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Post by luke on Jun 26, 2006 13:24:11 GMT -5
BTW, thorn, great effort there, hard to argue with a bit of that. I really wish we could get zorndeslammes in here before you leave to comment on that whole metal movement in relation to your post.
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Post by Galactus on Jun 26, 2006 13:26:07 GMT -5
Yeah, it's cool. We disagree that's all...I think Evil might be their best song, we're just approaching them from different sides I guess.
Anyway, the best band of the 00's My Morning Jacket.
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Post by NdY on Jun 26, 2006 13:36:00 GMT -5
Whereas I didn't think Radiohead was the best band of the 90s, I do think they are the best band of the 00s. Three top-notch albums and a boatload of quality b-sides.
I'm with DED in that I think Antics is really good. The problem is that Interpol have produced approximately 20 tunes this decade, which isn't much to brag about.
The dirty-hippie-canadian-supergroup has 1 great album, 1 good album, and probably smell very bad.
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Post by NdY on Jun 26, 2006 13:41:55 GMT -5
"Evil" is one of the top 3 or 4 songs Interpol's ever produced, along with "Specialist", "Obstacle 1" and "PDA".
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Post by luke on Jun 26, 2006 13:42:38 GMT -5
BSS self-titled was better than Kid A, Amnesiac, AND Hail to the Thief!!!
*scurries away into the distance, hides behind some bushes*
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Post by NdY on Jun 26, 2006 13:45:43 GMT -5
No you're stupid!
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Post by Proud on Jun 26, 2006 14:04:05 GMT -5
Pearl Jam... for the second decade in a row.
Kid A and Amnesiac are both much better than HTTT.
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Post by Thorngrub on Jun 26, 2006 14:04:58 GMT -5
oh yeah, and RADIOHEAD ! hell yes (obviously I'm going to forget absolutely essential points in my writeup). Fucking radiohead rule ... hells yeah, the 00's reign supreme !
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Jun 26, 2006 14:09:11 GMT -5
Halfway down Page 2 of the thread and no Muse?
Radiohead, Muse, Franz, Interpol, Sigur Ros... and loads of bands with one great album that don't qualify unless the next one is also a peach, like Arcade Fire and Bloc Party.
Tool, for me, were one of the top 3 90's bands, but their 00's output is down a notch.
I like Antics a lot. But I think their best songs were all on TOTBL: "Untitled", "Leif Erikson", "Specialist", "Obstacle 1", "PDA", "The New". In that order.
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Post by NdY on Jun 26, 2006 18:38:10 GMT -5
Whereas I didn't think Radiohead was the best band of the 90s, I do think they are the best band of the 00s. Three top-notch albums and a boatload of quality b-sides. Also, if some of the new tracks they've been playing this tour are any indication, their next album is going to be quality too. "Arpeggi" and "Videotape" have the makings to be great. |
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Post by pauledwardwagemann on Jun 26, 2006 19:05:38 GMT -5
BSS self-titled was better than Kid A, Amnesiac, AND Hail to the Thief!!! *scurries away into the distance, hides behind some bushes*I agree whole-heartedly... |
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Post by NdY on Jun 26, 2006 19:23:15 GMT -5
It's completely forgettable.
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Post by NdY on Jun 26, 2006 19:25:59 GMT -5
and a massive let down from their previous effort. My last.fm account tells me that I listened to that album at least 13 times on my computer alone, and yet I can't remember a single track outside of "superconnected". Just one big blurry mess of a clusterfuck album.
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Post by NdY on Jun 26, 2006 19:37:17 GMT -5
note: i don't really feel this strongly about bss. i just want to get riley's blood stirring a bit.
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Post by Adam on Jun 26, 2006 20:11:29 GMT -5
1. Opeth
Depending on who you ask, Opeth found their feet either with Morningrise or My Arms, Your Hearse and just rode off on a discography that gets better and better. One could become pretentious and boring just attempting what they do for so long which is why they should be the only ones doing it. Now, I've seen 4 "cusp" albums in a row since the decade began: Blackwater Park, Deliverance, Damnation and Ghost Reveries. They even went "unplugged" with Damnation and still didn't find their songwriting or sound diminish. I give up trying to find the method. I just accept that this is god-like music and I'll never understand it. Now, recently, long-time drummer Martin Lopez has left the band (but not on bad terms). He wasn't the first drummer but damn, he contributed a lot. As Thorn pointed out in his post, Korn also lost what was thought to be an irreplacable member (and therefore could threaten the band) but they persevered (more on that below). There's no doubt in my mind that Opeth will do the same. They are my favorite band of the decade so far. They're untouchable.
