What's been the best music of this decade?

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 21-11-2019 12:55pm #1

What songs, artists or albums are the stand outs? And what will this decade be remembered for?

correction · 21-11-2019 12:58pm

Tame Impala probably the only band that came from this decade that I'm interested in tbh. Lonerism probably my favorite ever album of the decade but I didn't listen to much tbf.

jr86 · 21-11-2019 1:02pm

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

What songs, artists or albums are the stand outs? And what will this decade be remembered for?

The death of the charts, although plenty would say that started in the 00s

used to love watching top 30 hits on Sunday (?) and listening to the charts live on friday growing up

Ed Sheeran having every single album track in the top 20 singles charts, based on streams alone, was well and truly the final nail in the coffin though

hellsing101 · 21-11-2019 1:09pm

Its been a pretty poor decade for music. Seems like image has taken over from talent in all aspects of music nowadays, in what is accepted as popular anyway.

magic_murph · 21-11-2019 1:10pm

Blur

mfceiling · 21-11-2019 1:14pm

Sleaford Mods.

The Nal · 21-11-2019 1:16pm

mfceiling wrote: »

Sleaford Mods.

This.

Also the indie punk garage sort of thing. Parquet Courts, Ty Segall etc.

ongarite · 21-11-2019 1:18pm

Very strong decade for music IMO.
Biggest trend has been the rise of black rap artists & the politicisation of that music through artists like Kanye, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lemar & Stormzy.

Personal standouts for artists/music of the decade would be Beach House, Grimes, Radiohead, Angel Olsen, Robyn, Tame Impala, The Knife

The Nal · 21-11-2019 1:25pm

hellsing101 wrote: »

Its been a pretty poor decade for music. Seems like image has taken over from talent in all aspects of music nowadays, in what is accepted as popular anyway.

Its been a great decade. Some great music out there. Just need to dig a little deeper.

Bigbagofcans · 21-11-2019 1:30pm

Chart-wise the decade will be remembered for the likes of Ed Sheeran, Adele, Ariana Grande and other crooners such as Michael Bublé dominating the radio and infiltration of acts from the X Factor like One Direction, Olly Murs.

This has pushed a lot of genuine good music underground so you usually have to seek out decent music.

Of course Spotify and YouTube are brilliant for discovering new music.

Great quality music out there but you usually won't find it on the radio.

hellsing101 · 21-11-2019 1:32pm

The Nal wrote: »

Its been a great decade. Some great music out there. Just need to dig a little deeper.

There will always be good music out there if you look but what I was getting at is we don't see a lot of bands with actual musicians in them being pushed on TV or online. Whats pushed to the fore front is usually vapid ****e by the likes of Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift etc.

The same goes for Hip Hop where we would have seen talented lyricists before you now have mumble rap and idiots with tattoos all over their faces who are so high they cant string a sentence together e.g all the "Lil" rappers.

McMurphy · 21-11-2019 1:34pm

I've been enjoying Gerry Cinnamon of late, simple toe tapping stuff.

Greyfox · 21-11-2019 1:38pm

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

And what will this decade be remembered for?

The decade where buying albums or singles became a waste of money

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 21-11-2019 1:39pm

International:

Frank Ocean
Mac De Marco
Beach House
Lizzo
James Blake
John Grant
Soap & skin
Fleet foxes
Father John Misty

Irish:

Villagers
Lankum
Junior Brother
Kneecap
Lowli
Soak

Off the top of my head, geared towards my own taste and not counting a lot of acts who released great stuff this decade but were very well established in/by the 2000s (also just leaving out a lot of the grime/general hip hop because there are only so many "old man shouts at cloud" posts I feel like reading).

GLaDOS · 21-11-2019 1:39pm

Emma Ruth Rundle for me is the artist who emerged this decade who made the biggest impression on me.

Khemmis released 3 fantastic albums this decade (I accept they're pretty much completely unknown).

Steven Wilson continues to produce gold as always.

2 amazing releases from 65daysofstatic.

bullpost · 21-11-2019 1:42pm

Greyfox wrote: »

The decade where buying albums or singles became a waste of money

The decade where tech companies made subscribers out of music fans.

Ficheall · 21-11-2019 1:43pm

Recent artists I like include Milk Carton Kids and Vampire Weekend.

Also, Miley Cyrus isn't bad, tbph.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtwot6j83V8

The Nal · 21-11-2019 1:44pm

hellsing101 wrote: »

There will always be good music out there if you look but what I was getting at is we don't see a lot of bands with actual musicians in them being pushed on TV or online. Whats pushed to the fore front is usually vapid ****e by the likes of Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift etc.

The same goes for Hip Hop where we would have seen talented lyricists before you now have mumble rap and idiots with tattoos all over their faces who are so high they cant string a sentence together e.g all the "Lil" rappers.

haha yeah true but the "Lil" lads have been around since the 90s. "Lil E", "Lil Jon" etc. All shíte.

The idea of radio being a way to discover good new stuff has been over for 20+ years.

Can't recommend Spotify enough for new music.

Also http://www.anydecentmusic.com/ is, well, decent.

