Best band to come out in the last ten years?
 

Doesn't count if it's a band who reunited in the past ten years, just new bands who have come out in the past ten.

My vote is for Coheed & Cambria

although these bands are great too..

North Mississippi Allstars
The Derek Trucks Band

It's pretty hard to just pin it down to one.

Gorillaz had an fresh take on the trip hop sound. Coldplay and Muse both showed that you don't have to be completely original to make good music. And of the bands that came out of the post punk revival the notably ones are Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Franz Ferdinand. From the dance section of the music spectrum LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, and Hot Chip.

tomahawk is the only 'new' band that i can think of from the last decade that has really retained my interest. unlike most bands formed by former members of 90s alt-rock groups these guys didn't stop pushing their envelope. they did run the risk into becoming just another leftover alt-rock band after their 2nd disc failed to really expand upon their debut, but with the release of their 3rd album 'anonymous' and the totally unique take on native american themes and rhythms fluidly amalgamated with modern instrumentation and studio capabilities the group proves they're quite capable to do more than formulaic rock music.

This piqued my interest. could you point me to the best album to check out?

I disagree with this, but if you're going to say that, then you have to give U2 credit for their first two albums this decade. I mean, City of Blinding Lights is only slightly more original than Coldplay's music (it's clear that Coldplay take tremendous influence from them, but U2's last three albums certainly haven't broken any new ground musically), and slightly better than anything they did.

Coldplay

Arcade fire. Game set and match.

animal collective is a good call also, brand new, arctic monkeys, tv on the radio, kanye west, the gaslight anthem, interpol, mgmt, & mastodon would probably my top 10 of this decade.

Im obiously probably forgetting someone.

A few of my favourites are:

Bat For Lashes
Arcade Fire
M.I.A
Bloc Party

And 2 great bands that have only released one album each (though they may just squeeze another in each before the end of the year)

Late Of The Pier
These New Puritans

Very nice, mr dave. I expect nothing less than a description like this from you. You're the first person I've talked to in awhile that also listens to Tomahawk. They're not something I listen to on a regular anymore, but I revisit their self-titled the most out of the three releases. Mit Gas isn't as bad as you're making it out to be, though, I don't think. Quite the transition into Anonymous, which was exactly what I wasn't expecting from them. You're right, though. They've got a vibe about them that has always had me wondering when they'll be done. I look forward to more stuff, but Mike Patton seems to juggle so much ****, I wonder if a fourth album will be any good. I'm fond of the number 3, anyway.

Tomahawk fan here! :wavey: I like Mit Gas quite a bit actually, sometimes more than the debut. Anonymous never really did much for me. The playing is superb, I just can't really get into the Native American vocals, unfortunately. I need to give it another try. I too wonder where they'll go next, if anywhere because as you said Patton is involved in so much stuff, there's no guarantee of any new material from any of his projects.

But to the subject at hand...I wouldn't say they are my favorite or best band to come out this decade. I think I would have to give that spot to The Mars Volta, honestly. They're not necessarily my favorite band, but one that's had the most impact on me this decade.

Lots of good bands came out in the last 10 years.

But I'll choose a favorite: Hot Snakes

thanks for the nice comments people :thumb:

@jtwilliams - they've only released 3 albums so far, it really depends on what you're in the mood for. if you lean more towards rock music then either the self titled debut or 'mit gas' will be fine. if you're looking more experimental then their last release 'anonymous' is what you want.

@333 and sidewinder - i guess i'm a bit harsh on 'mit gas' in my first post. i really do like the album, it's the one that got me into the band. it's a better sounding album from a production standpoint but i prefer the imagery on the debut at this point. it just took some time to grow on me.

as for 'anonymous' i find i have to be in the right mood for it. for me it's best at either the start or the end of my day.

in regards to Patton and his direction. who knows haha. i've been hearing rumours that there's a new fantomas disc in the works which is apparently a full-on solo endeavor. quite enjoyed his soundtrack work in 'crank2' as well (best part of the movie i'd say haha)

Killswitch Engage

No.

Yes sir. Best band i have ever heard.

Oh they are just so generic it's pretty ridiculous.

They don't sound like any other band at all. Plus, they were basically the first metalcore band to use their style, and others copied it. And they have the best vocalist in metal imo.

I'll let you know when I can care less, because right now I couldn't care less.

^^^^^^^^^^^^this guys got a big head.

I'm afraid I'd get in trouble for having to consecutive posts with facepalm pictures but...yeah.

I think when it comes down to quality and originality, it would be Sigur Ros, but this is a very hard question to answer subjectivley.

And Sigur Ros certainly didn't come out in the past 10 years. Oh what a great band they are though.

Aww fuck, for some reason when I read ten years I thought 1996.

Second.

I love u All of mike pattons bands IMO are badass

Eh I hardly bother with most modern music, but TV On The Radio certainly are nice.

I think we should have a poll.

Definitely Circa Survive

I agree the Crank2 soundtrack is really awesome. I've only played it from start to finish once but have heard most of the tracks at least 3 times while shuffling. IMO that's the better way to enjoy it, since it's a soundtrack and not really intended to be an album...the large quantity of short tracks with ideas that aren't always developed can wear on you for a whole album's length.

Anyway I heard that about a new Fantomas too...which IMO kind of sucks if he's gonna do it solo...not because it wouldn't sound good but because Fantomas has been a band up to this point, why change that?

Agreed. But how to decide the choices?

I agree, a poll would be great but at the moment there isn't much common ground on what band has been the best to come out in the past ten years.

The Mars Volta and Genghis Tron are gonna be my picks.

We could try separating them into genres if we care that much

We could just nominate bands and whichever get more than 3 nominations get onto the poll.......or something like that.

Sounds good. I nominate Phoenix (debut album came out in 2000) and TV On The Radio

Sounds good to me, I'll put that in the first post.

Or we could just say what our favorite bands are instead of restricting ourselves by a poll. Inevitably more than one person's favorite band isn't going to be in the poll. So why bother?

Yeah, really. Polls are useless when applied to these situations.

TV on the Radio, Wolfmother and although I can't really call myself a fan, Coldplay.

I guess you guys make a good point, I'll change it again and keep it as the original intention of the thread, just to discuss our favorite bands form the past decade.