influences into their work that it's impossible to classify their music into any one genre. That's something you didn't see in the 80s and 90s. In those decades, you had discrete movements of music, radical, yes, but not as varied as today.
- I strongly dispute your claim that music of the 10s is more conservative than the past. If you look at hip-hop, which has arguably replaced rock as the major musical genre of our time, you'll find Kendrick Lamar directly confronting race relations in a way many artists haven't in decades, D'Angelo lending support for BLM, Beyonce's empowerment anthems for black women, and so many more political statements as radical as London Calling or What's Going On.
I feel you missed my point or perspective because I specifically listed bands that did not dominate the pop charts...of course there was mounds of garbage music in every decade but there was also a very pointed antithesis to that available. It doesn't feel to me that there is as strong a movement against the corporate pop monster that there has been in the past. |
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on May 24, 2019 9:03:15 GMT -5
2010’s sucked - no Oasis, innit.  |
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Post by The Escapist on May 24, 2019 9:04:24 GMT -5
Best song and album from each year, in my opinion:
2010:
- Runaway by Kanye West
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
2011:
- Otis by Jay-Z & Kanye West
- Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver
2012:
- Born to Die by Lana Del Rey
- Good Kid MAAD City by Kendrick Lamar
2013:
- New Slaves by Kanye West
- Yeezus by Kanye West
2014:
- Under the Pressure by The War on Drugs
- Lost in the Dream by The War on Drugs
2015:
- Gosh by Jamie XX
- To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
2016:
- Ultralight Beam by Kanye West
- Blonde by Frank Ocean
2017:
- Holy Mountain by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
- 4:44 by Jay-Z
2018:
- 4th Dimension by Kids See Ghosts
- Kids See Ghosts by Kids See Ghosts
2019 (So Far):
- GONE GONE / THANK YOU by Tyler, the Creator
- IGOR by Tyler, the Creator
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2019 11:55:31 GMT -5
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Post by mystoryisgory on May 24, 2019 12:11:16 GMT -5
Today's generation has Greta Van Fleet. Man, are they shit. Having been to one of their concerts only because of my best friend's insistence, and after observing how the audience was dominated by middle-aged white men, I can tell you that their audience is certainly not today's generation.  |
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Post by mimmihopps on May 24, 2019 12:29:49 GMT -5
It's been fantastic musical 9 years for me.
Here's my favourite albums of each year, 2010 up to present:
2010:
Erland and The Carnival - Erland and The Carnival
High Violet - The National
2011:
2012:
Sonik Kicks - Weller
No One Can Ever know - The Twilight Sad
Orkney Symphony of The Magnetic North - The Magnetic North
2013:
The Messenger - Johnny Marr
Pedestrian Verse - Frightened Rabbit
2014:
Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave - The Twilight Sad
World Peace Is None of Your Business - Moz
2015:
Saturns Pattern - Weller
Chasing Yesterday - NG
2016:
Prospect of Skelmersdale - The Magnetic North
2017:
A Kind Revolution - Weller
Slowdive - Slowdive
Every Country's Sun - Mogwai
Sleep Well Beast - The National
As You Were - LG
2018:
Dance Music - Mastersystem
True Meanings - Weller
Call The Comet - Marr
From When I Wake the Want Is - Kathryn Joseph
2019 (so far):
It Won/t Be Like This All The Time - The Twilight Sad
Sule Skerry - Erland Cooper
Other Aspects, Live at the Royal Festival Hall - Weller
I Am Not Easy To Find - The National
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Post by funhouse on May 24, 2019 13:11:58 GMT -5
Ok, best song of every year then: (Didn't like having to list two artists twice, but better that than lying)
2010: Janelle Monáe - Mushrooms & Roses
2011: Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
2012: Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst
2013: Arcade Fire - We Exist
2014: The War On Drugs - Under The Pressure
2015: Kendrick Lamar - How Much A Dollar Cost
2016: Radiohead - Burn The Witch
2017: The War On Drugs - Nothing To Find
2018: IDLES - Danny Nedelko
2019: Billie Eilish - Bad Guy
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Post by NYR on May 30, 2019 13:01:31 GMT -5
It's very interesting… I remember growing up in the 2000's, thinking that modern music was trash. Now, over the years, I realize that like all previous decades before it, the best stuff gets remembered and the trash gets forgotten. (Remember, for every "Street Fighting Man" and "A Day in the Life," there was "Yummy Yummy Yummy I've Got Love in My Tummy" and "Lucy In Disguise With Glasses.")
It'll be interesting to see what in the 2010's gets remembered—and, conversely, forgotten—in the years to come.
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Post by NYR on May 30, 2019 13:03:10 GMT -5
2010’s sucked - no Oasis, innit. Who cares? We got double the amount of music from the Brothers Gallagher instead. |
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Post by mkoasis on May 30, 2019 22:01:51 GMT -5
I’m still getting my head around the best albums of the 00s, so the 10s will be a while still.
I can’t speak for much mainstream music. I get glimpses of it but mainly enjoy my British/alternative/indie stuff and old school punk, with a little hip hop on the side from time to time.
I think I’d have to look at the lists of top songs each year and see what I’d select.
