While I’m more than 99% certain that by 2011 most if not all music/entertainment blogs and music/entertainment sites will all be talking about their “10 Best Bands of the Last Decade” I figured I would prematurely make a list of who I think are the Best Modern Rock bands of the decade so far. These are the bands I think people will still be talking about in years to come. Let the list begin.
10. Vampire Weekend: the Swift and Steady
There’s no need to reiterate what VW sound like or remind people of (by the way, it’s Paul Simon’s Graceland/Rhythm of the Saints mixed with a little bit of Talking Heads – or vice versa) because they have rode & conquered the buzz of the blog airwaves faster then the speed of light and now–if they want–they can have it all. For fuck’s sake , they have already been featured on the cover Spin and have played Saturday Night Live which means nothing to the people (people who discover music through blogs or word of mouth or randomly perusing Myspace/iLike/Last FM) above Spin/SNL but to the masses this means everything. Two years ago (2006) no one heard of this band. Why? Because they didn’t exist. And if you haven’t heard of them yet, then it’s quite possible you don’t exist.
Read on for the top nine modern rock bands of the ’00s…
Tjinoh recently returned from Big Cypress and filed this report:
Until last weekend, Langerado was among a select group of major national festivals that had yet to enjoy my company. 10KLF, too far. Wakarusa, too…Kansas. But South Florida? In early March when it’s still snowing in Ohio? Just tell a brother where to sign up.
I had resisted Langerado’s supple charms in the past mostly due to the non-traditional festival setup I had been told about – multiple late night sites, odd re-entry policies, etc. The move to Big Cypress – thus centralizing and consolidating the event – was a good one, but not without problems. Any event on the scale of Langerado – and on a property as large as Big Cypress – is going to have growing pains. I think the festival staff did a commendable job, and that Langerado is only going to get better and more organized in the future. But enough about all that…let’s get down to the getting’ down.
Through sheer will and determination I was able to catch at least one full song from 31 different bands over the long weekend. That’s some ample tunage for your festival dollar. I won’t delve into all 31, but will do my best to briefly give credit where it’s due and highlight what I considered to be some of the finer moments I was fortunate to enjoy. Read on for more about Todd’s experience in the Everglades…
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m really glad that SXSW is finally underway since I’m pretty sick of reading the scores and scores of previews that every music
The Butter Room is a new website that provides a “Virginian view” on music, technology, the arts, sports, and much more. The site features a regular segment every Saturday night
or those fans who loved Dr. Dog’s throwback sound, with last years We All Belong, this years retro-style-indie-rock-almost-hippie release from the Hymns, Travel in Herds will be a warm sunbeam fighting back a cruel winter. There’s a down home vibe to the tunes contained on Travel in Herds and it stems straight out of seventies folk-rock.
Funny Games, a shot-for-shot remake of Michael Haneke's Austrian 1997 film, is the sort of film that really shouldn't be spoiled, so I'll simply sum it up by saying that two young imps (Pitt and Corbett, who are decidedly more adorable than their Austrian counterparts) thrust themselves into the lives of a family (Watts and Roth), and force upon the family their own unique brand of entertainment.
