1) Arcade Fire- only 3 records made and all are great. can't really say that about any other bands for me
2) Broken Social Scene - again have not made a bad record yet
3) The black Keys - have not liked all their records but most are really good
4) Mumford and Sons - not 1 song i dislike from them
5) The Decemberists - each record is growing on me
i am trying to look at band s that i feel have made great or really good records out in the past 2 years and not look at past records and their legacy. thats why you won't see Pearl jam, U2, radio head.
1. Foo Fighters
2. Arcade Fire
3. My Morning Jacket
4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
5. Kasabian
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1. Pearl Jam
2. Nine Inch Nails (their time off means nothing to me)
3. Radiohead
4. Untitled Jack White Project
5. Muse
I would include Rage Against the Machine if they ever made new music, just on the strength of their live show, but screw 'em. I love Soundgarden, but Chris needs to prove he's back to writing good songs before I can include them in any lists. Foo Fighters also god some consideration for their excellent live shows, but the albums are hit and miss... and for all the haters of the latest Muse album, they're wrong. Amazing band.
Is it too much to ask for a full-blown Temple of the Dog set? Probably.
1. Pearl Jam
2. Arcade Fire
3. My Morning Jacket
4. The National
5. RHCP/ Band of Horses
5 is dependent on the new album RHCP album
Love to see some love for The National. They just missed my list. Last year I saw them 3 times- once from second row at a secret show (and they played High Violet in its entirty weeks before it was released ).
They are scary good. I would love to see them live.
1. My Morning Jacket
2. Wilco
3. Arcade Fire
4. Twin Shadow
5. Bright Eyes
that's my opinion....and probably among my 5 favorites at the moment...not sure how i can't let my opinion get in the way of an objective ranking of the best. but that's my list.
1) Radiohead
2) PJ
3) Arcade Fire
4) Wilco
5) MMJ/the National (tie)
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Well, I still think that Pearl Jam is the best band out there today. In recent years there are not many bands whose live shows are better than their studio albums on a consistent basis, and that says something. And I like their recent efforts - I quite like Backspacer, for example.
But you know, rather than reel off my standard list of all-time favorites - Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Bruce Springsteen, all of whom are still out there making music, I'm gonna change it up a bit and post a list of 5 NEWER bands I really love. For me, that is a lot more interesting than reading about a bunch of bands whose members are all in their 40's and 50's and who all have, like 9 or 10 albums out that you'd have to be living under a rock not to have heard.
My top 5 bands who came into prominence during the 2000's:
1. Avenged Sevenfold - love a band who refuses to be pigeonholed into a single genre - these guys, all of whom are still about age 30 or younger have written and performed great songs that could be categorized as metal, hard rock and even country(-ish). Their lead guitarist, Synyster Gates, has the potential to be the best guitarist of his generation, IMO - this young man can seriously shred!
2. My Morning Jacket - on a lot of other lists in this thread, so I don't think there is any need to explain this one. Solid band with lots of talent and a unique creative flare.
3. The Decemberists - because quirky is good.
4. Shinedown - like A7X, another band you would normally heard on Sirius's Octane channel. As hard rock goes, these guys are pretty doggone good.
5. Bullet For My Valentine - pretty much the same comment as for Shinedown. Solid hard rock/metal that's a good fit for Octane.
Runners up: The Shins - LOVE their music, but lately they can't seem to focus and make records. Seems like every time I read about them it's about side projects, etc. Kings of Leon - these guys are good. I especially loved them when they were first starting out and were so fresh sounding, having spent most of their lives sheltered from rock by their religious upbringing. My only fear about this band is that, as they move forward, what was once fresh will begin to sound really mainstream alt rock. Which for me, would be the kiss of death. 30 Seconds to Mars - these guys don't make music videos. They make movies with musical accompaniment. At least that's the way it seems sometimes. Immensely talented, if a bit...erm...full of themselves. Alter Bridge - I was never a Creed fan, because I always viewed them as Pearl Jam wannbes. But this band takes the solid musicians from Creed...and pairs them with a really good singer. Ah!!!! That's more like it! Apocalyptica - LOVE some of their collaborative efforts..once I got past the idea of 'cello metal'. The Birthday Massacre - best industrial goth band there is, IMO. Awesome singer who really softens up the otherwise harsh industrial sound.