Uncut mag still great for new music. As is Allmusic.com.

Greyfox wrote: »

The decade where buying albums or singles became a waste of money

Singles yes but that happened way back when they stopped allowing bands to put 4 tracks on a single.

Buying albums is still a thing, for vinyl. Will forever sound a million times better than a digital album.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 21-11-2019 3:17pm

Kendrick Lamar will probably be considered the artist of the decade.

This is obviously the anthem of the decade.

Bobblehats · 21-11-2019 3:21pm

Despitaco

Bigbagofcans · 21-11-2019 3:29pm

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Kendrick Lamar will probably be considered the artist of the decade.

Most overrated artist IMO.

KungPao · 21-11-2019 3:32pm

‘80s or nothing for me. Lousy stuff these days.

w/s/p/c/ · 21-11-2019 3:56pm

None. Modern music is rubbish.

(Now excuse me, I have to go outside to yell at some clouds)

Arghus · 21-11-2019 4:07pm

Hard to say. Albums that I thought were really good, I'm not calling them the best of the decade - just the ones I thought were best:

Benji by Sun Kil Moon
The Idler Wheel.. by Fiona Apple
Daughters by Daughters
To Be Kind by Swans
Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter
Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom
Divers by Joanna Newsom
Immunity by Jon Hopkins
Backstar by David Bowie
Black Messiah by D'Angelo
Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
White Men Are Black Men Too by Young Fathers
Art Angels by Grimes

Some more will pop into my head later.

evil_seed · 21-11-2019 5:15pm

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Kendrick Lamar will probably be considered the artist of the decade.

This is obviously the anthem of the decade.

Can't believe I have to scroll so far down for this.

Mad_maxx · 21-11-2019 5:28pm

hellsing101 wrote: »

Its been a pretty poor decade for music. Seems like image has taken over from talent in all aspects of music nowadays, in what is accepted as popular anyway.

the previous decade was rubbish too

Rothko · 21-11-2019 5:34pm

It's been a brilliant decade for music. Some of my favourite artists of the last ten years: Tame Impala, Fionn Regan, Weyes Blood, Lana Del Rey, Deerhunter, Mac Demarco, Melody's Echo Chamber, St. Vincent, Laura Marling, Beach House, Japandroids, (Sandy) Alex G, Swans, Danny Brown, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Vince Staples, Jeff Rosenstock, And So I Watch You From Afar, Tokyo Shoegazer, Flying Lotus, Sharon Van Etten, Ty Segall, Big Thief.

Rothko · 21-11-2019 5:34pm

hellsing101 wrote: »

Its been a pretty poor decade for music. Seems like image has taken over from talent in all aspects of music nowadays, in what is accepted as popular anyway.

You're listening to the wrong stuff.

Greyfox · 21-11-2019 5:37pm

The Nal wrote: »

Buying albums is still a thing, for vinyl. Will forever sound a million times better than a digital album.

In your dreams, they only sound a little bit better

nf2k · 21-11-2019 5:41pm

Here since the 90s but Daft Punk's Random Access Memories is the album of the century so far.

The Nal · 21-11-2019 5:43pm

Greyfox wrote: »

In your dreams, they only sound a little bit better

You must be buying crap vinyl/have a crap setup!

Theres no comparison.

Sorry about that · 21-11-2019 5:56pm

Foals , specifically Total Life Forever.
Tom Odell.
Great Van Fleet.
Slowdive.

Quantum Erasure · 21-11-2019 7:15pm

Skrillex, Deadmau5, good stuff from the early part of the decade

Beanntraigheach · 21-11-2019 7:30pm

Little known, but the best artists IMO:

Luminous Water
Voss Jefferson
The Broken Giraffes
D'Lomi Mfungwe
Störmknyfe7
Los Quejitos

Say Your Number · 21-11-2019 7:51pm

For me Cellar Darling are the best band to emerge over the last few years, easily one of the worst band names I've ever heard, but their music is fantastic, just waiting for them to get mainstream success so I can whinge about how they've sold out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU54MDtzrVU

Das Reich · 21-11-2019 8:01pm

Went to seach on youtube what is Kendrick Lamar and other anglophone "musicians" mentioned here. What a rubbish is that english music died on the 80's.

ErnestBorgnine · 21-11-2019 8:51pm

Das Reich wrote: »

Went to seach on youtube what is Kendrick Lamar and other anglophone "musicians" mentioned here. What a rubbish is that english music died on the 80's.

More likely your interest in listening to anything that doesn't sound familiar died in the 80s.

Anesthetize · 21-11-2019 9:16pm

Some good albums released this decade.

The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
The National - High Violet
Angel Olsen - All Mirrors
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
Slowdive - Slowdive
My Bloody Valentine - m b v
Lana Del Rey - Norman ****ing Rockwell!
Julia Holter - Have You in my Wilderness
Grimes - Art Angels
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
Beach House - Teen Dream
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Turnover - Peripheral Vision
Alvvays - Antisocialites
Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Gorguts - Colored Sands
Anathema - Weather Systems

mollser · 21-11-2019 9:18pm

The Nal wrote: »

The idea of radio being a way to discover good new stuff has been over for 20+ .

