Members trollin' Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I keep hearing "the album is dead, everone buys singles now". I think most rock fans still buy albums just like they have since the mid to late 60's. The teenyboppers have always been partial to singles, going back to the days of the 45. It makes sense since there's usually only a couple of good songs on many given pop, r+b or hip hop albums. It just happens that these teenagers make up the majority of the record buying public, while all the older folks think no good music has been released in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Brian Wilson - SMILE YES!!! +1000 Also: Tenacious D Felsen - Accidental Drowning (you can listen here) Chickenfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I've been hearing great things about Arcade Fire...but I've never listened to them. I headed over to Youtube to pick out a song for you to listen to, but it's hard, because they're really not a singles band and their tracks vary quite a bit. So, here are two pretty different examples! 1-wEBmLht5g ZO7ZWfvCjBE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Wow, I must be turning into my father. I don't see a single album listed that we'll be talking about in 20 or 30 years saying how great that music was. Johnny Cash's sessions with Rick Rubin? I mentioned IV as my favorite--HAP mentioned them too. You're overreacting. We'll be talking about those in 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bdegrande Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Wow, I must be turning into my father. I don't see a single album listed that we'll be talking about in 20 or 30 years saying how great that music was. Wrong, we just don't know which ones they are yet. The albums that we remember fondly from the sixties and seventies were not the ones that topped the charts and got all the radio airplay - that was The Captain and Tennille and such. We have no idea which bands that are starting out in this decade that will be thought of as major stars 20 years from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tidal Rhythm Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 My single favorite album of the past decade was The Devil You Know by Todd Snider. The world is made up of two types of people - those who love this album, and those who have never heard this album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bdegrande Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'll cop to the same problem with a lot of alt-rock and indie, though it's not a blanket hate. I just dislike hipster irony, emo navel-gazing, and pseudo-literary pretentiousness of the sort that leads bands to do things like adopt four-word names with punctuation in the middle of them. There are some pockets of good stuff in there that don't suffer from those flaws, though, so I won't dismiss the entire genre. Fair enough, but there are plenty of newer bands that sound very much like classic rock bands - Built To Spill, Jet, Franz Ferdinand, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'll cop to the same problem with a lot of alt-rock and indie, though it's not a blanket hate. I just dislike hipster irony, emo navel-gazing, and pseudo-literary pretentiousness of the sort that leads bands to do things like adopt four-word names with punctuation in the middle of them. There are some pockets of good stuff in there that don't suffer from those flaws, though, so I won't dismiss the entire genre. I can't help but feel that comment was directed towards Godspeed You! Black Emperor, who is neither alt nor indie. It's a genre technically referred to as "post rock," but it's stylistically most like a modernized classical. I actually dig them for their astounding compositional skills, which is something you don't really see much these days. I'd link you a song, but they're usually half hour-long movements, so that won't fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members golias Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Based on what I've heard, I'd describe Arcade Fire as "a poor man's Roger Waters." Not that that's a bad thing, exactly. I'm just saying I personally wouldn't go out and buy their records until I ran out of old Waters albums to pick up, and wanted a little more of the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 211dave112 Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 no order.... the horrors - primary colours kings of leon - aha shake heartbreak (although i love all 4 albums) mystery jets - making dens queens of the stone age - songs for the deaf (maybe era vulgaris as well) the cribs - mens needs, womens needs, whatever the strokes - is this it? and room on fire the maccabees - wall of arms the streets - original pirate material albert hammond jr. - yours to keep arcade fire - funeral bombay bicycle club - i had the blues but i shook them loose daft punk - discovery there's loads more but a quick browse of my spotify playlists threw those ones up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CanIBDom Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I can't help but feel that comment was directed towards Godspeed You! Black Emperor, who is neither alt nor indie. It's a genre technically referred to as "post rock," but it's stylistically most like a modernized classical. I actually dig them for their astounding compositional skills, which is something you don't really see much these days. I'd link you a song, but they're usually half hour-long movements, so that won't fly. Unless he meant Panic! At The Disco, but I doubt they're going to be on too many Best of the Decade lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rock-lobster Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Everyone has their own preferences. I'm surprised you care what mine are. i don't, particularly, i was just making conversation. