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What is the most important Rock album of the last decade?
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If you go back 15 years you get the start of DJ Danger Mouse. Beck, Black Keys, Shins/Broken Bells, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Portugal the Man and more all directly influenced.
Can you post some highlights?
Them Crooked Vultures is another one. I mean... A supergroup with Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones.
Yep. My favorite rock album in the last ten years. Every song is a amazing and different. You get your Homme/Queens weirdness, Grohl radio friendly vibe, and mother fucking JPH bass just to sweeten the deal. I'd kill for a follow up album, if Jones isn't game you can sub him for Les Claypool for some extra groove and randomness.
The bass line of No One Loves Me is 11/10.
man, really hard to think of actual seminal groundbreaking rock albums over the past decade.
i'll go with...
battles - mirrored.
sounded like it came from decades in the future when it came out, still does. tons of innovative and influential ideas about how to weave technology into rock music.
also sick drumming from john stanier.
I love battles, and that album. but what happend toall that post/math rock around the time battles came out we had bands like 65dos with destruction of small ideas which is one of my all time favorite albums..
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sleverfunk
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This is good thread to find out more good music. Lately I've been listening to japanese bands(even though i don't understand a word lmao) cause I was bored and could not find something new.
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It's where everyone chats about The Jam/Paul Weller and makes disparaging remarks about The Rockers.
DieNgamers
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Depends on the scene, really. You could argue that this album produced thousands of bands that try to sound the same: Mastodon - Crack The Skye
David Bowie's Blackstar shows that a dying icon can deliver once more for the sake of art...Its almost literally the last thing that he did.
I don't think this last decade there has been an album that influenced the rock genre itself on a global scale, though. I guess we won't get that anymore because rock music grows in the underground now!
That stuff is too good and challenging for the mass market. I think some of the best rock albums ever were released in the last 10-15 years but these artists would have to be established superstars to let the rest of the world notice.
David Bowie's Blackstar shows that a dying icon can deliver once more for the sake of art...Its almost literally the last thing that he did.
I don't think this last decade there has been an album that influenced the rock genre itself on a global scale, though. I guess we won't get that anymore because rock music grows in the underground now!
That stuff is too good and challenging for the mass market. I think some of the best rock albums ever were released in the last 10-15 years but these artists would have to be established superstars to let the rest of the world notice.
PabloBolivar
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No sir. That would be David Comes to Life.
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oh god like three fucked up albums qualify here
Sleater Kinney, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Decembrists, The National, The Strokes third album if that was in the past ten years. Arcade Fire The Suburbs, Paramore Self Titled, St. Vincent .... David Bowie Blackstar is a good pick. More prog Jazz then rock but I will accept it.
Not sure what is most important. Rock is so under the radar these days. The most important rock album of the past decade probably came out in the 60's.
The last six Beatles albums are probably still more influential then anything that came from the last decade.
Not sure what is most important. Rock is so under the radar these days. The most important rock album of the past decade probably came out in the 60's.
The last six Beatles albums are probably still more influential then anything that came from the last decade.
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the bridge of that song actually exists on a plane of existence where nothing can ever be wrong.
Martinski43
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Saying that rock is dead and so on is pretty weird considering how much bigger Rock acts are live in general than the run of the mill pop acts. The longevity of rock acts beat the fucking shit out of pop as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_concert_tours
How many of those tours are done by a pop artist? Like 1 or 2? Even in the 2010's the rock acts beats out pop.
Just because there aren't many rock songs on the Top 40 radio don't mean that much anyway since most money is made from touring these days anyway, not having a hit on the radio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_concert_tours
How many of those tours are done by a pop artist? Like 1 or 2? Even in the 2010's the rock acts beats out pop.
Just because there aren't many rock songs on the Top 40 radio don't mean that much anyway since most money is made from touring these days anyway, not having a hit on the radio.
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but that's old ass music
Martinski43
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Coldplay aint old and i'm pretty sure they are considering a rock act live. Even if they have some pop sounding songs. Sure the top 5 is older acts but they still put out new stuff that they tour with. Except Guns n Roses i guess...
Edit: And Roger Waters..
lol But anyway my other point was longevity i guess. Will we see a current relevant pop act touring one of their albums 30-40 years from now? I would probably bet $100+ on no.edit2: Bruce Springsteen beats out the biggest pop acts like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé doing a nostalgic The River tour, playing nothing but older songs as well on the tour..
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media I need to know what you think of these new brand new songs.
https://youtu.be/CwICLInIl8A
https://youtu.be/28YFesvcLS8
"new"
https://youtu.be/CwICLInIl8A
https://youtu.be/28YFesvcLS8
"new"
acheron_xl
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What is the most culturally important work of the last decade in a genre that isn't culturally important anymore? Got me.
