Name the BEST 5 bands out there today

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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Pearl Jam
    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
    The White Stripes
    The Arcade Fire
    The Black Crowes

    HM:
    Back Door Slam
    Metric
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    How has nobody mentioned MUSE yet?! I just finished watching their live from Wembley stadium dvd a while ago, unquestionably one of the best live acts on the planet right now.

    So my list goes, in no particular order:

    Muse
    Pearl Jam
    Chris Cornell (for the recent live shows)
    NIN
    Kings Of Leon

    I'm patiently awaiting Our Lady Peace's return, apparently the new album sounds similar to Naveed, which sounds very promising indeed. Foo Fighters would also definitely be in my top ten, they're at their absolute peak right now.
  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
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  • Azwethinkweiz
    Azwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    Incubus
    Dredg
    Pearl Jam
    Deftones
    Isis
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    Can You Say Octopus? wrote:
    1. Radiohead...i hate being a follower...their albums are phenominal. It is impossible to classify them and they incorporate so much variety and subtleties into their sound.

    2. Pearl Jam...I think the first half of avocado was classic! Still the most kick ass rock show out there.

    3. Wilco...Great albums and even better live.

    4. Any band Jack White is in...Unbelievably creative and talented.

    5. Arcade Fire...I know they get panned for being popular choice of the moment, but they are original, talented musicians. They are two albums into their career and already rival most established acts with their live show.



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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Pearl Jam
    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
    Radiohead
    R.E.M.
    My Morning Jacket
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    1) Drive-by Truckers...head and shoulders above everybody else.
    2) Jason Isbel and the 400 Unit
    3) Neil Young
    4) Warm in the Wake
    5) Pearl Jam
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Pearl Jam
    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
    The White Stripes
    The Arcade Fire
    The Black Crowes

    HM:
    Back Door Slam
    Metric
    I never thought I'd see the day that BDS would be mentioned in the same post as PJ and Bruce :D

    weird.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I never thought I'd see the day that BDS would be mentioned in the same post as PJ and Bruce :D

    weird.
    It seems we always end up talking when I mention BDS.

    I saw them live last month and had the oppritunity to hang out with the guys all day before the show.

    Great songs, Great guitar playing, and Great GUYS!
    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
  • muppet
    muppet Posts: 980
    I'm going to go with since 2000, so no Pearl Jam...

    The Hold Steady - just brilliant music. Makes me proud to be young, as weird as that sounds.

    The National - absoutely beautiful music, with a singer that has a hypnotic voice. And the drummer is amazing.

    Nine Inch Nails - I thought that With Teeth and Year Zero were fantastic records. I'm not a fan of Ghosts (not my thing) but I really admire the stuff he's doing, especially with Saul Williams (best lyric writer of the moment)

    Bruce Springsteen - to go from a full blown rock record, to a disturbing somber folk album, then to a Seeger tribute album then back to rock in the space of 6 years is pretty impressive. Unmatched live, and I'd put "The Rising" as my favourite Springsteen record (blashphemous to some I know)

    The Killers - what can I say, I love this band. I loved Sams Town and don't understand the hate that the record gets.

    Whereas I think that every Pearl Jam record in the 90s was absoutely fantastic, I think their recent efforts in the 21st century are lacksture. If it weren't for their amazing live shows then I don't think I'd still be listening to them.
  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    Pearl Jam
    Wilco
    R.E.M.
    The Flaming Lips
    The Arcade Fire

    I went strictly with the "band" element. While there are other "artists" that I like more (Ryan Adams, Neko Case, Lucinda Williams, etc.), these are the bands that I would pay the most money to see right now.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    keeponrockin wrote:
    It seems we always end up talking when I mention BDS.

    I saw them live last month and had the oppritunity to hang out with the guys all day before the show.

    Great songs, Great guitar playing, and Great GUYS!
    I remember a guy who I used to be good friends with until I moved away played saxophone on one of their recordings. I don't know if his work or the song itself were ever used but he was pretty friendly with Davy Knowles. Said he's a cool guy.

    I genuinely don't think I'll ever forget seeing him playing at a Tsunami Benefit in early 2005 in the Isle of Man. I'd probably never want to hear an album of it but live he blew me away. Hearing him in a tiny little pub made it all the more cool :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    facepollution wrote:
    How has nobody mentioned MUSE yet?! I just finished watching their live from Wembley stadium dvd a while ago, unquestionably one of the best live acts on the planet right now.
    Um... I'd question it. :o
    Paul
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    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    fowls wrote:
    Um... I'd question it. :o

    Seconded.

    Lights and sounds and balloons does not constitute 'good live act'.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Muse are intensely laboured and bland. All the attempts in the world at being "weird" (which they aren't) won't change the fact that the vast majority of the songs sound the same, a description I normally detest but quite relevant for muse.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    double post.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Seconded.

    Lights and sounds and balloons does not constitute 'good live act'.

    Screw the lights and balloons, these guys are stella musicians and have a sack load of decent songs to go with it.

    Exhibit A: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OZR_UkJV-wE

    the bass line alone is fucking awesome!
  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Pearl Jam
    Wintersleep
    Kings of Leon
    The Audreys
    Arcade Fire

    I'm not sure what you mean by 'best' and not 'favourite'.
    It's difficult to be objective about it. At least it is for me.
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Muse are intensely laboured and bland. All the attempts in the world at being "weird" (which they aren't) won't change the fact that the vast majority of the songs sound the same, a description I normally detest but quite relevant for muse.

    The claim that the "vast majority of songs sound the same" is utterly ridiculous, Supermassive Black Hole sounds nothing like Hysteria, which sounds nothing like Plug in Baby, which sounds nothing like Apocalypse please etc etc. I expected a better argument than that from you!!!! Why do people have such a problem with saying, it just doesn't float my boat?!
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    Whoah whoah whoah! I didn't mean to start an argument here! Just meant that people shouldn't say a band is "Unquestionably" great live (or unquestionably anything else for that matter) when other people have obviously questioned their live show. It's selling opinion as fact, and that's bad bad bad!
    Paul
    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen

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