In my opinion nothing particularly original has appeared in the 00s. We've been merely repeating the past. Maybe originality is out the window. Most new rock bands seem to be borrowing heavily from the 60s scene (garage rock will definitely be making a comeback over the next couple of years), and all electric music is pretty much an 80s rip off.
While advancements in production technology etc. helped advance the music industry up til now, there isn't a whole lot more space the industry can expand into. Well, unless bands want 20573406740676 different tracks on a song...
Paul
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Indeed. I think part of the problem is that there's a craze to be the first to 'discover' a band. Nowadays if a band seems to have the vaguest chance of success everyone will jump on the bandwagon to say they loved them first. It's difficult to find any true new talent, and to be honest I've given up trying. Found plenty of fun new rock bands who are good live, but no one who particularly pushes the envelope.
yeah that hits the nail on the head...people want to take credit for breaking a band...essentially everyone with internet access has become a "critic"
Thanks for the suggestions...but I honestly already own all that stuff. My Morning Jacket are amazing and one of my favourite bands..not much can measure up to them. Sigur Ros..check...Kings of Leon..check....Interpol...check...Black Mountain...check..I own all this stuff. I do branch out with my musical tastes and selections.
The difference is that other than My Morning Jacket and Interpol, most stuff that people hype up seems to fall short in my ears. Kings of Leon had one great album, Black Mountain are nothing special.
Maybe that's the problem...people keep hyping up these bands and I do listen to them, but then they fall short. Its almost like there is TOO much out there sometimes, and too much of it people are trying to suggest is "brilliant".
What I'm trying to do is buy less music and just make sure its great. rather than just buy every album that I hear is great.
I think the problem is that there are very few bands with hope of longevity. Most recent bands I love may have one amazing album but then ya buy another one and it's pretty limp. Which is why I suggested the sigur ros white album cos I have takk and another one and they're nothing in comparison.
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Maybe it's just me but I'd rather focus less on buying numerous cds recommended by others, than on going to, and experiencing, live shows.
Work your scene locally and I think you'll be surprised that there are people/bands in your own neighborhood that rawk out.
I also think that taking on too much doesn't allow for the proper focus needed for the stuff that really counts to you most.
Me, I stay semi focused with "my bands" and I only look for 1-2 new bands a year that might be worthwhile to spend the extra time/money on. Some of these new fave bands drop out of the picture over time but most that I start out liking I end up loving, years down the road. MMJ would be a good example of this happening...I have nothing but hi expectations for all future releases from this band and still don't own every cd they have put out...so I've left room to discover their stuff that I don't own.
Thanks for the suggestions...but I honestly already own all that stuff. My Morning Jacket are amazing and one of my favourite bands..not much can measure up to them. Sigur Ros..check...Kings of Leon..check....Interpol...check...Black Mountain...check..I own all this stuff. I do branch out with my musical tastes and selections.
The difference is that other than My Morning Jacket and Interpol, most stuff that people hype up seems to fall short in my ears. Kings of Leon had one great album, Black Mountain are nothing special.
Maybe that's the problem...people keep hyping up these bands and I do listen to them, but then they fall short. Its almost like there is TOO much out there sometimes, and too much of it people are trying to suggest is "brilliant".
What I'm trying to do is buy less music and just make sure its great. rather than just buy every album that I hear is great.
Well, I think you have to realize everyone's standards are different. How am I supposed to know what kind of music you would like? You asked for suggestions, so I gave you a list of albums, each of which I think is great. At the end of the day, all we can do is tell you who we like, and then you can decide for yourself. There's no formula for this shit. I just suggest checking out various podcasts. It's a great way to discover new bands.
--"I'm like an opening band for the sun"
--"We’re taking pills to get along with life… the pills are YIELD and PJ’s music. Then we create words to call our own = our analysis of YIELD." - YIH
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
The National - Boxer
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara
Okkervil River - Stage Names
Hayden - In Field and Town
Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
the New Pornographers - Challengers
.....some of the best lesser known albums to come out in the past few years IMO
.....than there are the more obvious ones like Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Wilco, Radiohead, Modest Mouse etc etc etc
In my world everyone is a pony,
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
Hey everyone...I haven't bought any new music for a while..i've only bought one album this year so far. Everything seems so lackluster...i'm not sure if its just me, or what...I have thousands of albums, and i'm a hardcore music fan...but the last 6 months to a year have me seriously wondering where the quality is...other than In Rainbows most releases seem somewhat boring and run of the mill. Even bands I've always liked seem to be falling into that territory in the last little while. Mainstream rock is obviously beyond hope..its overdone and generic now. Or else there's just indie bands who try really hard to be pretentious and edgy but don't offer anything really exciting or refreshing anyways. Hip Hop artists are more interested in starting clothing lines than making good albums.
