Arcade Fire
The National
Sufjan Stevens

All very consistent, I wouldn't say Kings of Leon.

Obviously.

Band of last decade, too.

or coldplay, not in a good/bad way, just in the sense of ownership

Arcade Fire or Broken Social Scene.

Have had their ups and downs this decade but KID A and amnesiac easily qualify them for this title IMO. Also contenders to best band of last decade.

Only bands that come close to radiohead for this decade in terms of quantity and consistency of output are Deerhoof and sonic youth.

no one else is as good AND popular

check

Mates.

Ha

Other probably are Red hot Chili's, Foos... Radiohead for the critical acclaim...

Radiohead or Low. But if you add commercial success etc to critical acclaim, someone like Arcade Fire or Radiohead might fit the bill.

It's pretty much been defined by shit indie bands like The Pigeon Detectives and co. making it into the mainstream.

there are to many ace bands.

Kings Of Leon are a long long long long way from being it mind hehehhehe.

Arcade Fire are wicked but only have two albums and I don't see that many people arsed about them when the new album buzz has died down.

Radiohead & NiN can have a shout for some badass marketing skills and the quality of tunes to back it up with.

But I will back the underdog cos I love it...

Burial easily, two albums, still anonamus, both awsome, both made loadsa fans and still has a buzz going about them.

i'd say for commercial reasons and getting out there, i'd say Radiohead for the 90's.

but from 2000 onwards i would probably say... ummm...

i cant answer that, i cant answer that.

it has probably got to be the Libertines, for good or ill. Mainstream indie rock (in the UK at least) has enjoyed a huge revival off the back of their success.

Just to be clear, I am not saying they are the best, but I don't think you can deny their influence.

QOTSA
Muse
McLusky
SOAD

are all so borrrring :[

Consistently excellent since the start of the decade.

for my own self it would simply have to be Animal Collective.

On here Radiohead are pretty much the most defining band atm, and I have no qualms at all with that.

Maybe for the wider public it would be somebody like Coldplay, or even shitter, Razorlight :'(

coldplay in terms of popularity
arcade fire or radiohead, though radiohead arent definitively a noughties band, dont you think?

5 great Super Furry Animals albums since 2000, 2 lovely solo records, and now the brilliant Neon Neon.

And Damon Albarn hasn't fared badly either. Gorillaz, Blur's massively underrated 'Think Tank', The Good, The Bad and the Queen, and the actually very good Mali Music.

Band wise I'm thinking Muse, The Mars Volta, Doves, The Coral, Goldfrapp, Radiohead etc.

have to plump for muse, just because their last three albums were quality and they're a fuckoff good act live
radiohead would be up there as well

Just did a quick look through my CD's and I would say that most bands from this decade I own between 1-4 CD's by.
Arcade Fire are a great example of this and though Funeral may well be the best album this decade their lack of material rules them out.
I thought of Animal Collective but the hit and miss nature of their material has to rule them out.
The National, perhaps but I still feel we need moe from them.
So reluctantly I have to give it to Radiohead. I like Radiohead, their material is of a very consistent high quality, the trouble is I could never love Radiohead.
It's been an odd decade..

Radiohead.

because there isn't really an arguement, they're the only band to transcend and reject their hugely successful britpop crown for work with far more integrity and still manage to keep (or at least win back) that popularity.

The Strokes for getting everyone interested again when Radiohead went off to be Aphex Twin anoraks, and sytematically fucking it up for years to come (including all their own work after that)

and Animal Collective for leading the charge of "wierd-electronic indie" and giving Pitchfork a leg to stand on.

and for the record, the most important band of the 90's was Mogwai for taking up the challenge of keeping guitar music alivve after shooting itself in the head in the shape of Kurt Cobain

in comparrison to previous decades, the 00s have been naff. They just have.

they've gone from widely decried supposed Radiohead-copyists to Wembley selling megastars.
As well as 3 amazing albums.
I am mega-biased though, being the biggest Muse fan in the world...

Decent shout for Kings Of Leon as well, for similar reasons. They're not quite as good live though. Or as 'big' in the mainstream.

Radiohead are always going to be good. They're definitely up there. But they've maintained a level, rather than progressed. Admittedly, it's hard to progress from being one of the world's biggest bands.

Sugababes
Spice Girls
Girls Aloud

ArcadeFire-no.
KoL-no.AhaShakeHeartbreak-YES.TheRestOfThem?-NO.

Yeah coldplay has been very commercial and their music is great.. deubting #1 in 36 countries proves that.... and thats final.32 mill on 3 albums thats why i think they are the band of the decade and many also say they are....

both made a "cultural" impact.

Radiohead and Elbow for me.

Seriously?

And Arcade Fire are overrated.

I'll have to say Radiohead just for their diversity the past 8 years, no one else has really had that.

Animal Collective and The National are honorable mentions though.

So how can you say?!? I reckon we need a few decent years to digest what has happened in the decade before making a proper judgement.

But still I'll go for Arcade Fire, at the moment. Though they could still be outshone

but I think The White Stripes are at least worthy of consideration...

A lot can happen in it.

I'm going with Hot Snakes.

Radiohead
Sufjan Stevens
Arcade Fire
The Shins

I can definitely see a valid case for Kings Of Leon but they really aren't on the same level as these bands in my opinion.

I thank you.

why are they not given more due consideration here? they're not exactly my favourite band, but they have far more and, IMO, better output this decade than Kings of Leon, Tv on the Radio etc.

they are more popular than Arcade Fire, the National, Broken social scene.

Radiohead already has the 90's,

the white stripes have the songs, a full decade of material, strong branding as a band, rise to popularity, and were influential in this decade's garage rock revival. all the key elements of band of the decade.

if you're looking for biggest sales, why not just look it up on the net or something. If you're looking for "cultural impact" it's too early to tell, and personal favourite is as varied as possible.

Saying Radiohead were the band of the 90's is a pretty difficult statement to swallow too.

Just joking. Radiohead for sure.

why didn't I think of this sooner.

Outstanding since forever...