Arcade Fire
Ryan Adams
Wilco
Jack White (anything)
Broken Social Scene
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
So many great bands listed her so far but didn't see anyone mention INTERPOL!! Even if you were let down by the last album or 2 (not me personally)...they are amazingly underated.
"If you want a friend, feed any animal." - JA
"Don't let it get you down, you know, still give your love, just give it away...I love singin' that part." - EV
So many great bands listed her so far but didn't see anyone mention INTERPOL!! Even if you were let down by the last album or 2 (not me personally)...they are amazingly underated.
They are a great band of course.
Some of these aren't really "bands". Oh well.
Pinback
Pearl Jam
Decemberists
Iron and Wine
Nickleback
PJ of course, so I won't even include them in the 5...
1. Tool. Even though their albums are few and far between they are still very near the top of my list.
2. Eels. These guys have gotten me through the rough times almost as much as PJ has.
3. Band of Horses. Probably my favorite of the "new" bands out there.
4. Queens of the Stone Age. I just started listening to these guys a year or two ago.
5. Foo Fighters. Wasting Light is one of the best albums to come out in a long time. Actually, since Them Crooked Vultures' album.
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1 -- THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
2 -- PEARL JAM
3, 4 or 5 (non order) -- MARK LANEGAN, CHRIS CORNELL, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
i see no one has included the Smashing Pumpkins, don't forget them!!!
I think no one mentioned Smashing Pumpkins because the topic said best bands TODAY :P
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5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
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9/7/24- Philly, PA
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Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Pearl Jam
JJ Grey and Mofro
Ben Harper and the Relentless 7
My Morning Jacket
Band of Horses
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For me:
- Arcade Fire
- Radiohead
- Opeth
- Porcupine tree
- Florence + the machine
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Nine Inch Nails
Alice in Chains
Faith No More
I can think of heaps more that should be there but that's 5!
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Drive-By Truckers
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Honorable Mentions: Widespread Panic, Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Centro-matic
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2) Broken Social Scene - again have not made a bad record yet
3) The black Keys - have not liked all their records but most are really good
4) Mumford and Sons - not 1 song i dislike from them
5) The Decemberists - each record is growing on me
i am trying to look at band s that i feel have made great or really good records out in the past 2 years and not look at past records and their legacy. thats why you won't see Pearl jam, U2, radio head.
My morning jacket
Black keys
KOL
U2
Radiohead
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So so so much talent here. I saw Deerhunter last year and they were great.
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1. Foo Fighters
2. Arcade Fire
3. My Morning Jacket
4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
5. Kasabian
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
2. Radiohead
3. Flaming Lips
4. Queens of the Stone Age
5. Interpol
I really miss the Afghan Whigs and Nine Inch Nails.
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1. Pearl Jam
2. Nine Inch Nails (their time off means nothing to me)
3. Radiohead
4. Untitled Jack White Project
5. Muse
I would include Rage Against the Machine if they ever made new music, just on the strength of their live show, but screw 'em. I love Soundgarden, but Chris needs to prove he's back to writing good songs before I can include them in any lists. Foo Fighters also god some consideration for their excellent live shows, but the albums are hit and miss... and for all the haters of the latest Muse album, they're wrong. Amazing band.
The Mars Volta
System of a Down
Mastodon
Queens of the Stone Age
Arcade Fire
Queens of the Stone Age
The National
Kashmir (Danish act)
2. Wilco
3. Arcade Fire
4. Twin Shadow
5. Bright Eyes
that's my opinion....and probably among my 5 favorites at the moment...not sure how i can't let my opinion get in the way of an objective ranking of the best. but that's my list.
2) PJ
3) Arcade Fire
4) Wilco
5) MMJ/the National (tie)
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But you know, rather than reel off my standard list of all-time favorites - Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Bruce Springsteen, all of whom are still out there making music, I'm gonna change it up a bit and post a list of 5 NEWER bands I really love. For me, that is a lot more interesting than reading about a bunch of bands whose members are all in their 40's and 50's and who all have, like 9 or 10 albums out that you'd have to be living under a rock not to have heard.