Can anyone please please recommend something fresh, exciting and authentic to listen to? Something that really gets your blood flowing..something that gives you chills...is that stuff even out there anymore? I want the feeling I had when I heard Pearl Jam for the first time..or got into Radiohead...or stayed up all night listening to Massive Attack. I'm open to any genre..any style..it just has to excite my musical tastebuds again.
Thanks in advance.
It's not just you. I'll give you a few bands that actually excite me and have members under the age of 30.
The Redwalls
The Polyphonic Spree
Earl Greyhound
The Hymns
one foot in the door
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
It's not just you. I'll give you a few bands that actually excite me and have members under the age of 30.
The Redwalls
The Polyphonic Spree
Earl Greyhound
The Hymns
I just recently got into Earl Greyhound. Pretty good band. I've heard excellent things about the new Hymns album, but I haven't heard anything off it yet.
--"I'm like an opening band for the sun"
--"We’re taking pills to get along with life… the pills are YIELD and PJ’s music. Then we create words to call our own = our analysis of YIELD." - YIH
I just recently got into Earl Greyhound. Pretty good band. I've heard excellent things about the new Hymns album, but I haven't heard anything off it yet.
Yeah, Earl Greyhound to me is like Fleetwood Mac on steroids. Check it out below, I love how they are just hammering the crowd and the crowd just seems kind of stupified like they don't know what hit them. I haven't heard the new Hymns album yet, I think it's coming out any day now or may have just been released but Brother/Sister is very good.
I have really enjoyed Idlewild since I saw them with PJ in 2003. I have 100 Broken Windows (my favorite), Make Another World, and their rarities, A Distant History. They all are really great.
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Admittedly, they're not really new bands, but dammit if they don't make classic record after classic record.
In my opinion nothing particularly original has appeared in the 00s. We've been merely repeating the past. Maybe originality is out the window. Most new rock bands seem to be borrowing heavily from the 60s scene (garage rock will definitely be making a comeback over the next couple of years), and all electric music is pretty much an 80s rip off.
While advancements in production technology etc. helped advance the music industry up til now, there isn't a whole lot more space the industry can expand into. Well, unless bands want 20573406740676 different tracks on a song...
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
yeah that hits the nail on the head...people want to take credit for breaking a band...essentially everyone with internet access has become a "critic"
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Work your scene locally and I think you'll be surprised that there are people/bands in your own neighborhood that rawk out.
I also think that taking on too much doesn't allow for the proper focus needed for the stuff that really counts to you most.
Me, I stay semi focused with "my bands" and I only look for 1-2 new bands a year that might be worthwhile to spend the extra time/money on. Some of these new fave bands drop out of the picture over time but most that I start out liking I end up loving, years down the road. MMJ would be a good example of this happening...I have nothing but hi expectations for all future releases from this band and still don't own every cd they have put out...so I've left room to discover their stuff that I don't own.
Well, I think you have to realize everyone's standards are different. How am I supposed to know what kind of music you would like? You asked for suggestions, so I gave you a list of albums, each of which I think is great. At the end of the day, all we can do is tell you who we like, and then you can decide for yourself. There's no formula for this shit. I just suggest checking out various podcasts. It's a great way to discover new bands.
--"We’re taking pills to get along with life… the pills are YIELD and PJ’s music. Then we create words to call our own = our analysis of YIELD." - YIH
The National - Boxer
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara
Okkervil River - Stage Names
Hayden - In Field and Town
Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
the New Pornographers - Challengers
.....some of the best lesser known albums to come out in the past few years IMO
.....than there are the more obvious ones like Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Wilco, Radiohead, Modest Mouse etc etc etc
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
It's not just you. I'll give you a few bands that actually excite me and have members under the age of 30.
The Redwalls
The Polyphonic Spree
Earl Greyhound
The Hymns
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
I just recently got into Earl Greyhound. Pretty good band. I've heard excellent things about the new Hymns album, but I haven't heard anything off it yet.
--"We’re taking pills to get along with life… the pills are YIELD and PJ’s music. Then we create words to call our own = our analysis of YIELD." - YIH
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Cage the Elephant
Both of which are playing Barfly next Friday, and I'm hopefully getting free tickets! HUZZAH
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
Yeah, Earl Greyhound to me is like Fleetwood Mac on steroids. Check it out below, I love how they are just hammering the crowd and the crowd just seems kind of stupified like they don't know what hit them. I haven't heard the new Hymns album yet, I think it's coming out any day now or may have just been released but Brother/Sister is very good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdmdwooNFdM
the other foot in the gutter
sweet smell that they adore
I think I'd rather smother
-The Replacements-
This is a great album.
I have really enjoyed Idlewild since I saw them with PJ in 2003. I have 100 Broken Windows (my favorite), Make Another World, and their rarities, A Distant History. They all are really great.