Even though his catalogue is very short I have to say my personal favorite is Jeff Buckley (just makes it with 'Grace' in 1994). Wish he was still around!
Radiohead
Ryan Adams
Wilco
Ben Harper
Jack Johnson
Shins
Death Cab
Nickel Creek/Chris Thile
Neko Case |
Zakk Wylde
Shadows Fall
Doro Pesch |
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radiohead, the white stripes. |
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These aren't in my top 15 necessarily but with a quick scan they didn't catch my eye:
Alexi Murdoch
Anjelique Kidjo
Carolyn Wonderland
Brett Dennen
Teddy Thompson
Radney Foster
Gomez
KT Tunstall
James Hunter
Ozomotli
Nickel Creek
Jakob Dylan
Ryan Adams
Kasey Chambers
Gabriel Y Rodriquez
I'm sure a few are previously mentioned but just to expand the list. |
There are so many. Hope I don't miss the key ones
Radiohead
The white stripes
Spoon
The Black keys
Ryan adams
Conor Oberst (Bright eyes)
Wilco
The flaming lips
The future sound of London (93+)
Goldfrapp
Basic Channel
Boards of Canada
Air
Death cab for cutie
Did I say The Black Keys? ;-)
Pole (Arty dub)
Deepchord( Dub made simple)
Massive attack
Bjork
Cat Power
Amon Tobin- there is nothing else like him
Tory Amos
Autechre- There is nothing else like them
Biosphere
Coldplay
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Medeski Martin and wood
Bill Frisell (could be more than 15 years)
The Raconteurs
Norah Jones
Stereolab ( unique)
Little Wayne
The Roots
Low
Dixie Chicks
Ladytron
Kings of Leon (highly underrated)
Beck
Sigur raus
Belle and Sabastian
The Kills
Tom Waits
M.I.A
K&D
Daft Punk
The Chemical brothers
Aphex twin ( could be more than 15 years)
mum
Elliot Smith |
Shadorne
Here are some of the better "new" bands I like:
Manu Chao: Latin Punk with Reggae shadings: best live band = to the Clash on his best nights--blew Radiohead off the stage last Friday in SF
Lucinda Williams: nobody does "blue" better than her
Gotan Project: hypnotic mix of electronica and tango from Argentina
Paul Kelly: one of the best singer songwriters out of OZ
Hot Chip: best merging of UK electronica and Prince style funk
Jesus Alemany: best Afro-Cuban jazz
The Raveonettes: Buddy Holly meets Jesus and Mary Chain filtered with Danish cool
Los Lobos: world class musicians who play like they have been together four decades--which they have
Sigur Ros: dream like soundstages that reflect their Icelandic roots
Anthony & the Johnsons: a voice so fragile and emotive
Keren Ann: French torch singer who sounds like a smoke and beer in some distant cafe in Paris
Los Abandoned: multi-cultural punkers who recall X
Tokyo Police Club: one of the best emerging bands from Montreal
Rodrigo & Gabriela: Mexican buskers exiled in Ireland--acoustic like you have never heard it
Cold War Kids: best band out of Orange County--literate in style to Dylan and Waits |
Fytunes, I prefer Portishead's Dummy to Thirds, I think it is a classic but glad they made thirds and did not try to duplicate their old sound.
btw what is your favorite Bjork?
How would you describe Fleet Foxes?
thanks... |
I would add Tori Amos and I am sure there are others but she comes to mind first. Marc |
Bjork is wonderful. I haven't really listened to her last album. I've started it a few times, but I haven't been able to "get my head around it"....yet.
I like Moby too. "Play" was worth the hype.
Here's a few other recommendations:
"Outrospective" & "To All New Arrivals" by Faithless
"Third" by Portishead
"Seventh Tree" by Goldfrapp
"New Amerykah" by Erykah Badu
"The Seldom Seen Kid" by Elbow
"Fleet Foxes" by Fleet Foxes |
Bjork is the most solid one on my list. She has created so many new environments, is so innovative, and the results are just so beautiful, I think she's up there in the pantheon.
Babyshambles/libertines - I think that guy is really tapping in, he's created some new spaces, he has a way with great lyrics and some new sounds, so he's in.
Moby did some nice electronic stuff, is he there though?
Any thoughts on Interpol? I love their music, I think they can do coldplay better than coldplay( on "pace is the trick"), their 3 records are solid, solid, solid. I don't know if they are too derivative of bauhaus, etc, so i'm on the fence about including them. I have similar concerns about the strokes, three addictive albums, but did they do anything new? |
Radiohead
Coldplay
Bjork
Sigur Ros
Zero 7
Air
Damien Rice
Joanna Newsom
I'm glad to see people list some of my favorites. Good to see more progressive listings. :) |
Ben Harper, Wilco, Porcupine Tree and Keb Mo. |
Bongofury,
You are talking mostly mainstay classics that should be in everyone's collection - I completely agree with your selection - however these are not the "newest up and coming artists..." |
Bongofury:
If you like Earle, and haven't already, try Hayes Carll, "Trouble in Mind." Like the earlier Earle, maybe better.
John |
Mybe not "the greatest", but try out the Norwegian world-music artist Øystein Sevåg. Beautiful, relaxed music, great sound, kind of modern classic. The album "Visual" with the Finish guitarplayer Lakki Patey is my favorite.
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Radiohead (survived Britpop).
Red Hot Chili Peppers (seem to get better and better with each album).
The Flaming Lips.
U2 (no better group live, night to night).
Steve Earle (sets the standard for Americana).
Calexico (perfect for that LA to Vegas midnight run).
Coldplay (set the standard for British Indie movement).
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For "newest and up and coming," try Two Cow Garage, out of Columbus Ohio. Pretty recently formed, on their third disc, and among the best working bands in America.