SkyMasterson
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I don't even know anymore. "Rock" music is such a varied term anymore. Not to mention that it isn't en vogue and hasn't been really for awhile now.
A lot of great stuff from though.
The War on Drugs Lost in a Dream was a revelation for me. They actually have a new album coming soon. The singles are fantastic so far.
Kurt Vile who is associated with the leader of TWOD also puts out some great stuff.
Fair to Midland's "Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True", was such a fucking awesome album. They were like alt metal, prog rock-ish. Really fantastic live band. Unfortunately, they didn't make it and are no longer around
Check out this song of theirs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjW-j2PAv-I
A lot of great stuff from though.
The War on Drugs Lost in a Dream was a revelation for me. They actually have a new album coming soon. The singles are fantastic so far.
Kurt Vile who is associated with the leader of TWOD also puts out some great stuff.
Fair to Midland's "Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True", was such a fucking awesome album. They were like alt metal, prog rock-ish. Really fantastic live band. Unfortunately, they didn't make it and are no longer around
Check out this song of theirs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjW-j2PAv-I
Fudgepuppy
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Was just about to post this.
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you guys can continue to ignore it but my chemical romance and fall out boy put out some great albums in the past ten years. danger days, conventional weapons, and save rock & roll are all really good.
is the Gerard way solo album worth listening to?
is the Gerard way solo album worth listening to?
Martinski43
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And also there's metal bands that put out new fantastic shit such as Gojira, Ghost BC and so on.
Yeah I will just continue to ignore it. The only things these bands influenced was each other.
I really like I am a Nightmare. I kinda like mene. Lots of Cursive vibes.
I think my favorite songs by them will still be Play Crack the Sky and Jesus Christ though.
Edit: Also love My Chem. Everyone else can shush
Also Fall Out Boy
https://youtu.be/yKOlBZJ7Izs
MCR also made some of the best videos back in the day. Helena and Ghost of You made me want Gerad to be and actor.
That was my biggest letdown in rock in decades. Was expecting too much of It though
Them Crooked Vultures is another one. I mean... A supergroup with Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones.
I Will also go with AM from arctic monkeys. It's probably the only rock album that i've seen mentioned in years from a band that is not 30 years old.
It's not even my favorite one, that honor goes to blackstar and the Devil put dinosaurs here, but o think it's the most important. It showed rock can still live outside of the bands that everyone knows.
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Seriously, these videos, ugh, my heart
https://youtu.be/uCUpvTMis-Y The water transition ughhhhhhhh I am dead.
https://youtu.be/UCCyoocDxBA
I have a weird thing for really well times videos. I know this song got WAY overplayed but I love it just for the video. The timing! Ahhhh
https://youtu.be/qQkBeOisNM0
Last great video and I'll quit, sorry
https://youtu.be/BguZZ3rGKe0
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I used to just loop that some nights video. great song.
The Rain King
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Same.
Comrade Crunch
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If also like to throw in Wasting Light by The Foo Fighters, one of the few rock bands who can still sell out a venue in minutes, sometimes seconds.
I recognize a good number, but I still agree. There's been great albums released, but none of them have been important.
Rock is easily my preferred genre (as a guitar player, the more guitars, the better), and while I do dig a lot of the new stuff, and most of the stuff mentioned in this thread, even with a couple groundbreaking albums here and there, it's become more than apparent that rock is stuck in a bit of a rut.
I don't think we'll ever get another year like, say, 1971, that was loaded with amazing groundbreaking albums ever again. Sadly, the best in rock is behind us.
I don't think we'll ever get another year like, say, 1971, that was loaded with amazing groundbreaking albums ever again. Sadly, the best in rock is behind us.
Screaming Meat
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OP, what do you mean by "important"?
These are definitely 2 of my personal favorite albums of the last decade. I agree with your conclusions on them.
Influenced a scene, movement or approach to the genre I guess.
So
because it pissed off a lot of crusty metalheads who hate change
(also Battles and Arctic Monkeys is right)
JoJoShabadoo
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That ship sailed in the OP lol. AM isn't an example of a garage rock album, nor are the examples like Danger Mouse/Broken Bells remotely similar. If anything, AM is highly influenced by other genres (like psychedelic rock) and albums (like Ziggy Stardust, which IIRC Alex Turner cited as an inspiration).
I wouldn't say that AM is important in an influential sense, at least.
quickwhips
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Against me - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Pretty powerful album.
Pretty powerful album.