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Best music artists to emerge in the past 20 years

  • 25-01-2019 12:34pm
    #1
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    OK, I suppose I'm giving my age away here (it's a middle aged 43 BTW) and the 1990s was a pivotal decade for me in terms of growing up and coming of age so its not surprising that it is my favourite decade musically (followed by the 1970s) but it does seem that since 2000 the quality of popular music has been pretty lacking. There just seems to be so much fewer artists who produce really good material worth listening to IMO.

    But there are notable exceptions, and I will list the artists who I think stand out from the dross below. Please feel free to challenge me or add to the list.

    IMO some of the best music artists to emerge in past 20 or so years include the following:

    Goldfrapp
    Franz Ferdinand
    Florence and The Machine
    Muse
    Scissor Sisters
    Adele
    Sigur Ros
    Lady Gaga
    Royksopp
    Air
    Arcade Fire
    Boards Of Canada
    Lana del Ray


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  • #2
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,324 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    No Arctic Monkeys?

    This will just be an opinion thread leading to people criticising each other.


  • #3
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    Anything Jack White does, Queens of the Stone Age(the above are technically 90's but "made It big" in the noughties)Also, the Mars Volta and Mastodon.


  • #4
    Dakotabigone
    Site Banned Posts: 512 ✭✭✭Dakotabigone


    Anything from the Nolan Sisters.


  • #5
    RayCon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,835 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Steven Wilson*
    Opeth**
    Ghost


    ... these would be who I spend most of my time listening that have emerged in the last 20yrs.



    *although Wilson as Porcupine Tree has obviously been releasing material more than 20 yrs ago


    ** Ok, technically they are older than 20 , but I enjoy their output of the last 20yrs more so than the really early material.


  • #6
    ImARebel
    Registered Users Posts: 793 ✭✭✭ImARebel


    irishguitarlad wrote: »
    Anything Jack White does, Queens of the Stone Age(the above are technically 90's but "made It big" in the noughties)Also, the Mars Volta and Mastodon.

    I've just gone who, who and who :D

    god I'm old :(


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  • #7
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Artctic Monkeys are good but compared to the general output of the 1990s they seem rather average - when compared to Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice In Chains, Massive Atrack, The Chemical Brothers, Placebo, Bjork, Portishead, Tori Amos, Blur, Oasis, Hole, Garbage, Soundgarden, Skunk Anansie, Ice T and Bodycount, etc..

    I just know I'll be savaged by posters around half my age! Yikes! :O :D


  • #8
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    RayCon wrote: »
    Steven Wilson*
    Opeth**
    Ghost


    ... these would be who I spend most of my time listening that have emerged in the last 20yrs.



    *although Wilson as Porcupine Tree has obviously been releasing material more than 20 yrs ago


    ** Ok, technically they are older than 20 , but I enjoy their output of the last 20yrs more so than the really early material.

    Forgot about these, great artists/bands. The dude from opeth is extremely talented, funny as well.


  • #9
    Ricosruffneck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭Ricosruffneck


    Kanye West

    M83

    Vampire Weekend

    Laura Marling

    Queens of the stone age (edit: they're from 1996)

    Arcade Fire

    Bon Iver

    Muse (edit: they're from 1994)


  • #10
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Artctic Monkeys are good but compared to the general output of the 1990s they seem rather average - when compared to Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice In Chains, Massive Atrack, The Chemical Brothers, Placebo, Bjork, Portishead, Tori Amos, Blur, Oasis, Hole, Garbage, Soundgarden, Skunk Anansie, Ice T and Bodycount, etc..

    I just know I'll be savaged by posters around half my age! Yikes! :O :D

    Those were all special bands.


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    [Deleted User]
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    The Avalanches


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  • #12
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭smilerf


    Ricosruffneck wrote: »
    Kanye West

    M83

    Vampire Weekend

    Laura Marling

    Queens of the stone age

    Arcade Fire

    Bon Iver

    Muse
    Love m83. Listening to Steve mcqueen right now


  • #13
    maximoose
    Registered Users Posts: 9,196 ✭✭✭maximoose


    Scissor sisters? Really?


  • #14
    Ricosruffneck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭Ricosruffneck


    smilerf wrote: »
    Love m83. Listening to Steve mcqueen right now

    'Hurry up we're dreaming' is a perfect album start to finish.


  • #15
    RMAOK
    Registered Users Posts: 11,198 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    maximoose wrote: »
    Scissor sisters? Really?

    Oh Christ. No:mad:


  • #16
    McMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    No Coldplay:confused:

    Definitely one of the biggest bands to emerge in the last 20years.


  • #17
    Ricosruffneck
    Registered Users Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭Ricosruffneck


    Johnny Dogs wrote: »
    No Coldplay:confused:

    Definitely one of the biggest bands to emerge in the last 20years.

    1996


  • #18
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Are you looking for the best acts or the biggest ones?


  • #19
    Buford T. Justice XIX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Mod note: This one would be best discussed in the Music forum. I'll close this and transfer now.


    Please note the change of forum and forum rules.


    Buford T. Justice


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