The Best Music of Today... [Archive]

Hondo333

03-14-05, 02:57 AM

People say that the music of today is not as good as the music of other decades... Now i would despute that and say that there may not be as much good music around today, but what is comming out it just as good as what has come out... So who are some of your favorite bands around today, producing new and exciting material???

P.S, No answers like "Lynrd Skynrd are my favorite band around today" 'coz while Yes they may still be tour and producing new stuff... they are hardly at their peak...

Hondo333

03-14-05, 03:24 AM

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Opeth

Swedish progressive heavy metal band, Producing some of the most well constructed and founded rock of all time. Their sound ranges from thrashing guitars, speed fulled drumming and dark growling vocals, to some of the most captivating harmonical vocals you will ever hear, often seemlessly weaving the two (and many more) sounds together. If you don't mind VERY heavy music i suggest the album Your Arms, My Hearse, however if you want a great totally mellow album listen to Damnation.

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ISIS

Great slow atmospherical Stoner/Metalcore from Boston. Althought alot of it is very heavy it also is able to create a chilled out feeling. The way their music is so capibal of changeing the way your feeling is quite simple amazing, Listening to the album Oceanic littraly makes you feel like your in the middle of the sea... Some brilliant stuff.

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Atmosphere

You may have heard of them, Some brilliant intellegent and emotional hip hop from Cinci. Turning rap away from Drugs, Bitchas and Shootin Niggaz and making it about much more. MC Slug is not only a brillant rhymer but has found a way of expressing his frustration at the world we live in into something intelligent.

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Xavier Rudd

The most original and catchy stuff to come out of this new wave of Blues/Reggee (Jack Johnson, John Butler, Ben Harper), This one man band from Northen NSW (Australia) is pretty damned cool. He is touring the US at the moment and anyone who has the chance should check him out...

Maybe some more later...

SpoOkY

03-14-05, 07:47 AM

The music of today is just limited in....well it's limitations. In the past there were bands like The Beatles, Rolling Stones and even Elvis who excited young people and developed universal following with their boundary pushing antics (for that particular time in history).

There's just a lot less of that now; during the 60's, 70's and 80's loads of new types of music emerged. Offsetting each other and drawing people in. Things like Punk Rock, Alternative, Funk, Disco, Trance and the heavy metals we hear today are a lot different from what they emerged from.

Some people say 'rock music is dead' well to be honest they're probably right, there's just so much less quality in the music coming out. Bands like Led Zepplin and The Ramones were awesome in their time, but it feels like an era is dying a bit as rock splits into many many factions.

I'm a huge Metallica fan and they are still rumbling out the stadiums but the huge mega rock band is a dying bread. In the words of that record-reviewer in Almost Famous "You're just in time for the death rattle".....ok that was meant to be said quite a few years back but I think it applies now more than ever.

http://www.solid-american.com/axel/images/groupnew1.jpg
so yeah Metallica

MyRobotSuit

03-14-05, 08:23 AM

Radiohead

As long as they continue to produce thought provokingly interesting music, I'd sit them down right next to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin in 'greatest bands' category.

SpoOkY

03-14-05, 08:27 AM

Radiohead

yeah radiohead are good too, how long have they been around?

Henry The Kid

03-14-05, 11:49 AM

Angels of Light
Devendra Banhart
Silver Jews
Bjork
Radiohead
The Fiery Furnaces
m83

Who barely scratch the surface of great music being made right now.

Strummer521

03-14-05, 06:42 PM

I agree with those that say today's music breaks very little new ground and is not as good but here are some of the current bands/musicians I listen to:
Guster
Ben Harper
Jack Johnson
Green Day
NOFX
Rancid
Wilco
R.E.M.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Cake
O.A.R.
Trey Anastasio
Dave Matthews Band
Pearl Jam
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Garrett

03-14-05, 07:05 PM

Tom Waits (still putting out GREAT material after all these years), Primus, Guitar Wolf, Martin Newell, Los Straitjackets, The Hellacopters, Turbonegro, The Mooney Suzuki, The Flaming Sideburns, Foetus, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, Ween, Beck, Bjork, Radiohead, etc.

A lot of these bands and artists aren't new, but they have released quality material in the last 5 years.

