For me personally the 'best bands on earth today' are:
TV On The Radio
Arcade Fire
Battles
Mogwai
In order for a band to qualify they must have released an album within the past two years.
Discuss? :)
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mine are
Super Furry Animals
The Thrills [no one will agree with me on that, but thats just me, being, me]
Arcade Fire - agree with you there
REM - their new record is great!
I think xiu xiu
are the band from this era that will be most highly regarded in the future
^
For some reason when I saw this thread title
I thought 'Earth' referred to the band and this was about a load of good bands all playing 'bundle' on top of Dylan Carlson.
Wilco
and B&S
lol
Dylan Carson is one man you wouldn't bundle!
I thought this too ^!
My Morning Jacket, even if their latest un is shite
^^
there seems to be a lot of divide between there new album. Some say it's amazing, others think it's terrible.
well
some people are wrong, and some people arent :)
Xiu XIu
Joanna Newsom
Fuck Buttons
Of Montreal
Cats In Paris
cats in paris are good
but come on? seriously? same to fuck button. that said yes to the other three (less so newsom but still)
TV On The Radio only just qualify
as it was 1 year and 51 weeks ago they last released an album
Radiohead
have to be included in that list surely.
Last three albums - not so great.
First thee albums - not so great.
thou shouldst read as three
Sonic Youth qualifies on Rather Ripped and SYR 8)
Mogwai
Devotchka
Joanna Newsom
okkervil river
The Mountain Goats
Brand New
The Hold Steady
The National
Predictable indie-rock choices but yeah, those are my five.
okkervil
are the best band, for me. Closely followed by the hold steady.
I'd suggest...
Yo La Tengo
The Shins
the national
probably
Spoon
are my heroes. Always great live, with each new album packed with gems.
They were a bit average at the Scala a few month's back.
very disappointed.
Agree with The National - everytime I'm scrolling through my iPod recently wondering what to put on, I just end up going fuck it, I want to hear Fake Empire again.
Thought they were pretty good at that show
But the setlist missed out a few classics.
Would have liked to have gotten closer, but was blocked by a massive swarm of American students standing on the stairs.
yay ^^
:D
Coldplay
^ comedy gold
i think its...
Breaded Hawk Fist
or
The Laylo Effect
or
Smashbatp1ssdroid
or
Flase Black & Heaven After Paste
The two I keep
returning to again and again and have a full bodied and varied back catalogue that allows me to keep it feeling fresh - Super Furry Animals & Beastie Boys.
its obviously
Deerhoof.
and Animal Collective.
i cant think of a better example than animal collective
best band in the world for me
.
My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine
I think Animal Collective
Deerhoof are great
& Super Furry Animals of course being the greatest band on the planet.
Future of the left
End of list
pissed jeans
and DAS OATH, but they've gone pretty quiet and haven't done anything for a while. which upsets me.
Gregor Samsa
Two amazing albums in the last 3 years and really great live.
Grizzly Bear
GRIZZLY BEAR
this is a no brainer
Wolf Parade?
Sunset Rubdown
Les Savy Fav
MAN MAN
Parts & Labor
Brand New
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
...
Radiohead.
Thread's over.
.
Tera Melos
Logs
Personally
Jens Lekman
The National
Camille
Tegan and Sara (doubt anyone will agree there!)
^5 for Tegan & Sara
<3
Ah, I didn't know there were many other fans on here!
Did you see them play Shepherd's Bush this week? I didn't go, but saw them at Koko in March, superb :)
I didn't see them in London
but Glasgow! Second time I've seen them this year, as well. I hope they come again really, really soon. Absolutely adored it <3
:D
I'd put forward 65daysofstatic
I dunno, prolley the canucks
Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Wolf Parade, New Pornos ...and all their incentuous supergroup stuffs.
Dillinger Escape Plan!
But if we're including solo artists, definetely Regina Spektor.
Mogwai are a close second/third.
I think I'm goin off bands
at the moment I seem to be listening to way more electronic stuff.
Hmm
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
Arcade Fire
The National
are my favourite
I love the national
if I ever got round to writing a novel I'd call the female protagonist Faye Kempire.
I want to say 'Radiohead'...
... but I'm gonna go with The National, because Boxer is THAT good. Asobi Seksu are in great form, too.
Flight Of The Concords
easily