2. Meshuggah
These fuckers test you. And they really caught me at a time in my life when metal isn't the primary musical genre, which causes me to pay more attention. And its also a bitch when I feel I need to be in a certain mood to listen to them. But there is nothing like the last 3 platters unleashed: Nothing, the I ep and Catch Thirty-Three. A cacophony at first, all of them, but then you let yourself get used to the noise...and then you hear different things, details...and then you hear more. Its really hard to describe. Some goofball AMG reviewer (aren't they all goofballs?) had some balls to call Meshuggah "jazzmetal" but somehow that really applies. True originals.
3. The Shins
A pure delight. This spring, a friend of mine played me some tracks off both their 2 albums and I just had to buy them. Never left my cd changer for 3 months straight although they did leave eventually. I need to invite them again.
4. Kings of Leon
Truly a good time. No big ambitions although they play like they have them. I loved Youth and Young Manhood but Aha Shake Heartbreak surpassed it. I knew good things were expected of them.
5. System of a Down
Wowzers. Last years 1-2-punch of Mesmerize and Hypnotize cemented their status as well as what I thought was the best album(s) of that year, with a shitload of competition. I liked them initially for their crazed, sense of humor and off the wall riff attacks but then I sensed not only some topical social themes but some really great potential in Daron Malakian, most of all. They owned the world in 2001 and again in 2005 and whatever year approacheth in which their next opus lands in our players.
6. Tool
Lateralus was a major event. The previous year was when I finally got into them. APC's Mer De Noms came out and I was fascinated by Maynard Keenan who was not the typical voice behind a metal band. Then I got ahold of Aeinma and Undertow and really understood. I'm still being patient with 10,000 Days; its not that its underpar or disappointing but it hasn't sunk its claws in me like its predecessor. I'm gonna wait it out...
7. Wilco
2001 was a hell of a year musically and one of the major events was my initiation into Wilco, mere weeks after Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was released. I worked chronologically (as if that were the right approach) and ending up loving what Tweedy and Co. had to offer, right up to their recent album. They have grand plans and good ideas and a catchy way to deliver them and A Ghost Is Born yielded more listens than any other album so far.
8. Sigur Ros
Well, whaddya know, another 2001 discovery by meself. Everyone at RS.com couldn't stop yapping about them and when that happens, I have to see what all the hub-bub's about. Then I had to start yapping.
9. Pearl Jam
Really consistent work by the only surviving band of the so-called "grunge" movement. How can you not love them?
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers
They have aged gracefully and I love how they've done it. By the Way was a terrific, mature surprise and Stadium Arcadium is the most enjoyable album I've heard this year. A band at their peak and way past their expiration date.
11. My Morning Jacket
The best rock that feels like chill-out music. It Still Moves was awesome but Z was even better.
12. The Mars Volta
Like Meshuggah, a challenge at first but a godsend afterwards.
13. Soulfly
Continuing evidence that Sepultura needs to regroup with their frontman. Prophecy and Dark Ages are two of the finest metal albums of the decade.
14. Radiohead
I'm running out of superlatives. What can I really say? I still think Kid A is their finest and Amnesiac and Hail to the Thief are nothing to sneer at either. All I can say is "keep 'em coming."
15. Zwan
Ditto what Thorn said. Couldn't have put it any better.
16. Korn
They slipped a little with Untouchables (Davis' lyrics becoming repetitive and forgettable) but rebounded with Take a Look in the Mirror, which at times is like a summation of their career, of what they're capable. But their last album, See You On the Other Side, dropped last year and, holy shit, its not unlike being slapped in the face. Korn has always had the balls to keep evolving, to stay prominent, unlike many wannabes. But SYOTOS takes a huge step forward in songwriting. The absence of Head didn't matter (thankfully) and the band sounded tighter, more sure of themselves. And the album was better, with little or no filler this time around.
17. Slipknot
I'll catch hell for this but fuck it, they're great. Iowa was overkill but The Subliminal Versus was a return back to form. Great double live album, too.
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