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 32-20-Blues Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm pretty sure we'll be talking about these albums in 20 or 30 years. Do you own any of these and can make an argument against them? Amy Winehouse - Back to Black Beck - Sea Change Bob Dylan - Love and TheftThe Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Green Day - American Idiot John Mayer - Continuum The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers Ray LaMontagne - Trouble Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker The Shins - Oh, Inverted World The Strokes - Is This It? Tool - Lateralus The White Stripes - Elephant The White Stripes - White Blood Cells I own this album, and love it. I'll play Devil's advocate, though Bob Dylan is a gifted songwriter. However, his later output has been marked by a reliance on traditional blues forms that some could describe as lazy. Essentially, he uses the 12 bar pattern to much. This is evident throughout Modern Times, Love and Theft, Time out of Mind and Together through Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saint Frank Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 1. Chris Stamey - Travels In The South 2. Everything I've heard by Cross Canadian ragweed so far. 3. Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and weather 4. Green Day - American Idiot 5. Jamie Cullum - twentysomething 6. Bowling For Soup - A Hangover You Don't Deserve 7. Hoobastank - The Reason 8. Eastmountainsouth 9. the Donnas - Spend The Night 10. Incubus - Morning View 11. Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues I've actually been listening to some newer artists' older stuff (late 90s) so really haven't heard a lot of artists' newer output. Some stuff (whole albums) I heard that was...meh: Panic! at The Disco Evanescence Fall Out Boy Avril Lavign Norah Jones Jet (I've gone back and forth with these guys. Some days I like them some days not so much) Pete Yorn Escape The Fate New Pornographers All American Rejects Bob Mould (This pains me as Bob's 90s output is amongst my favorite ever) Old 97s (Try as I might, I just don't get these guys) Wilco (Another band I really wanted to get but don't) Camper Van Beethoven Audioslave (again, back and forth) Chevelle Butterfly Jones (dada+1. Really wanted to like them but...) Good Charlotte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thick_mike Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 I'm pretty sure we'll be talking about these albums in 20 or 30 years. Do you own any of these and can make an argument against them?Amy Winehouse - Back to BlackBeck - Sea ChangeBob Dylan - Love and TheftThe Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink RobotsGreen Day - American IdiotJohn Mayer - ContinuumThe Raconteurs - Broken Boy SoldiersRay LaMontagne - TroubleRyan Adams - HeartbreakerThe Shins - Oh, Inverted WorldThe Strokes - Is This It?Tool - LateralusThe White Stripes - ElephantThe White Stripes - White Blood Cells Of those, Sea Change is just about my favourite. It's COMPLETELY different to Beck's other albums and stands alone as his best work ever. I'd add: Guero - BeckWhatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic MonkeysFavourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic MonkeysOriginal Pirate Material - The StreetsA Grand Don't Come for Free - The StreetsDe Stijl - The White StripesWhite Blood Cells - The White Stripes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CanIBDom Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Lots of love for The Donnas in this thread. I listened to that cd a ton when it came out and I just dug it out to play in the car this week. Thanks HCEG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thick_mike Posted January 4, 2010 Members Share Posted January 4, 2010 Another three I haven't seen mentioned: Vespertine - Bjork Take Them On, On Your Own - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Heroes to Zeros - The Beta Band Each one has a totally outstanding track Heirloom - Bjork In Like The Rose - BRMC Lion Thief - The Beta Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mac_C Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 Heather Anne Peel FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeatherAnnePeel Posted January 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 i don't, particularly, i was just making conversation. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rex Machete Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 I'm glad so many people have so much praise for The Strokes, The White Stripes, and (to some extent) The Hives. They were the bands that introduced me to real music. Before them the only music I heard was from my parents' incredibly tame CD collection and whatever was on MTV. These bands were completely different from just about anything I heard before, and I probably wouldn't be playing guitar today if I hadn't discovered them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rock-lobster Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 There is a strong lack of Umphrey's McGee. This disturbs me. [YOUTUBE]cLeS2zd-4Pk[/YOUTUBE] GcwlDC6wLJo Az0T8evwAI8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 Johnny Cash's sessions with Rick Rubin? I mentioned IV as my favorite--HAP mentioned them too. You're overreacting. We'll be talking about those in 50 years. Overreacting? Come on now. This is an internet forum. Let's stir it up a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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