My top 5 bands who came into prominence during the 2000's:
1. Avenged Sevenfold - love a band who refuses to be pigeonholed into a single genre - these guys, all of whom are still about age 30 or younger have written and performed great songs that could be categorized as metal, hard rock and even country(-ish). Their lead guitarist, Synyster Gates, has the potential to be the best guitarist of his generation, IMO - this young man can seriously shred!
2. My Morning Jacket - on a lot of other lists in this thread, so I don't think there is any need to explain this one. Solid band with lots of talent and a unique creative flare.
3. The Decemberists - because quirky is good.
4. Shinedown - like A7X, another band you would normally heard on Sirius's Octane channel. As hard rock goes, these guys are pretty doggone good.
5. Bullet For My Valentine - pretty much the same comment as for Shinedown. Solid hard rock/metal that's a good fit for Octane.
Runners up:
The Shins - LOVE their music, but lately they can't seem to focus and make records. Seems like every time I read about them it's about side projects, etc.
Kings of Leon - these guys are good. I especially loved them when they were first starting out and were so fresh sounding, having spent most of their lives sheltered from rock by their religious upbringing. My only fear about this band is that, as they move forward, what was once fresh will begin to sound really mainstream alt rock. Which for me, would be the kiss of death.
30 Seconds to Mars - these guys don't make music videos. They make movies with musical accompaniment. At least that's the way it seems sometimes. Immensely talented, if a bit...erm...full of themselves.
Alter Bridge - I was never a Creed fan, because I always viewed them as Pearl Jam wannbes. But this band takes the solid musicians from Creed...and pairs them with a really good singer. Ah!!!! That's more like it!
Apocalyptica - LOVE some of their collaborative efforts..once I got past the idea of 'cello metal'.
The Birthday Massacre - best industrial goth band there is, IMO. Awesome singer who really softens up the otherwise harsh industrial sound.
Ryan Adams
Wilco
Jack White (anything)
Broken Social Scene
"Don't let it get you down, you know, still give your love, just give it away...I love singin' that part." - EV
They are a great band of course.
Some of these aren't really "bands". Oh well.
Pinback
Pearl Jam
Decemberists
Iron and Wine
Nickleback
1. Tool. Even though their albums are few and far between they are still very near the top of my list.
2. Eels. These guys have gotten me through the rough times almost as much as PJ has.
3. Band of Horses. Probably my favorite of the "new" bands out there.
4. Queens of the Stone Age. I just started listening to these guys a year or two ago.
5. Foo Fighters. Wasting Light is one of the best albums to come out in a long time. Actually, since Them Crooked Vultures' album.
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The Cure
AIC
R.E.M
U2
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
U2 is a great choice Dimitris.
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2 -- PEARL JAM
3, 4 or 5 (non order) -- MARK LANEGAN, CHRIS CORNELL, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
i see no one has included the Smashing Pumpkins, don't forget them!!!
I think no one mentioned Smashing Pumpkins because the topic said best bands TODAY
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
-Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
-Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
-Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
-Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24
The Black keys
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
Alice In Chains
Tool
-Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
-Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
-Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
-Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24
The Black keys
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
Alice In Chains
Tool
-Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
-Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
-Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
-Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24
-Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
-Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
-Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
-Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24
JJ Grey and Mofro
Ben Harper and the Relentless 7
My Morning Jacket
Band of Horses
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1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
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The Black Keys
My Morning Jacket
Foo Fighters
The National
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For me:
- Arcade Fire
- Radiohead
- Opeth
- Porcupine tree
- Florence + the machine
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Mexico City - July 19th 2003
Monterrey - December 7th 2005
Mexico City - December 9th 2005
Mexico City - December 10th 2005
Mexico City - November 24th 2011
Faith no more
R.E.M.
KOL
Soundgarden
AIC
The Cure
Nine Inch Nails
Alice in Chains
Faith No More
I can think of heaps more that should be there but that's 5!
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