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[Gorillaz]

Even tho people hate them Nickleback had that one song that was pretty good..into it was ran into the ground by radio

look at this photograph
everytime I do makes me laugh

 

[Grakl]

It went indie.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

I've just come to the conclusion that I'm old. I haven't had a band really blow my mind in a long time. So much music now is just kinda...bland.

Now get off my lawn

 

[johnny_park]

Thanks to whoever mentioned Bandcamp.com. There's some good stuff over there.

 

[demon]

You got old.

 

[amnesiac]

Rock is alive and well in non-mainstream areas...

Even tho people hate them Nickleback had that one song that was pretty good..into it was ran into the ground by radio

look at this photograph
everytime I do makes me laugh

 

[equippedwithtowel]

Burial rock?... First dubstep tried to claim him and now I see this... for posterity his roots are UK Garage (2-step) and his particular sound has gone on to develop Future Garage. EDIT: Unless you are talking about that metal band that I only just discovered shares the same name... In which case carry on and I'm sorry.

As for my recommendation, Archive is pretty awesome. They developed their sound from Trip-hop origins then transitioned into a boding prog-rock sound.

It's in the "experimental" category for a reason.

Spoiler

Could easily rename it electronica

 

[MIMIC]

Solution: Like EVERYTHING

 

[Dead]

There's no lack of great rock bands today.

There's definitely a lack of rock bands aiming to make huge larger than life rock though. The Joy Formidable is one of the few.

 

[User 100115]

Different taste. Go listen to your boy bands.

Um, really? Really?

IDK, maybe try some Coheed or something. Since Alternative seems to be your thing.

 

[Bucket Mouse]

It is also true that rap has superceded rock as the credible, aggressive and counterculture genre in mainstream music for young people. White male youths in the 90s listened primarily to rock music; now hip hop has crossed racial lines and has assimilated into many genres.

 

[The Main Event]

Mainstream rock/hard rock music is godawful nowadays. Every bands sound like a different variation of either Nickelback/Theory of a Deadman or Seether/Shinedown. Even when I try my hardest I can't seem to differentiate those bands.

 

[ЯAW]

Generic, boring, safe rock and a lot of their stuff sounds the same/recycled. They're not bad at what they do or anything but their music is like always getting plain flavored food.

That doesn't really explain it, I mean you just described Foo Fighters and they still get tons of love.

 

[Dead]

Mainstream rock/hard rock music is godawful nowadays. Every bands sound like a different variation of either Nickelback/Theory of a Deadman or Seether/Shinedown. Even when I try my hardest I can't seem to differentiate those bands.

That's modern alt rock radio. Yes it's all garbage bullshit that sounds the same.

 

[faridmon]

Some ''rock'' Music I have enjoyed this year

A place to Bury Strangers
French Films
The Joy Formidable
Honningbarna
Franz Ferdinand
Crystal Stilts
Johnny Marr
British Sea Power
Lite
RADWIMPS
Jagwar Ma
Portugal. The Man
Scanners


and that's is just fractions of what came out this year.

 

[faridmon]

Nirvana?? Rage Against the Machine? Pearl Jam? Smashing Pumpkins? Tool? The Pixies? Pavement? My Bloody motherfucking Valentine?

The 90s were fucking amazing for rock, gtfo with that.

As opposed to the 80s and the 70s, it was a shit decade full of Emo rock and bands that stretch their sound to add some emotions to it.

Fuck The grunge. That is just Emo sprinkled with edgy guitar riffs. Can't stand that shit.

My Bloody Valantine was an 80's band is much better than any other band you mentioned....

 

[kirby_fox]

It stopped using a more grunge sound and started using a more pop sound.

Pop goes mainstream, so anything catchy goes to the top of the charts. I'm just glad we have an alternative station here that plays great music you don't hear on other stations and is less pop influenced.

 

[teruterubozu]

The larger-than-life rock star is dead, but the genre lives on.

 

[gabbo]

It's still awesome, it's just this:

Mainstream radio rock is terrible through and through, though, so lets not get confused.

