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Post by Elliot Kane on Dec 6, 2009 20:43:47 GMT
What do you think are the best new artists to emerge from the Noughties? *** For my list, I'm not going to count a lot of the people who I'm currently listening to, as they won't really emerge as such until next year at the earliest, seeing as many have yet to release albums. I'm also only going to count artists I think I'll still love for the next decade at least. As such, it'll be a short list. You can make your own criteria for your lists, of course  Taylor Swift is obviously my number one emergent artist. She took the title from Skye Sweetnam, who is my number two. Both are incredibly talented young ladies. The rest are in no particular order: Robbie Williams should be known to all of you. He's as talented as he is messed up, which is really going some. He's also one of very few genuinely talented male solo artists to make any kind of long lasting impact in the Noughties. The Gaslight Anthem. A genuine, bonafide Rock band and a darned good one! Faryl Smith is almost certainly the most talented and the most important Classical singer to emerge in the last decade and she's only 14 now. I can't even imagine how good she'll be in another decade. Gloriana. One album in, I can tell already this lot are going to be something special, despite being Country. Miley Cyrus. Yes, really. Very under-rated because of the Disney connection, Miley is actually a terrific singer. |
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Post by Ubereil on Dec 6, 2009 21:33:24 GMT
Robbie Williams should be known to all of you. He's as talented as he is messed up, which is really going some. He's also one of very few genuinely talented male solo artists to make any kind of long lasting impact in the Noughties. He emerged in the 90's. Almost the last decade, but not quite. Personally I don't know. MGMT released a great debut album but for all we know they're going downhill from here. White Lies also released a good first album (good craftmanship) but they might meet the same end as MGMT. Both will be made or broken based on if they manage to develop their sound and discover new paths. There's always The Knife, but they've split up. One of the members, Carin Deijer has a solo project called Fever Ray that released a good first album. They're not great, but they're good. None of my favorite bands emerged in the last century. Daft Punk is close and so is Rammstein. But they're not really any favorites though. They're good (especially Daft Punk, but that might fade in the coming year since they're a relativly new aquaintance). Übereil |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Dec 7, 2009 12:01:54 GMT
I was quite surprised how few artists really can be said to have emerged from this decade and still showed promise (And yes, Robbie was 90s! Ye gods, how time flies! ;D)
Plenty of Avrils, who seemed so great to start with but turned to crap really fast, and more than a few I'm not sure have the staying power to count, but overall most of the stuff I'm really starting to get excited about at the moment couldn't honestly be described as having emerged yet, so much as being in the process.
The next decade looks promising...
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Post by Flix on Dec 7, 2009 16:44:46 GMT
At first I didn't think I would have any to add to this list, but lo and behold, I've found more than a few great artists who made their start in the 2000's. My criteria: no albums released before 2000, and even if they release nothing else I will always listen to and enjoy their 2000-era work. I also expect that most of these groups will thrive and possibly release even better work in the next decade.
Non-metal (so that you might actually check some of these out): Kaki King- She started out with just solo acoustic songs, with a unique, percussive, slap sound played with this weird overhand tapping technique. As the albums progressed she started factoring in slide and electric guitar, bass, percussion, and eventually, her own voice. With her current eclectic sound, certain songs don't do it for me, but her whole catalog is great when I'm in an easy listening mood. Antoine Dufour - Another fingerstyle acoustic guitarist, who manages to sound like 3 guitars and percussion at once. He easily carries song after song by himself, but often collaborates with other virtuosos on violin and guitar. Amazing technique, beautiful and heartfelt melodies. Beth Patterson - this girl makes music that is some kind of fantastic mix of traditional Irish music and New Orleans cajun/creole folk music. She also plays the bouzouki - a stringed eastern instrument. It was hard to find a clip that does her hybrid style justice. Now, for the Metal! : Jex Thoth - this is some kind of stoner doom metal, which means it evokes a mood like being generally depressed but numbed by THC's soft embrace. Smoky female vocals drift over sad guitar riffs and creepy yet warm organ melodies. Bloodbath - this Swedish group is easily the best metal band to emerge in the 2000's. As the name suggests, this is violent, evil, heavy stuff. The guitars rip the fabric of space-time itself, the vocals are inhumanly badass. This particular song is about having a fetish of being eaten alive. I suggest you listen to it, just to let your ears know what real death metal sounds like. Mastodon started out making this weird sort of primal metal with some thrash elements, then started becoming more and more progressive and melodic with vocals and guitar parts. I think they've yet to hit their zenith. Gojira - this French band makes some technical, heavy metal. It's not death metal, it's not thrash...it's sort of tribal yet inorganic, like a huge unstoppable destructive force of nature. Comedy: What these artists may lack in raw talent they make up with originality, humor, clever lyrics, and charisma: Tenacious D - well, I love these guys. You probably have an opinion on them. Not metal, not comedy, not acoustic rock, it's all three. Stephen Lynch will never be recognized for his contribution to the humanities, but I find him hilarious. He skirts the border between music and comedy act, leaning towards comedy. He's got talent though. Flight of the Conchords - clever and often very funny song ideas, enjoyable and creative music. |
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Post by kitty on Dec 7, 2009 22:41:25 GMT
Honestly, noone really flashed me lately. That might be of the terrible "Disney wannabe actors doing music" problem. I also didn't get the whole Emo thing.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Dec 7, 2009 22:46:40 GMT
Not sure anyone over 14 gets the whole Emo thing! ;D
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Post by kitty on Dec 7, 2009 22:51:53 GMT
^ Agreed.
