Suggest music of the 2000s

I was recently reading the Rolling Stone issue commemorating the music of the Naughties when I realised: damn, I'm a freakin music elitist. Well no, that's not true, I've always known I was an elitist . But I also became interested by this huge decade of music that I've been missing out on.

So, any suggestions? (fun fact: I counted 26 albums from the 2000s in my itunes. That comes out to a little more than 4% of my albums )

Kasabian and Kings of Leon are the first two decent ones I thought of.

Yes sir, if you would please just stop reading Rolling Stone:

The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
Caribou - Andorra
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The National - Boxer
The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn

I also noticed from your last.fm page (correct me if I'm wrong) that you missed out on the best of the 90s. You definitely need the benefit of that context:
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Slint - Spiderland
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Radiohead - OK Computer

and the 80s:
Pixies - Doolittle
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
The Jesus And Mary Chain: Psychocandy

Apparently I just think you're criminal. See how far you get, 30 years of music is a lot so you may need some hand-holding. Heaven forbid you should actually like some of the stuff, I'll be happy to nudge you further along.

I only have 2 of those albums you listed...Arcade Fire and Tom Waits...

That's 2 better than therussian :p

Most of those I really like, there's a few I included (from the '00s) that I'm not as familiar with but are necessary to illustrate music these days. But it is far more oriented towards the traditions of rock as therussian is familiar with them, there's no punk, prog, metal, (I can't stand any of these anyways) or urban in that mix.

The White Stripes
Arctic Monkeys
Damien Rice releasing the best debut i have heard in years
Fionn Regan
O Emperor
Radiohead
Arcade Fire obviously
Fleet Foxes
MGMT
Wilco
The Strokes
Nick Cave

Originally Posted by EireEmerald

The White Stripes
Arctic Monkeys
Damien Rice releasing the best debut i have heard in years
Fionn Regan
O Emperor
Radiohead
Arcade Fire obviously
Fleet Foxes
MGMT
Wilco
The Strokes
Nick Cave

At least two of them are not noughties artists originally and one hasn't released an album but they did very well during the last decade. I would recomend kasabian, muse, and the white stripes and arctic monkeys from that list but I can't remember anything else at the moment.

Originally Posted by bomberboy

At least two of them are not noughties artists originally and one hasn't released an album but they did very well during the last decade. I would recomend kasabian, muse, and the white stripes and arctic monkeys from that list but I can't remember anything else at the moment.

More the stuff they produced in the noughties.

Originally Posted by EireEmerald

More the stuff they produced in the noughties.

Which Nick Cave stuff in the noughties?

Originally Posted by bomberboy

Which Nick Cave stuff in the noughties?

uh...

everything he did in the noughties?...

which would consist of some of his best work IMO.

SoggyFrog: haha, I like the Rolling Stone. THe only thing that I absolutely can't stand is their lists, which are completely (and they also prompted this little inquiry :laughing: )

As for the 80s and 90s, no thank you. THe 80s were just the Dark Ages of music (not including metal) in my opnion, and the 90s.....as long as it's not grunge music. Thanks for the recommends.

Originally Posted by therussian

metal) in my opnion, and the 90s.....as long as it's not grunge music. Thanks for the recommends.

It's better than your hippy crap. HIPPY.

Originally Posted by John I Tzimisces

It's better than your hippy crap. HIPPY.

At least I dont wear flannel!


Bah. This is way too much music to go through.

Some of the best things that happened to music happened in the 80s and early 90s, it's just that most people don't know about them. As far as the last 30 years go, Rolling Stone is not going to point you towards any of the good stuff, unless every other publication has already done so, will be ridiculously skewed towards big labels and heavily marketed music, and will definitely leave you with false generalizations of those decades. So regarding my 90s suggestions, no, there's no grunge in there.

I decided to take a look at RS' top 100 list, and I noticed a pattern. Rolling Stone's Top 25 of the Decade, by label. Independent labels are marked with an '!'.
1. EMI
2. Sony
3. Warner
4. Universal
5. Universal
6. Merge !
7. Universal
8. Sony
9. XL
10. Universal
11. Sony
12. DFA (dist. EMI)
13. Universal
14. Universal
15. Sony
16. Sony
17. Universal
18. Sony
19. Sympathy for the Record Industry !
20. Universal
21. EMI
22. Warner
23. EMI
24. Sony
25. Sony

Now, it wouldn't be fair to say that big labels don't put out good albums, but for some context, here's the top 25 from the list of 200 that p4k compiled:
1. EMI
2. Merge !
3. EMI
4. Warner
5. Universal
6. Sony
7. Sony
8. Bad Taste !
9. Paw Tracks !
10. Universal
11. Sony
12. Sympathy for the Record Industry !
13. Sony
14. Domino !
15. Rabid !
16. Asthmatic Kitty !
17. EMI
18. Universal
19. Merge !
20. Matador !
21. self release !
22. XL !
23. Arts & Crafts !
24. Universal
25. Stones Throw !

Which list are you looking at? The one in the mag (50 Best Albums of the Decade) goes
Capitol
RCA
Nonesuch
Roc-A-Fella
V2/Third Man
Merge
Aftermath/Interscoe
Columbia
Interscoe
Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam

For the first 10


Unless of course I'm listing something that's not labels but something else

If you don't see the name of those labels on the list, it's because the name I gave is the name of the parent corporation.

Ah, ok. That's what I figured right after i posted.

Any suggestions for The Flaming Lips? I really want to try them out, since I"m a huge psychedelic fan. However, I'm very wary of neo-psych bands...

Originally Posted by therussian

Any suggestions for The Flaming Lips? I really want to try them out, since I"m a huge psychedelic fan. However, I'm very wary of neo-psych bands...

Try 'Clouds Taste Metallic'. 'The Soft Bulletin' is the most popular but I don't think it's as good personally (plus it's way less psychedelic.

And there's loads of good neo-psych bands.

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