Name the BEST 5 bands out there today

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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Pearl Jam
    Damien Rice
    Robert Plant (anything he touches)
    The Fratellis
    Manic Street Preachers
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Roeghmann
    Roeghmann Posts: 969
    Pearl Jam
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Niel Young and Crazy Horse
    Radiohead
    The Gutter Twins/The Twilight Singers - Greg Dulli´s the man

    The top 2 have been the same for years the rest is often flavour of the day
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh see the world.
  • drlovemonkey
    drlovemonkey Posts: 394
    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Local H
    3. The Black Keys
    4. Foo Fighters
    5. Seether (I know this won't be popular on this board but what can I say - I like em)
  • smithnic
    smithnic Posts: 1,565
    Pearl Jam
    Radiohead
    Wilco
    Arcade Fire
    The National
    Go Get 'Em Tigers!
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    Thanks everyone for your lists. I've been listening to some great music I've never heard before since starting this thread.
    severed hand thirteen
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
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    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Not your favorite bands...but the best.

    I know everyone will base their picks off of different things. I'm basing mine simply by quality of recent studio recordings and excitement of live shows.

    Here are my top 5:

    1- Radiohead (every album is amazing, bootlegs are intense)
    2- Pearl Jam (my favorite but imo #2)
    3- Arcade Fire (i think neon bible was the best album of last year and their live shows are wonderful- trying to watch everything that is happening is impossible)
    4- Mars Volta (unbelievably talented- in the studio and on tour. their shows make you trip with no drugs involved)
    5- White Stripes (i know only two members and one plays very basic drums but you have to admit they are charasmatic onstage)

    this is interesting because i can see people bashing my list like crazy.

    whats your top 5?

    Over three years later and I am updating my list:

    1- Radiohead
    2- Pearl Jam
    3- My Morning Jacket
    4- Fleet Foxes
    5- Arcade Fire

    Would love to see others who have posted here in the past to update their list too. And of course new lists from new people.
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • EZ1221C
    EZ1221C Posts: 2,645
    edited June 2011
    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
    Post edited by EZ1221C on
    PLAY THE SOUTH
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    1. Pearl Jam
    2. The Killers
    3. The Raconteurs
    4. Foo Fighters
    5. U2
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    EZ1221C wrote:
    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 :D).
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,081
    In the name of Other Music:

    Deerhunter/Atlas Sound
    Black Mountain and all side projects
    BRMC
    The Walkmen
    Reigning Sound
  • Yefa
    Yefa Posts: 1,134
    Neil Young
    Drive-By Truckers
    Pearl Jam
    Opeth
    The National

    Honorable Mentions: Widespread Panic, Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Centro-matic
    You see me empty, Sir, do not pause and inquire, simply assume and refill.
    - Al Swearengen

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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    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.
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Other than PJ.

    My morning jacket
    Black keys
    KOL
    U2
    Radiohead
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    mookeywrench wrote:
    In the name of Other Music:

    Deerhunter/Atlas Sound

    So so so much talent here. I saw Deerhunter last year and they were great.
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,392
    other than PJ:

    1. Foo Fighters
    2. Arcade Fire
    3. My Morning Jacket
    4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    5. Kasabian
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    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
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • mdigenakis
    mdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    1. PJ
    2. Radiohead
    3. Flaming Lips
    4. Queens of the Stone Age
    5. Interpol

    I really miss the Afghan Whigs and Nine Inch Nails.
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • bburpee
    bburpee Posts: 194
    (In no particular order)

    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.
  • Deadman
    Deadman Posts: 795
    Pearl Jam
    The Mars Volta
    System of a Down
    Mastodon
    Queens of the Stone Age
  • Roeghmann
    Roeghmann Posts: 969
    Pearl Jam
    Arcade Fire
    Queens of the Stone Age
    The National
    Kashmir (Danish act)
    Run away my son. See it all. Oh see the world.
  • EZ1221C
    EZ1221C Posts: 2,645
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    EZ1221C wrote:
    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 :D).
    They are scary good. I would love to see them live.
    PLAY THE SOUTH

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