 

[The Driver]

It is also true that rap has superceded rock as the credible, aggressive and counterculture genre in mainstream music for young people. White male youths in the 90s listened primarily to rock music; now hip hop has crossed racial lines and has assimilated into many genres.

Seriously. I like to make the argument that music is subjective all the time and yada yada yada but a lot of the rap albums I listened to just hit sooo much harder than the rock albums I listened to this year.

Honestly the biggest "this is rock" moment I had this year came from the first 10 seconds of "Do I Wanna Know" from Arctic Monkeys and even that isn't as raw as some of the stuff on their first two albums. Everyone just seemed to go soft.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

As opposed to the 80s and the 70s, it was a shit decade full of Emo rock and bands that stretch their sound to add some emotions to it.

Fuck The grunge. That is just Emo sprinkled with edgy guitar riffs. Can't stand that shit.

My Bloody Valantine was an 80's band is much better than any other band you mentioned....

Radiohead
Guided By Voices
Neutral Milk Hotel
Modest Mouse
Pavement

90's kicked ass.

 

[Bucket Mouse]

The charts were never dominated by critically acclaimed rock.

In the UK, critically acclaimed indie rock dominated the charts from roughly 2001 to 2007. The Strokes, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, The Libertines etc. Maybe you missed it.

 

[The Driver]

That doesn't really explain it, I mean you just described Foo Fighters and they still get tons of love.

Dave Grohl could literally write for Nickelback and people would still love him because he was in Nirvana and is such a qt.

 

[faridmon]

While I still listen to a lot more stuff from the 2000s than the 90s, saying it was a shit decade is just wrong.

Radiohead alone makes the 90s awesome.

Well, I am not saying they are shit or anything, perhaps they defined the whole decade, but they aren't for me. However, I am not saying the decade was shit because of them.

Also, Really dislike that decade because of the popularity of Britpop and the rise of the Gallagher Brothers. Douchebags.

Radiohead
Guided By Voices
Neutral Milk Hotel
Modest Mouse
Pavement

90's kicked ass.

Whilst Pavement and Modest Mouse were indeed awesome, they aren't strong enough to save the whole decade.

80s we had the Post-Punk awesomeness of Gang of Four, Joy Division, The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Bauhaus, The Raincoats, The Teardrop Explodes, The Psychedelic Furs and Killing Joke and the Shoegaze awesomness of My Bloody Valantine, Ride and Lush. 70s we had the Sex Pistols, The Fall, Joy Divisions....

Bloody Hell, the decades aren't comparable.

 

[User 100115]

Dave Grohl could literally write for Nickelback and people would still love him because he was in Nirvana and is such a qt.

At least the lyrics would be better.

<--still likes Foo.

 

[Sub_Level]

I recken you should have a good bit of a bloody look see at Blood Red Shoes, I tell you wot m8.

 

[Buckethead]

I'm not a huge FF fan but that's still a bullshit comparison.

FF songs have a couple of catchy hooks, they make fun music videos, and generally don't take themselves that seriously.

 

[amnesiac]

Also, Really dislike that decade because of the popularity of Britpop and the rise of the Gallagher Brothers. Douchebags.

I guess they are douchebags but they made two of the best albums of the 90s. Blur was also great.

 

[G-Fex]

Nickelback taught me that I want to be a rockstar


hey hey I want to be a rock star

 

[Blearth]

In the UK, critically acclaimed indie rock dominated the charts from roughly 2001 to 2007. The Strokes, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, The Libertines etc. Maybe you missed it.

Or maybe it never actually happened.

http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-2001.shtml

 

[Data West]

The larger-than-life rock star is dead, but the genre lives on.

There's a few out there, but unfortunately they're also tied to terrible music.

 

[Gorillaz]

So what is Muse then? would that just be more on the electronic side of Rock? I always get mixed replies on where they fit in at

 

[faridmon]

I guess they are douchebags but they made two of the best albums of the 90s. Blur was also great.

