Many of the legendary bands have come out of the British Isles in the past generation, and many other great bands have come out in the past decade. The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys, etc. are quickly becoming this generation's musical influences just as Gang of Four, Joy Division/New Order, and Oasis did in the decades prior.

So, my answer is obvious (The Libertines), but I'm curious as to who you all think is the best.

I guess this could also be taken as a reccomendation's thread as well.

Can you YSI me music from this region of the world? The way you desribe it sounds exciting and I'd like to get into it.
k, thanx

don't know much about bands form the past decade but i just dled this and it's GREAT. so atmospheric and pretty, i can't wait to hear it "for the first time" friday night, if my buddy comes through with the stuff:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

British Sea Power, Elbow and Doves.

Come on dude. Elbow?

Yeah, I like Elbow. Obviously they aren't mine orprobably anyones favourite band but in a world in which X&Y can sell 9 million records it's good to know they are about.

Anyway, Wales is in Britain. Ireland isn't.

I can get on board with this. Probably will eat (or edit) these words eventually, but I'll take

Carrion/Blackout/Lately over probably any other three song arc on a brit album from the last decade.

Live album out this year, I really should post the split single with the Wurzles


I don't like the this thread implies that this is some sort of niche brand of music anyway.

Probably Mclusky for me. I'm having a hard time thinking of any others I really like.

hmm... probably Doves

i do love Idlewild too, but they haven't been as consistantly great album-wise for me as Doves. live though, Idlewild are fantastic, and one of my faves.

The last ten years: Pulp.

The last five years: Yeah, probably Doves.

Blur.

so much great stuff in the last ten years there is no competition.

edit: i'd probably call them my favorite band of the last ten (or fifteen really) years. british or otherwise.

all around:
super furry
beta band
primal scream
verve
Ian Brown

best:
pulp or doves

Well, I guess I should check out Doves.

and whats "YSI?"

You Should Investigate!

Umm...Radiohead?

was wondering how long we could avoid it.




but yeah.

Libertines first album was boffo, but second wasn't so great.

I think The Futureheads have massive potential. Looking forward to their next album a great deal.

considering my fave albums are from 95 & 97... they're def on the cusp, but i'm def not even remotely as into them as i was from 94-98

edit: gotta say i'm REALLY surprised w/ how much people on here love The Futureheads. i enjoy the album a good deal, but def wore thin on me after a few months. def a lot more UK rock records i dug last year more than theirs i guess.

Oh yeah, The Futureheads are good too. And I loved the Giddy Motors album, too bad they broke up.

so if this poll refers to 96 until the present day, its radiohead by a mile. no one else is even close. since '00 on, I have no clue. I like Franz Ferdinand a lot, they're at least the most fun.

Doves are the Echo and The Bunnymen to The Libertines' Smiths.

that and they're better than The Smiths

there is a light that never goes out (solace's computer monitor)

it's a little late for doves fellating/smiths baiting.

hey, not saying The Smiths didn't have some amazing songs, but for me none of their albums are as solid all the way through as Doves 3 records, but just personal preference i suppose

1. Blur even though their first album came out in 1990
2. Manic Street Preachers
3. Stereophonics
4.SuperGrass
5. Pulp

Fuck I forget Radiohead I dont know why I dont think of them as a british band. Radiohead is my number 1 know

That is the incorrect answer.

since 96? Sixteen that come to mind, most not mentioned: Belle and Sebastian, Radiohead, Basement Jaxx, Beta Band, SFA, Gorky's, Boards of Canada, Chemical Brothers, Pulp, the Clientele, Broadcast, Girls Aloud, Sugababes, Delgados, Godlfrapp, Roll Deep Crew (tho you wouldn't know it from the lp).

Plus Herbert and the Streets and Dizzee and loads of people who deserve mention but would spark a bunch of 'they're not a band blubbering'...

word.
if this was best band of the past 11 years, then maybe. When you throw the Bends into the mix Radiohead become pretty unbeatable.

Best British band of the last ten years is easily Radiohead. They released their two best albums in the last decade, and they are two fucking crackers. A collection of their b-sides would beat most other bands from Britain. Fuck yeah.

In terms of other bands, Iron Monkey released nothing but brilliance. They didn't reach the heights of Kid A, but were fucking solid, and rocked infinitely more than the crap that gets pushed as 'rock' these days. Manic Street Preachers' good output in the last decade was limited to one single. So, as good as that single was (very), they are not contenders.

Warp is home to a lot of decent contenders, from Boards Of Canada, through Broadcast to Autechre. Even though he's really Brazillian, I want to mention Amon Tobin, because he fucking rules. Doves are really good, and Elbow are pretty much a boring version of them. I think the Beta Band was better than either. And Mogwai's last album was fucking killer.

But yeah, Readiohead.

Another vote for Super Furry Animals

Yeah if we are talking 1996-2006 SFA and Radiohead.

Wait...Belle and Sebastian are from the UK?

No shit? Damn, I thought they were from somewhere in the US Midwest.

Yep. I want to be a Blur fanboy and throw Blur into the mix, as well. But if we're going 1996-2006, the case for Blur's a bit harder to make. Pulp shouldn't be anywhere near the conversation since This is Hardcore is great obviously, but after that... you've got the underrated-but-still-a-step-down We Love Life and that's it. Doves have only been around for half the decade, so I don't think they can seriously be considered. It's like doing a "Best Band of the '90s" poll and saying Nirvana. Maybe they epitomized the '90s and their high points were great, but you've gotta give credit for longevity and growth and actually lasting the entire decade. It's telling (and maybe sorta sad in a way) that not one person has mentioned Oasis. Not that they deserve to be mentioned, mind you, but who could have predicted that downfall.

And am I the only other person who really likes Elbow on here or what? ME AND GARETH KEENAN INVESTIGATES STILL BELIEVE IN LOVE SO FUCK U

Glasgow, Scotland. How a band that twee would be able to operate in the Mid West without having the flip raped out of them at a young age, I don't know.

Bush were better than Doves.

XTC

SFA and Radiohead.

Well I'd have thought they'd have the stuffing knocked out of them in Glasgow, so there you go.

"Everything Zen" > entire Doves catalogue

Dude! Don't bogart the beer bong.

Do solo artists that sound like bands count? While many of the bands already mentioned certainly kick, I go back to Richard Hawley and Badly Drawn Boy quite a bit.

Elbow is great.

Wrong.

OKC and Kid A + most of Amnesiac is pretty much light years ahead of most everything else. There are a lot of other good bands though, but 99.5% pale in comparison to RH.

Super Furry Animals.

1. Radiohead-Ok Computer-Kid A-Amnesiac-Hail
2. Blur-Blur-13-Think Tank
3. Primal Scream-Vanishing Point-Xterminator-Evil Heat
4. Supergrass-In It For The Money-Supergrass-Life On Other Planets-Road To Ruin
5. Doves-Lost Souls-Last Broadcast-Some Cities

Yikes. Those top four include some of those bands' worst albums.

arctic monkeys duh