SamsoniteDelilah

03-14-05, 07:10 PM

His new one is great.

Muse is my favorite new band, I guess.
I think I like Modest Mouse, as well. Need to hear more from them to be sure.
And Keane is really gorgeous music.

As far as musicianship goes, I'd put Muse up against any band from any decade.

ash_is_the_gal

03-14-05, 07:44 PM

www.ilovemetric.com

MyRobotSuit

03-15-05, 05:42 AM

m83

I've been listening to him recently (just one guy, the other one left) and it's amazing. Kind of like 80's soundtrack music from the future. It's really spine tingling stuff.

Richard Hell

03-16-05, 08:13 PM

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Libertines

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undertones

OG-

03-16-05, 08:41 PM

Personal favorite, which I feel takes the top rung in the recently usurped "genre" that is emo: Brand New. Deja Entendu is a lyricaly (by emo standards) flawless compact disc.

But I submit, via standards of musicianship and consistency:

Incubus
http://espn.go.com/i/page3/photos/040211boyd.jpg

The Red Hot Chili Peppers
http://zenevilag.net/images/bases/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers-03-05-13.jpg

Tool
http://www.tool-band.webpark.pl/okl_lateralus.jpg

Rufus Wainwright
http://www.bringdown.com/features/prison/rufus.jpg

And for being the most original, cohesive sound of the 90s (and who are still peerless):
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Though I may be biased because the aforementioned contain my top 3 favorite bands [Tool, Mindless Self Indulgence, The Red Hot Chili Peppers]

linespalsy

03-19-05, 02:06 AM

Tom Waits just keeps getting better with Age. Angels of Light, I'm glad Michael Gira's still producing decent music, but it's still a big step down from the Swans. Likewise with Foetus. Flow is fine when you compare it to other stuff that's coming out, but Hole and Nail are probably my two favorite albums of all time, and from there (or even Thaw or the Wiseblood/early Steroid Maximus albums and eps) it's still a steady decline for Thirwell.

The most exciting band I've heard in the last five years is Flux Information Sciences. Sort of a throwback to Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Suicide's first album, and early Einsturzende Neubauten, if that means anything to anyone.

Other than that, Polysics, The Prima Donnas, and The Handsome Family are all great, and The Sparks really came back strong with their most recent album, Lil' Beethoven.

SamsoniteDelilah

03-19-05, 02:47 AM

Rufus Wainwright
http://www.bringdown.com/features/prison/rufus.jpg
:up:

Henry The Kid

03-19-05, 11:28 AM

Tom Waits just keeps getting better with Age. Angels of Light, I'm glad Michael Gira's still producing decent music, but it's still a big step down from the Swans.

Yeah... I probably like it a lot more just because I adore Michael Gira so much. Still though, Everything is Good Here/Please Come Home has moments of utter brilliance.

Piddzilla

03-19-05, 11:36 AM

I really like the british band Bloc Party, or at least what I've heard so far. The first track on the cd, "Like Eating Glass" I believe it's called, makes this nearly 30-year old guy wanna crowd surf.

MyRobotSuit

03-19-05, 12:16 PM

I thought I liked them but it turns out out I just like the music. I hate his voice. I've had the album for ages too, grrr.

Pidd, you're 30? I thought you were round my age (approx 24).

Piddzilla

03-19-05, 12:29 PM

That's what most people think but, yeah, I'm supposed to be an adult.

I like his voice but I can imagine that it might get on your nerves after listening to the whole cd straight.

OG-

03-19-05, 12:31 PM

I thought Pid was hovering around 18. I've been took!

Piddzilla

03-19-05, 12:35 PM

I thought Pid was hovering around 18. I've been took!