I disagree, but I agree that they do have their followings.

 

[faridmon]

So what is Muse then? would that just be more on the electronic side of Rock? I always get mixed replies on where they fit in at

They did become more electronic as they went on, yes, but they did start as an Alternative Rock Band.

Sorry dp

 

[Greg]

two incredible albums from this year:
Arcane Roots - Blood & Chemistry
Karnivool - Asymmetry

rock music is just fine

 

[Bgamer90]

Still out there. There's many good indie rock bands.

TAME IMPALA FTW

 

[ЯAW]

What rock bands can still up stadions? Only ones I can think are Radiohead and Muse.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

Whilst Pavement and Modest Mouse were indeed awesome, they aren't strong enough to save the whole decade.

80s we had the Post-Punk awesomeness of Gang of Four, Joy Division, The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Bauhaus, The Raincoats, The Teardrop Explodes, The Psychedelic Furs and Killing Joke and the Shoegaze awesomness of My Bloody Valantine, Ride and Lush. 70s we had the Sex Pistols, The Fall, Joy Divisions....

Bloody Hell, the decades aren't comparable.

Loveless is 92 for one thing. For another I never said the 80's weren't better

 

[Jaffaboy]

Rock music is still awesome.

Baroness - March to the Sea

Cancer Bats - Rats

Don Broco - Actors

QOTSA - My God is the Sun

two incredible albums from this year:
Arcane Roots - Blood & Chemistry

Thanks for sharing this! It's awesome, they're a replacement for the void Mars Volta left in my life by breaking up.

 

[Devolution]

Um, really? Really?

IDK, maybe try some Coheed or something. Since Alternative seems to be your thing.

Nah let him bask in his Puddle of Mudd, The Verve Pipe, Collective Soul, Semisonic, Filter and Smash Mouth.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

Karnivool - Asymmetry

rock music is just fine

oh shit, I didn't know there was a new Karnivool album! I feel like an idiot.

Downloading now

 

[Steamlord]

Whilst Pavement and Modest Mouse were indeed awesome, they aren't strong enough to save the whole decade.

80s we had the Post-Punk awesomeness of Gang of Four, Joy Division, The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Bauhaus, The Raincoats, The Teardrop Explodes, The Psychedelic Furs and Killing Joke and the Shoegaze awesomness of My Bloody Valantine, Ride and Lush. 70s we had the Sex Pistols, The Fall, Joy Divisions....

Bloody Hell, the decades aren't comparable.

The 90s had post-rock.

Also, although they formed in the late 80s, almost all of Ride and Lush's output was in the 90s.

 

[No Love]

OP, you should listen to Bloc Party. They are brilliant progressive/alternative rock. Every album is so interesting and varied. Love all of their new albums, especially Intimacy.

 

[Bgamer90]

Really wish people would stop saying this in every music related topic.

It's true though. Relying on the radio for new/innovative music now is pretty outdated.

 

[The Driver]

OP, you should listen to Bloc Party. They are brilliant progressive/alternative rock. Every album is so interesting and varied. Love all of their new albums, especially Intimacy.

Until Four happened.

 

[johnny_park]

Nah let him bask in his Puddle of Mudd, The Verve Pipe, Collective Soul, Semisonic, Filter and Smash Mouth.

All these bands you mentioned are shitty. Except Collective Soul.

 

[faridmon]

Also:

Hookworms
Suuns
Jawwws
Peace
Fjorden Baby
Savages
Parquet Courts

2013 is bloody amazing year for music.

 

[Devolution]

All these bands you mentioned are shitty. Except Collective Soul.

Got Shine on repeat huh?

 

[faridmon]

Loveless is 92 for one thing. For another I never said the 80's weren't better

Fair enough

Spoiler

Isn't anything > Loveless

 

[Deleted member 30609]

why is what's playing on the radio relevant to anyone with an internet connection?

I mean, insofar as getting all depressed about the state of the industry, at least. The radio is for the widest common denominator. Has that ever, consistently, been where the most interesting things are happening?