Which Bracket Is The Strongest in the 64 Rock Now

[pattentank24]

European


1 Coldplay
16 Libertines


8 The Hives
9 Doves

5 Muse
12 Razorlight

4 Bloc Party
13 Editors

6 The Darkness
11 British Sea Power

3 Sigur Ros
14 Cooper Temple Clause

7 Elbow
10 Arctic Monkeys

2 Franz Ferdinand
15 Kasabian

Canada


1 New Pornographers
16 Fembots

8 Metric
9 The Dears

5 Tegan/Sara
12 The Stills

4 Constatines
13 Black Mountain


6 Wolf Parade
11 Death From Above 1979

3 Arcade Fire
14 The High Dials

7 Stars
10 Hot Hot Heat

2 Broken Social Scene
15 Controller Controller


U.S.A

1 White Stripes
16 Fiery Furnaces

8 Death Cab For Cutie
9 My Morning Jacket

5 Mars Volta
12 BRMC

4 Queens Of The Stone Age
13 Yeah Yeah Yeah's

6 Perfect Circle
11 Interpol

3 Spoon
14 Hold Steady

7 The Killers
10 The Shins

2 The Strokes
15 Trail of Dead

Veterans

1 U2
16 Modest Mouse

8 Oasis
9 Flaming Lips

5 Tool
12 The Cure

4 Wilco
13 Primal Scream

6 Pearl Jam
11 Red Hot Chili Peppers

3 Green Day
14 Super Furry Animals

7 Sonic Youth
10 Depeche Mode

2 Radiohead
15 Sleater-Kinney

[luke]

1. Veterans
2. Canadians
3. Europe
4. U.S.A.

[Galactus]

USA has the most bands I'm currently diggin'.

[Paul]

veterans

I hate that Sleater Kinney is up against Radiohead; they don't stand a chance...IMO they're better than some of the other vets, but not Radiohead.

[luke]

Looking back over, I put USA ahead of Europe.

[maarts]

Looking back over, I put Europe over USA.

[melon1]

It's probably not fair for me to vote for the veterans here since I haven't heard most of the bands on the other lists. I just know I couldn't dig 'em(there's that word again! as much as U2, Radiohead, Wilco, Pearl Jam, RHCP and Sonic Youth. Shit, after consideration, I don't see how anyone wouldn't vote for the Veterans. How could anybody? Uh-oh. I'll shut up now. I'm being absurd, talking about bands I've never heard. Oh shit, that rhymes. Hope nobody makes it their quote on the bottom of their posts.

[JesusLooksLikeMe]

They're all good, though, for me, the USA bracket lacks strength in depth compared to the rest.
That may be 'cos decent US artists are more likely than Euros to operate as solo artists.

[riley]

When I look at the Canadian list, you could almost take an artist from each pairing and put them in the top 10 artists from all brackets for 1998 onward. Againts the vet list it's pushing it, but against thepost 1998 output from the Vets, I would still put this 7 ahead.

New Pornographers
Metric
Constantines
DFA 1979
Arcade Fire
Stars
BSS

Are as good or better than most bands

[Thorngrub]

Brackets. I am at a total loss, here.
Have I killed off too many brain cells?
I don't understand any of this bracket stuff.

8 Someone explain it to me
13 although I kinda like the mystery

4 pairing up bands is fun
12 has anyone seen my underwear?

2 do you really think Riley knows Geddy?
18 if so ask him when's the next studio release

6 Well that about wraps up my involvement here
17 I feel left out in the cold, like Rudolph :\

[kmc]

The US and Canadian brackets are the strongest...that said, I think the Euro bracket is a sham.

[JesusLooksLikeMe]

kmc said:

The US and Canadian brackets are the strongest...that said, I think the Euro bracket is a sham.

See, I think it's the one I'd listen to most. Even the bands in the US list I do love are either half-British (Interpol) or sound so Euro it's unreal (Killers).
I think there's a cultural thing at play here. It's interesting with an exercise like this to see what distinctive sounds come out of each area and seel there.