John |
I vote for the last 15 years being a barren waste land as far as popular music. Since the Seattle grunge scene, it's really been derivative. When the best thing I can think of in the last 15 yrs are Dixie Chicks, Nora Jones, Teirney Sutton, Diana Krall and Green Day (I think they've actaully been around longer than that), it makes you pine for the music salad days of the 70's. Who knew they would be so well thought of??? |
Rebelution from Santa Barbara these guys really groove. |
One band that I would add is:
Eels
Overall, I'd agree that this is a pretty sad list of pop and rock groups. Many of the choices that seem most popular - Wilco, White Stripes, Radiohead (as well as my addition Eels) are hardly new, upcoming bands.
I'd guess (or at least hope) that a lot of the more creative stuff being done today is in the hip-hop and hybrid hip hop genres that don't seem to appeal to this crowd. The band Flobots is one of the few hip-hop/rock hybrids that I find interesting. Their song "Handlebars" is the best angry political statement I've heard in years.
Marty |
Riuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Robert Wyatt |
WILCO, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Jeff Buckley,Spoon,Soundgarden |
Basic Channel(93), Sleater-Kinney(94), Cat Power(94-ish), Boards Of Canada(96) & Phosphorescent(00) are a few to come to mind. There are tons of bands mentioned above that were formed WAY more than 15 years ago. Radiohead formed in 89, NIN in 89, Massive Attack in 87, Guided By Voices in uh uhm...85, etc. |
can not really go with specific artists over the last 15 years because of the hit and miss nature i find with most artists output over this time period but i can name recordings that i love:
ben harper: fight for your mind
north mississippi allstars: shake hands with shorty
lucinda williams: car wheels on a gravel road
susan tudeschi: just won't burn
bryan ferry: frantic
los super seven: i heard it on the x
the waifs: up all night |
Uncle Tupelo (sadly defunct as of 1994). Many of the alt.country/americana bands -- like some of those mentioned above -- owe a great deal to them. UT included Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) and Jay Farrar (Son Volt); in my estimation, their subsequent stuff has not been as inspiring.
John |
Wireless200, sounds to me like you're stuck in a musical rut. I have a solution for you. Go to Pandora.com and create your own music stations. Experiment a little, as there are a boatload of muscians out there making magnificent music that you'll never hear on the radio. If you step outside the box a whole new world will open up for you. |
Honestly I come up empty when I compare the last 15 to the 20 before that. I listen to a lot of music and buy a lot of CDs - sure I've found some pretty good ones - but in context of my entire listening life since the late 60s - they just don't measure up. It doesn't even have to be substantive but how many times do I hear a new song that gives me the same thrill as, say, Summer Breeze, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Just an Old Fasioned Love Song, Draw the Line, More than a Feeling, Point of No Return, Rikki Don't Lose that Number, In Every Dreamhome a Heartache, 20th Century Boy and so on. I haven't even touched the 80s. That just don't write 'em like that anymore. Ok I found Sufjan Stevens pretty good, Paul Weller's done a lot of good stuff in the last 15 years. |
1. Beck
2. Massive Attack
3. Zero 7
4. Guided By Voices
5. Radiohead
6. Andy McKee
7. Medeski Martin & Wood
8. Kruder & Dorfmeister
9. David Holmes
10. Koop |
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Libertines/babyshambles/anything else pete dougherty touches |
Bjork, Bjork, Bjork and Bjork
Honorable mention - radiohead |
JD: How about great neo-jazz piano player playing with an
old school great jazz enzemble? Is that better?
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Rick Rubin`s 12 Songs from Neil Diamond.
Outstanding. |
I really like Alberto Straetvius. Great tunesmith.... |
I could list several, but because John Darnielle is underappreciated, I would point you all toward The Mountain Goats if you value great songwriting. |
Hamid Drake: drummer. Student of the late Ed Blackwell. Plays with William Parker a lot. Has done records with Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, and Pharoah Sanders. Amazing. |
Arp, Gospel? Yes, Fairfield Four. I am sure others to boot, but this is a great album. |
She likes to sing, "Ray Brown, Ray Brown!" in concert? |
Diana Krall-Jazz..You've got to be kidding...Saw her car commercial mentioning being a jazz muscian.What a joke........What about her makes her a Jazz musician?JD |
Prediction - Amy Winehouse will be gone and forgotten in under 5 years, as will many of the others mentioned above. There is a saying in the ancient Vedas of India - "Chewing the chewed." |
I second (or is it 3rd) diana krall simply for bringing back jazz. |
Radiohead.
And then whomever.... |
PJ Harvey, Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers, and Pavement
Jazz: James Carter
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Add Jayhawks, Nick Cave, Arcade Fire, Alison Krauss.
Cheers,
Spencer |
Wilco, Spoon, Radiohead, Fiest, NIN, Modest Mouse, Ben Harper! And much much more |
Elbow. Elbow. Elbow.
Did I mention Elbow?
Also check out Spoon. Great productions.
The Flaming Lips. (especially Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
The Thrills.
Ambulance LTD.
Robert Glasper...the freshest sound to hit jazz in ages.
Jose Gonzalez. I hesitate to call it folk, but I can't really think of anything else to describe his music.
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Great list, I've got alot of new stuff to listen to and decide what suits my taste. My favorite band is Dire Straits. Always liked Pink Floyd alot as well. I just bought Eva Cassidy's, Live at Blues Alley. I'm impressed. I've developed an appreciation for the craftmanship of good music rather than what is popular. All this came from reading an old book written in the 60's called " this is music". I'm expanding my tastes and trying to have an open mind. Just curious, but , when in music stores there is a segment labeled Gospel. Is there anything good in gospel music? |