**** you... ;)

AboveTheClouds

03-19-05, 12:40 PM

Katatonia
http://www.rocket.fm/img/tmp/katatonia.jpg

Katatonia is a Doom project, which formed in the early 90's, and are still going strong. They've changed their styles to keep things fresh, but they have never abanndoned the depressive sound the fans love. They went from Death Doom/Darkwave (on albums such as Dance of December Souls, For Funerals to Come, Jhva Elohim Meth, Brave Murder day* Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth does vocals on Saw You Drown*) To a more Gothic/Doom sound ( on albums such Saw You Drown and Discouraged ones) To where they are now. A mix between the Gothyish stuff and a new sound (they coined) Depressive Rock (on albums like Last Fair Deal Gone Down, Viva Emptiness) But still after changing their sound, they have fans who have been with them from the beginning. If you choose to check these guys out, I believe you should get one of the compilations they have released. Brave Yesterdays, is a mix of the older Death Doom stuff. And the newest compilation is called The Black Sessions, which features work from their gothyish stage to their new depressive rock stage.

MyRobotSuit

03-19-05, 04:03 PM

There was a band called Catatonia too.

Who just discovered Green Day? Any 15 year olds here?

Piddzilla

03-19-05, 07:48 PM

led_zeppelin

03-19-05, 09:59 PM

RHCP definately, uhhhhh...I don't listen to much new music. I've just gotten into Radiohead, a friend of mine made a compilation cd that he thought I'd like. He was right. Aerosmith could count, even thought their last album was a bunch of old blues songs. I wanna say Pink Floyd but they haven't made anything new since 1994 I believe.

Strummer521

03-19-05, 10:02 PM

slipknotz10thmask

03-30-05, 04:47 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/disasterpiece114/slipknotMetaledgecover.jpg

I also like Lamb of God, Mudvayne, Shadows Fall and Murderdolls.

undead_bunny

03-30-05, 04:55 PM

Morbid Angel, Opeth, Aerosmith, Shivaree, Bjork, Amon Amarth, Black Label Society, Cannibal Corpse, Cryptopsy, Decide, Motorhead, Dragonforce, Finntroll, Children of Bodom, Iced Earth, Hammerfall, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Kreator, Nile, Pearl Jam, Primus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shivaree, Slayer, Stratovarius, ZZ Top, Testament, The Killers, The 5,6,7,8's, Tiger Army, Weezer, U2, The Goo Goo Dolls, etc.

I'm pretty sure all of them are still putting stuff out. All good baybay. :D

Richard Hell

03-31-05, 01:59 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/disasterpiece114/slipknotMetaledgecover.jpg

I also like Lamb of God, Mudvayne, Shadows Fall and Murderdolls.

Slipknot is a Gimmick :rolleyes:

Richard Hell

04-04-05, 09:30 AM

There was a band called Catatonia too.

Who just discovered Green Day? Any 15 year olds here?
Cough cough* Actually I listened to there stuff when I was younger then around the age of 8

undercoverlover

04-04-05, 01:28 PM

i discovered Greenday recently but not with the wave of people who started liking them from American Idiot. I started about a year ago listening to stuff like Scumbag, basketcase and good riddance

fireslave

06-03-05, 03:33 AM

i have to say cursive.
they broke all the rules...
they have an annoying noise track, a song that basically calls other bands and cursive themselves cliche, a grumbly noisy song that isnt good at all, but is great in the context of the album, a song about pinnochio, & some angry fast songs...

then they have a 10 minute closer that is basically an orchestra (well, maybe not an orchestra, but gretta is amazing on cello anways) and chior piece that deals with the most cliche and overused topic ever - suicide - and yet manages to show the topic in an entirely different light...
listen to "staying alive" and tell me you dont get emotional...

undercoverlover

06-04-05, 10:14 AM

i like cursive - gentleman caller

its a gooden

adidasss

06-05-05, 05:24 PM

undercoverlover

06-05-05, 07:19 PM

nice list adidasss, definately loving interpol, coldplay, hot hot heat

to add:
Do me bad things
Johnny Panic - www.johnnypanic.com
the faders
Damien Rice
Rob Thomas
The Famous Last Words
Kasabian -- the poor lead singer was recently hit with a bottle at one of their gigs actually, theres always someone to ruin it aint there kids

Uncle Rico

06-06-05, 05:14 PM

I really think that Bright Eyes is ( mainly Conor Oberst ) is the biggest inovator in music today. He has gained reputation as Rocks Boy Genius and the next Bob Dylan. His Lyrics are truly amazing and his music rules, the only thing he needs is a good voice.

undercoverlover

06-07-05, 10:39 AM

^^^^ never heard of them

Richard Hell

06-07-05, 12:19 PM

hmmm I think Im going to write a paper on this....