I'm old...
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Post by Flix on Dec 8, 2009 0:05:57 GMT
Yeah, I know, where is all the good music? My list is extensive; I couldn't name another artist if I had to. Compare that to a list of great artists emerging in the 90's which would be ten times as long. Or the previous two decades as well, for that matter.
I remember when I could -gasp- turn on the radio or tv and listen to music I enjoyed. Those days are long gone, and I must dig and dig to find worthy art.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Dec 8, 2009 1:18:23 GMT
A 90s list might be interesting at some point, though I doubt it would be much different in size, to me. My personal criteria are pretty harsh. An 80s list would be pretty long, though, as Metal groups tend to be long lasting and most of my favourites are from that era. That and the 70s, as there is a kind of overlap.
I do find it quite interesting that the music of an era doesn't really conform to a decade as such, though. Musical decades tend to run roughly from 7-8 to 7-8 rather than 0 to 0. So 'The Sixties' kind of began around 1958-ish, etc. That tends to follow through from decade to decade.
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Post by Cat on Dec 8, 2009 17:33:11 GMT
@ E Despite? er, I was always under them impression that Taylor Swift (your aformentioned number one) was country also? @ube MGMT were originally The Management but had to change their names for some legal reason to do with another band having that name, or something. Anyway they release Climbing to New Lows before Oracular Spectacular. I'll send it to you, I think I still have it. Somewhere. --- As for me... Chameleon Circuit, excellent Trock band there. (Trock being Time Lord rock which was more recently pushed and pioneered by Alex Day) The Parselmouthswho have to be my favourite wrock band. (Wrock being Wizard Rock) Driftless Pony Club who despite I suppose being a band for 10 years only recently released their first album to actually cost money. But they're good. Alex Day, yes I suppose he's in twice as he's in Chameleon Circuit, but he's fantastic solo (I suppose the same with Kristina and her All Caps album with Luke Conard (I think) (Luke Conard being of the Ministry of Magic; another good Wrock band) ). Nerina Pallot Amazing singing voice, I met her and she was just really nice to me and signed my CD (yeah!). I haven't heard her new stuff but Fires was a fantastic album Florence and the Machine Again, and awesome voice, but in a different manner, I love her cover of You've Got The Love. She's kind of indie, I suppose. Tom Milsom Amazing bloke this, he helped Alex Day record his Parrot Stories album and he partnered with Alan Lastufka for their Taking Leave album (I recommend a listen), from what I've heard he has a fantastic studio. I love the sound of his voice, it's a bit different, although oddly reminds me of morrissey imo. Lisa Mitchell nice and kinda folky, she's so sweet and I love it. Kind of innocent like. Dr Noise One of the my favourite artists of this year, he's just released his EP, which is fantastic (of course I would say that, this is like a bad plug) and yeah, he's rock, without being too heavy. Hank Green Co-leader of the Nerdfighter movement, so maybe I'm bias that's his general site, and he's done a load of stuff for his age and I look up to him as a person. Still that's irrelevant, his music is catchy and quirky, and I likez. I wanted to say Rammstein too, but they were 3 years too early. But they're still my favourite band. I also wanted to mention Kasabian, who were also a year early, and Vic Kingsley who split early last year and then one have went on to create another band, which I can't remember the name of now. The Wester, I think, don't take my word for it though. I also recommend a lsten to Molly Lewis, because she's fantastic; this is her cover of Lady Gaga's Pokerface www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mf7cQfhJSA bare with her through the video though (she's a total one man band star). I'll post more later, maybe. When I can get up some energy to do anything else. (: |
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Post by Ubereil on Dec 8, 2009 18:00:45 GMT
@ube MGMT were originally The Management but had to change their names for some legal reason to do with another band having that name, or something. Anyway they release Climbing to New Lows before Oracular Spectacular. I'll send it to you, I think I still have it. Somewhere. You already did. And that was a demo album, so I don't count it as their proper debut. But yeah, I probably should have mentioned that album too. Übereil |
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Post by Elliot Kane on Dec 8, 2009 19:26:36 GMT
Cat...
Taylor is a Country artist, yes, but she's more the exception than the rule. before her, I never got an album by a Country singer or group. She challenged how I looked at the genre as a whole.
Hence the 'despite' in my description of Gloriana.
(And Can I just say how totally shocked I am at seeing Dr Noise on your list! ;D)
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