It's 2010- Anyone done an artist of the decade yet?

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

the hives were popular for about 5 months, right?

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:37 pm

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

The Shins seemed to make indie rock cool and something for people to aggressively seek out. They opened people's minds to see what else was out there and fine music that matters.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:41 pm

I meant The Wrens.

suckers

tentoze · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:46 pm

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

The Shins seemed to make indie rock cool and something for people to aggressively seek out.

You might be on to something here- one listen to Chutes Too Narrow made me aggressively (and immediately) seek out something...anything... to listen to. Hell, I almost played an Ed Harcourt cd.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

You guys have it all wrong. I like the Jack White argument and I will give him a solid #2 status behind The Shins. (The Strokes come in 3rd with maybe The Hives at a distant #4) The Shins seemed to make indie rock cool and something for people to aggressively seek out. They opened people's minds to see what else was out there and fine music that matters. Jack White (both the White Stripes and side bands) have really rocked a lot of people and hardly anyone doesn't get excited when one of their songs starts playing. The Hives had a really big impact on the garage scene even though they have waned in importance and popularity the last 4 years.

I'm guessing:

5. Candlebox
6. Kent
7. Graham Cousens
8. Stick Figure

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:03 pm

Nah, it was really The Vines.

I couldn't name one Candlebox song and Stickfigure is pretty crappy. They were just good live because of Mike Mesaros on bass.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

OHG i meant collective soul not candlebox. I had to go to your last.fm page to realize that. And looking over your page, I see that you've given paper airplane pilots 1,096 plays. Damn, that's probably more than Robotboy's mom.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:19 pm

What can I say? It's what she want's me to play after sex.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:24 pm

billy g Wrote:

OHG i meant collective soul not candlebox. I had to go to your last.fm page to realize that. And looking over your page, I see that you've given paper airplane pilots 1,096 plays. Damn, that's probably more than Robotboy's mom.

It is sort of impressive that PAP has 4,000 plays total on last.fm and tj42 has 1,000 of them. Robotboy owes him a reach-a-round at a minimum.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:25 pm

It is a known issue that PAP fans hate Last fm.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:27 pm

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

It is a known issue that PAP fans hate Last fm.

And outdoors, social settings, dating, and sex.
:wink:

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Kingfish Wrote:

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

It is a known issue that PAP fans hate Last fm.

And outdoors, social settings, dating, and sex.
:wink:

haha

Kingfish Wrote:

It is sort of impressive that PAP has 4,000 plays total on last.fm and tj42 has 1,000 of them. Robotboy owes him a reach-a-round at a minimum.

tj42 also has 330 of the 368 Olde Style listens so if robotboy's hand gets tired maybe Spade Kitty can finish him off.

bort · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:38 pm

re: Shins - good call. they definitely put Sub Pop back on the map and paved the way. I don't know if they charted or sold as well as had as Modest Mouse...

re: Radiohead - I don't think much of their 00 put is accessible. And do people consider them innovative because they did what Aphex Twin was doing a decade before, but they were doing it as a rock band?

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:45 pm

I forgot to mention The Postal Service. I mean, how many less packages would UPS have shipped without them?

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:51 pm

billy g Wrote:

tj42 also has 330 of the 368 Olde Style listens so if robotboy's hand gets tired maybe Spade Kitty can finish him off.

Most of the Spade Kitty stuff came from when I had my WTIM radio streaming thru Winamp and I had looped the entire catalog one entire weekend so people could come in and sample when they wanted. This was back when we had that Chicago concert in that hot as hell church attic chapel.

Edit: But I still like the PAP and Graham Cousins.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:28 pm

i'm as a big a hives fan as anyone and i wouldn't even think of them for this list.

bort · **Posted:** Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:35 pm

Hives would make the short list... if we all lived in Sweden.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:01 am

I think you meant Germany.

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:31 am

"Hahahaha, we're better than any artist posted in this thread!"

berliner · **Joined:** Fri May 09, 2008 7:00 pm **Posts:** 1516

"I Know you would agree that I am even better. but, okay kids, take this decade, I had some before."

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:00 am

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

I think you meant Germany.

No, he meant Sweden.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

bort Wrote:

re: Shins - good call. they definitely put Sub Pop back on the map and paved the way. I don't know if they charted or sold as well as had as Modest Mouse...

sweet jesus... if someone's going to say the shins, they might as well give an assist to zach braff. they were just any other band before that one movie with their music pushed them onto the masses.

berliner · **Joined:** Fri May 09, 2008 7:00 pm **Posts:** 1516

Rick Derris Wrote:

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

I think you meant Germany.

No, he meant Sweden.

somebody mentioned germany?

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:00 pm

Z Wrote:

bort Wrote:

re: Shins - good call. they definitely put Sub Pop back on the map and paved the way. I don't know if they charted or sold as well as had as Modest Mouse...

sweet jesus... if someone's going to say the shins, they might as well give an assist to zach braff. they were just any other band before that one movie with their music pushed them onto the masses.

Sub Pop put themselves back on the map with The Shins, Postal Service, and Iron & Wine, primarily. And I don't really see what that paved the way for other than one label's return to prominence/relevance. A lot of shit went on in the past decade, and only a small part of it fits into the safe, huggable indie template of those three bands.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:09 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

I think you meant Germany.

No, he meant Sweden.

Oh, you are assuming since they are from Sweden that they are wildly popular there. Wrong. The Hives are much more popular in Germany.

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