Henry The Kid

06-07-05, 02:51 PM

Nitzer

06-07-05, 07:23 PM

ch-ch-ch-check it, check it out:
rage against the machine ( sadly not with us anymore )
at the drive in ( also )
but also:
the killers
bloc party!!
franz ferdinand
lcd soundsystem
the chemical brothers
the bravery
hot hot heat!!
the white stripes
kings of leon!!!
interpol
travis
keane
coldplay

Ch-ch-check this out - most of those bands are not very invoative and are hardly "The best music of today." The only one that is maybe worth mentioning is cold play since they put out some quality songs in the past. Othen than that, not really. Killers? What are you on crack?

adidasss

06-07-05, 07:37 PM

Ch-ch-check this out - most of those bands are not very invoative and are hardly "The best music of today." The only one that is maybe worth mentioning is cold play since they put out some quality songs in the past. Othen than that, not really. Killers? What are you on crack?
man, if you knew anything,ANYTHING about music you would that it's COLDPLAY NOT COLD PLAY!!! and i bet that you only recognized the killers from the list and never heard of the other bands, let alone know what kind of music they play...you didn't mention music that you listen to or consider relevant and inovative...and btw, what does my being on crack have to do with anything???

Nitzer

06-07-05, 07:40 PM

undercoverlover

06-08-05, 08:17 AM

kids if you can't behave then its the naughty corner for you

Being part of te best music of today does not mean a band must be innovative just really really good. VPersonally i think the killers rock and Mr. Brightside is one of my new favourite songs, it was incredibly catchy and ws something i hadt heard of before and i dug it!

And Coldplay are good not only because of songs they had in the past but their new album also has some really great tooooons.

And total agreement on the white stripes, i cant wait to buy Get Behind Me Satan, its gonna rock my socks off!

adidasss

06-08-05, 11:26 AM

Oh sorry you're a troll. G'day.how weak and uninspired....i'm not a "troll" ( what ever the **** that is ), i only attack people who attack me first...and i sense that this forum needs someone like me, things are getting too PC around here...i'm stating my opinion about your knowledge of music of today ( which is obviously not extensive ), and i have a right to express my opinion, i'm not one of those 9 year old kids who jumps into a forum and starts calling everyone a ****** for thinking a certain way, i try to refrain from insults in most cases...if you can't take criticism, you have no business being on a forum, for you see, it is a place for people to express their various opinions about things...:D

Tacitus

06-08-05, 02:00 PM

for you see, it is a place for people to express their various opinions about things...:D

There's a difference between expressing your own opinion and belittling someone elses.

Yoda

06-08-05, 02:42 PM

how weak and uninspired....i'm not a "troll" ( what ever the **** that is ), i only attack people who attack me first...and i sense that this forum needs someone like me, things are getting too PC around here...i'm stating my opinion about your knowledge of music of today ( which is obviously not extensive ), and i have a right to express my opinion, i'm not one of those 9 year old kids who jumps into a forum and starts calling everyone a ****** for thinking a certain way, i try to refrain from insults in most cases...if you can't take criticism, you have no business being on a forum, for you see, it is a place for people to express their various opinions about things...:DAnd if you can't take criticism without replies like this, maybe you have no business being on a forum. And if you don't know what a troll is, it doesn't make much sense to deny being one.

If you think things are "too PC" around here, tough. It's not your place to determine what the level of discourse should be. That's my job. If you want more unncessarily confrontational discussions, find another forum.

This will be the only time I say this.

voneil7

06-08-05, 04:35 PM

Richard Hell

06-08-05, 04:51 PM

man, if you knew anything,ANYTHING about music you would that it's COLDPLAY NOT COLD PLAY!!! and i bet that you only recognized the killers from the list and never heard of the other bands, let alone know what kind of music they play...you didn't mention music that you listen to or consider relevant and inovative...and btw, what does my being on crack have to do with anything???