Mainstream fm radio for sure. For full disclosure I like all things modern rock (80/90's up to today) and stream kerrang radio via tune in when I'm on the move. Have come across heaps of new bands through it, it is also great to have music presented by people who care for it, provide anecdotes etc and add a bit of 'colour' to the music. The spotify experience leaves me very cold tbh.

Hearing a DJ play say fangclub across the uk feels much better than just streaming it myself, gives a sense that they are starting too be noticed etc. Maybe I'm old fashioned but that station has brought back my love for radio! Now I see why people speak highly of planet rock also, similar station (same owners) just a bit more classic rock. Spotify meh

callaway92 · 21-11-2019 9:22pm

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

Most overrated artist IMO.

Guessing you’re not into hip-hop?

In fairness though, his two best albums were out before 2012 and hasn’t been as good since

eyerer · 21-11-2019 9:29pm

I got into Drake this decade, I liked all his albums and he just churns them out too.
Also agree with Ed Sheeran, huge success for him and I do like some of his stuff myself.

Otherwise lots of random stuff off spotify, since FM radio is crap, I never would have heard this stuff only for streaming.
Spotify wins :pac:

Arghus · 21-11-2019 9:35pm

mollser wrote: »

Mainstream fm radio for sure. For full disclosure I like all things modern rock (80/90's up to today) and stream kerrang radio via tune in when I'm on the move. Have come across heaps of new bands through it, it is also great to have music presented by people who care for it, provide anecdotes etc and add a bit of 'colour' to the music. The spotify experience leaves me very cold tbh.

Hearing a DJ play say fangclub across the uk feels much better than just streaming it myself, gives a sense that they are starting too be noticed etc. Maybe I'm old fashioned but that station has brought back my love for radio! Now I see why people speak highly of planet rock also, similar station (same owners) just a bit more classic rock. Spotify meh

I still enjoy, on the very odd occasion that I do listen to the radio, hearing something new. I used to listen to Paul McClune from time to time and Kelly Anne Bryne at the weekends on Today FM - don't even know if she's still on - was really good, genuinely passionate about the music she played.

Personally, as a user, I think music streaming services just open up how much music is available to you exponentially. Since I started using them, I've been able to hear and enjoy so much more than I would have previously. More or less everything is right there, ready to be heard. It's never been easier to hear good new music than it is right now. People who say "all music is crap these days" haven't been looking hard enough.

Though, I'm also aware that from an artist's perspective streaming may not the best thing to happen to music. People making fck all money from streams etc, etc.

ILoveYourVibes · 21-11-2019 9:37pm

There is no definitive answer but i nominate father john misty.

buried · 21-11-2019 9:47pm

Was some very good LP's Ep's and works from the last decade by all these

Autechre
Lee Gamble
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
Danny Brown
RP Boo
Oneohtrix Point Never
The Bug vs Earth
Jasss
Vatican Shadow
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement
Wolves in the Throne Room
Sunn O)))

Beanntraigheach · 22-11-2019 12:03am

Beanntraigheach wrote: »

Little known, but the best artists IMO:

Luminous Water
Voss Jefferson
The Broken Giraffes
D'Lomi Mfungwe
Störmknyfe7
Los Quejitos

A few more I overlooked earlier:

Rhymejob
The Busted Hindoos
Epididymis
Franjo & the Tudjmen
4-Skynn

Only a select few music connoisseurs would ever have heard of them.

seligehgit · 22-11-2019 12:07am

Agnes Obel

BDI · 22-11-2019 12:08am

Tranquility base hotel and casino by arctic monkeys

New band twisted wheel sound good

Kurt Vile

Tidal and Spotify helped me find good music I’ve never heArd before.

Might be the decade where people in Ireland discover bands like King Crimson and Captain Beefheart but they won’t. Yong people are afraid to admit to liking things unless somebody else tells them to like them first.

Bigbagofcans · 22-11-2019 12:31am

callaway92 wrote: »

Guessing you’re not into hip-hop?

In fairness though, his two best albums were out before 2012 and hasn’t been as good since

I like some hip-hop but don't see the appeal with him.

Ferris_Bueller · 22-11-2019 12:32am

In terms of pop music, I think the very start of this decade was an all time low for chart music. It was like a eureka moment where all big artists realised that they could make some form of 'dance' music that was complete and utter ****e and you would hear it in every night club and every radio station. Pitbull, Black Eyed Peas, Flo Rida, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Lady Gaga etc all very much remind me of this period. Somehow the very same music is still being played in some night clubs in Ireland and always seems to be playing in nightclubs abroad for some reason.

Outside of pop music, a very good decade for music and some great albums posted already in this thread. Some of my favourites: Arcade Fire - Reflector, Slowdive - Slowdive, The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream, Bicep - Bicep, Black Marble - It's Immaterial, Todd Terje - It's Album Time, M83 - Hurry up we're Dreaming.

ILoveYourVibes · 22-11-2019 12:44am

ILoveYourVibes · 22-11-2019 12:52am

What's been the best music of this decade?

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