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fredthe3rd


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Why Jarvis of course! But then we already knew he was cool. What was a much bigger surprise and delight was seeing Russell at 28!

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Sounds like something from 1995. How bizarre!

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90s rock star are cool these days you know. Maybe coz people realize music from the past 10 years wasnt that good

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Who next?? Rick Witter!

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Maybe we should all be non-nostalgic and positive and name one band we love whose peak was between 2001 and 2011 in order to get rid of this whole 'last ten years of music have been awful' schtick that's so popular these days!

I'm selecting Art Brut.

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@Stephen, your choice of Art Brut surely proves the point? :p





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Mine are:

Spinto band
Dr Dog
the Libertines
BRMC
Lucky Soul
The Pipettes
The Black Keys
The White Stripes
The Strokes
Ed Harcourt
and many more... But clearly none had the cultural impact, hence the "90s were better". They're good, some even great, but none are life changing, like Pulp or two other bands from that time. Maybe the Libertines...

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Grinderman have made two remarkable albums in the last decade but could you really class them as new? I quite liked S.C.U.M. for a while. I would probably have to say The White Stripes. To be honest I find it hard to connect with new bands who are, sometimes, nearly 20 years younger than me!

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MGMT's second album (I still only know the singles from the first one. Kids annoyed me so much that I wrote them off for a fair while) was the most interesting experimental-pop by a major band I've heard in years. Really hope they keep it going.

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Dare I say Hot Chip? The Streets? Russell should have been in the list... Maybe he was 51? Sandwiched between Liam Gallagher and Rebbie Jackson.

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fredthe3rd wrote:

Dare I say Hot Chip? The Streets? Russell should have been in the list... Maybe he was 51? Sandwiched between Liam Gallagher and Rebbie Jackson.

 erm... you said yourself he's 28?



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Stephen wrote:

Maybe we should all be non-nostalgic and positive and name one band we love whose peak was between 2001 and 2011 in order to get rid of this whole 'last ten years of music have been awful' schtick that's so popular these days!

I'm selecting Art Brut.

Franz Ferdinand

and honourable mentions to

Arctic Monkeys
Arcade Fire
The XX
The Libertines
The White Stripes
The Strokes
The Killers

I don't think there was too much wrong with music in the early/middle of the decade.  Only in the last four years or so has it gone down the dumper



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Or maybe you're just getting older ArrGee!
Though good choice with The XX who are mere whippersnappers.

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Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, The Libertines, MGMT and the Streets are probably the main ones for me. And good for Russell!

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Eamonn wrote:

Or maybe you're just getting older ArrGee!
Though good choice with The XX who are mere whippersnappers.

I'm definitely getting older, my son teases me whenever anyone comes on TV these days that they are my favourite band.  Currently it's JLS. 

You know you're getting old when you listen to Radio 5 ahead of a music station.   Only time I listen to Jarvis (or XFM) is when I'm trying to avoid football results on a Sunday afternoon. 

 



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Russell's not on the list. It's all lies.

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And to think we trusted you no



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WHY WOULD YOU SAY SUCH A THING! I'm off to cry into my pillow...

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Well I didn't think anyone would believe me! Anyway you should do your research. That's just nonce-sense.

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tried but it doesn't look like you can see the list without buying NME (so instead I took the word of someone I trusted)

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Make me feel bad why don't you... I'm just a badly glued together disembodied head, have I destroyed your faith in humanity?

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Eamonn wrote:

MGMT's second album (I still only know the singles from the first one. Kids annoyed me so much that I wrote them off for a fair while) was the most interesting experimental-pop by a major band I've heard in years. Really hope they keep it going.

 

Totally agree, I Found A Whistle is an amazing moment on a brilliant album.



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fredthe3rd wrote:

Make me feel bad why don't you... I'm just a badly glued together disembodied head, have I destroyed your faith in humanity?

Joking is not allowed when we're talking about something as serious as NME's estimation of Russell's coolness...(I fell for your lies too, damn you).

As far as bands to restore our faith...for me it would be Arcade Fire; The Suburbs is so great I'm afraid to listen to any of their other albums.

Some young-ish bands that show promise, imo:
Beach House
Best Coast
Band of Horses
Ford & Lopatin
The Joy Formidable
Airborne Toxic Event
M83



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thomas_bland wrote:
Eamonn wrote:

MGMT's second album (I still only know the singles from the first one. Kids annoyed me so much that I wrote them off for a fair while) was the most interesting experimental-pop by a major band I've heard in years. Really hope they keep it going.

 

Totally agree, I Found A Whistle is an amazing moment on a brilliant album.

Yep, I love that song so much. Those keyboards....

 



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So who was cooler than Jarvis then?

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