You'r list is pathetic...... The only bands that stand out is The Hot Hot Heat, RAGE, and Coldplay. I belive that they don't even stand out that much, for all they are just cheap copies of the Beatles, Bowie, and Queen. What you're basically stating by posting those bands is that Alternative and UK rock is the best music of today and it may very well be, but not those bands..... The Bloc Party??? are you effing serious. Ill give you props for posting the White Stripes, for they are from my stomping grounds. Further more it's very stupid for you to say that he is belittling your opinon. He's only stating the obvious and its called a debate.

Richard Hell

06-08-05, 04:53 PM

Some of the newer bands that I have been listening to lately are:

the Killers
Fall Out Boy
The Starting Line
Bright Eyes
Aiden
Hawthorne Heights
Bayside
The Junior Varsity
The Black Maria

There are more, but that's enough for now. I'm interested to know what you all think of the above bands

The Killers- Have you ever wonered what a updated version of Bowie or Queen wuold sound like? Enough said. Each one of there songs can be decphiered into just the same thing over and over again.

Fall Out Boy- People for some reason loves these guys. I will give them credit for being able to play their instruments other then that they're just rolling along with the fad which is Main-Stream EMO and PP.

The Starting Line- These guys are an ok group. There lead singer sounds like Fall Out Boys lead. They have a good song called Playing Favorites

Bright Eyes- Some people have said that Bright Eyes is going to be really big someday. Well I don't totaly agree with that, but I will say that they can make a good song on an occasion. Although Conor Oberst singing is very annoying.

Black Maria- OK, I'm going to go out on a limb here. I think these guys are good very good. They have a lot of potential as a Metal/Alternative band.

Yoda

06-08-05, 05:18 PM

I'm pretty high on The Shins, and I think The Comas are bound to hit it big before long. Other than that, U2's still got it (even though "it" isn't what "it" used to be).

Shame The Beta Band broke up, too. I liked them.

Richard Hell

06-08-05, 05:31 PM

Tacitus

06-08-05, 05:33 PM

Where I come from, liking U2 is similar to supporting a football team (the first LP I ever bought was War) - it's tribal.

I don't like them as much as I used to however, it started to fade somewhere between Bono discovering irony and Bono forgetting how to write great songs.

Rattle And Hum didn't help the cause either.

They're probably still the best 'stadium' band around though. ;)

Richard Hell

06-08-05, 05:43 PM

Thats funny Tacitus cause in my school they hate U2. I like em cause they make good music and they're Irish

Tacitus

06-08-05, 05:47 PM

That's what I mean by the 'football team' analogy. :)

Now I can remember wearing a leather waistcoat without a shirt underneath.

ermmm....with a bootlace tie. :rolleyes:

Uncle Rico

06-10-05, 02:36 PM

The Shins are very good. Coldplay is also hitting it pretty big right now

LordSlaytan

06-16-05, 01:58 PM

For me, the best music of today is still yesterday's music.

IDigCereal

06-16-05, 02:02 PM

Man, I remember when I first discovered Green Day. "Dookie" came out and I loved it... I went to see Bad Religion and Green Day was the opening act and totally stole the show. They started with "Welcome to Paradise"... I still love that cd. It's part of my growing up.
Dookie is a good album, but I haven't liked anything by Green Day since. American Idiot is ok, but it is not the second coming of rock like most seem to be thinking.

My favorite new band is The Shins. Not only are they amazingly catchy, but James Mercer's lyrics, which range from being about breaking up to being about Communism, are brilliant. Oh Inverted World is a classic, but Chutes Too Narrow is one of my all-time favorites.

Radiohead is better than The Shins, so I guess they're my favorite new band.

Other great bands from the last couple of years that I've been listening to include The Unicorns, Wilco, The White Stripes, The Mars Volta, and The Kaiser Chiefs (nice and catchy). I also like Jay-Z and Kanye West when it comes to rap. I know I'm forgetting stuff, but these are all great. I'm more of a classic rock guy though.

Uncle Rico

06-16-05, 02:03 PM

Latley Im Liking the Brian Jonestown Massacre. If you have ever seen the documentary Dig you would know why. They use 20 instruments in basically all of there songs and its truly amazing. The Musician I have the most repect for right now is Jeff Mangum. Hes the only musician ive know who lives up to his lyrics. He writes Fantasy like lyrics and, he dosent Drink or do any drugs. And recently he ran away to the circus and plays guitar for sideshow acts.