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Post by lahaine on May 31, 2019 8:10:29 GMT -5
Everything I hear that makes it into the charts or I hear others talking about on SM sounds like mass manufactured prepackaged crap or very water down versions of the past. I’m sure there are talented artists out there but the industry has such a lockdown on what is released and they are not willing to invest or take risks on anything. IMO that is the reason guitar music no longer exists. I know I sound like an old lady but 🤷♀️ The rebound into conservatism, lack of risk, and pop-dribble vs the indie 80s and 90s is staggering. It makes me sad to think of the generations of kids who won’t have their own Sex Pistols, Jam, Smiths, pixies, violent femmes, sonic youth, etc. And all the kids who right now don’t know these bands ever existed! It’s crazy I'm okay with guitar music fading into the background for a bit. I'd rather another genre take the reigns of mainstream pop culture (as hip-hop has done) than another Guns N' Roses or Bon Jovi-type being huge again. But, I have to say, I do relate to the bit in bold very strongly. I was born in 1997, and I do resent that there wasn't a single contemporary group that I felt I could relate to as a teenager in this decade. People buzzed off Arctic Monkeys when I was in college and they were bringing their AM record out, but they were already seven years on from their debut album by then. They didn't belong to us; they were my older brother and his generation's band. Whenever I watch one of those talking heads documentaries with original fans of The Smiths or The Jam, say, remembering what it was like to go to their gigs and anticipate their new releases, I do feel like I've missed out. Damn I feel old lol. I got to say I was lucky to grow up during the Britpop era, I was 13 when Oasis came along and you had bands like Supergrass, Blur, Pulp, The Verve, Radiohead, Bluetones, Reef, Kula Shaker, Shed Seven lol. But you had at least great guitar music coming out most weeks or stand alone singles. Had a bit of a strange run in the late 90's with Limp Bizkit, Creed stuff but you then had the likes of Queens of The Stone Age, The Strokes, White Stripes, The Hives, The Vines, The D4, The Datsuns then The Killers, The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire. So I hit pay dirt with bands and I felt I got spoiled. I do this generations needs it's own Smiths, Oasis, Stone Roses type band to come along to give guitar music a kick up the ass it needs. Far too many synthy bands, Oasis wannabes, Hipsters and posers in music today. |
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Post by lahaine on May 31, 2019 8:15:39 GMT -5
The Only bands that have impressed me in the last 9 years have been Arctic Monkeys, Idles, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Royal Blood and Fleet Foxes.
Best albums Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base casino & Hotel and Tame impala's Currents.
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Post by AppleScruff on Jun 1, 2019 0:55:29 GMT -5
I find it much more difficult to pick out the year but think that’s just my age. Ask me about 95-2005 and I could probably tell you the dates that certain singles or albums came out.
Albums that I’ve loved include
Young The Giant
Jagwar Ma debut
Both Temples albums
All Tame Impala albums
Contra by Vampire Weekend. Less so album 3 but I am really enjoying Father of the Bride
Comedown Machine
Blossoms debut
TLSP 2
All Arctic Monkeys output
Saturn’s Pattern
Boy Azooga
Vryll Society
Karen O and Dangermouse album
Fontaines DC
Leon Bridges
Not a bad list but lacking the more seminal (in my mind) albums of the 2000-2010 period, with the exception of Arctic Monkeys and Tame Impala.
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Post by AppleScruff on Jun 1, 2019 0:59:44 GMT -5
Everything I hear that makes it into the charts or I hear others talking about on SM sounds like mass manufactured prepackaged crap or very water down versions of the past. I’m sure there are talented artists out there but the industry has such a lockdown on what is released and they are not willing to invest or take risks on anything. IMO that is the reason guitar music no longer exists. I know I sound like an old lady but 🤷♀️ The rebound into conservatism, lack of risk, and pop-dribble vs the indie 80s and 90s is staggering. It makes me sad to think of the generations of kids who won’t have their own Sex Pistols, Jam, Smiths, pixies, violent femmes, sonic youth, etc. And all the kids who right now don’t know these bands ever existed! It’s crazy A few things....
- With the exception of the Sex Pistols, none of the bands you mentioned in your post were cultural behemoths or dominated the charts. n.
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Post by mimmihopps on Jun 1, 2019 12:09:09 GMT -5
It's been fantastic musical 9 years for me. Here's my favourite albums of each year, 2010 up to present: 2010: Erland and The Carnival - Erland and The Carnival High Violet - The National 2011: 2012: Sonik Kicks - Weller No One Can Ever know - The Twilight Sad Orkney Symphony of The Magnetic North - The Magnetic North 2013: The Messenger - Johnny Marr Pedestrian Verse - Frightened Rabbit 2014: Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave - The Twilight Sad World Peace Is None of Your Business - Moz 2015: Saturns Pattern - Weller Chasing Yesterday - NG 2016: Prospect of Skelmersdale - The Magnetic North 2017: A Kind Revolution - Weller Slowdive - Slowdive Every Country's Sun - Mogwai Sleep Well Beast - The National As You Were - LG 2018: Dance Music - Mastersystem True Meanings - Weller Call The Comet - Marr From When I Wake the Want Is - Kathryn Joseph 2019 (so far): It Won/t Be Like This All The Time - The Twilight Sad Sule Skerry - Erland Cooper Other Aspects, Live at the Royal Festival Hall - Weller I Am Not Easy To Find - The National Forgot to add this one: 2017: Minor Victories - Minor Victories |
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Post by mystoryisgory on Jun 2, 2019 17:13:42 GMT -5
A few things....
- With the exception of the Sex Pistols, none of the bands you mentioned in your post were cultural behemoths or dominated the charts. n.
The Jam most certainly did dominate the charts. Fair enough but that doesn't change the fact that a lot of influential bands are not and were not commercial smashes. So it doesn't make sense to use what plays on the radio as a gauge of the state of modern music, or of any generation. |
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