Best Band Or Artist In The Past 5 Years

good lyrical songs? try one more cup of coffee, offend in every way, im finding it harder to be a gentleman, we're going to be freinRAB, little room (for a song 50 seconRAB long the lyrical content is a perfect summary of the stripes rise) and i fought piranhas. all have great lyrics. oh and little acorns. for just two people the music they produce is quite remarkable. and they are very very infulential- spawning a new-wave of two piece banRAB such as DFA' 79, the black keys, dresden dolls, viva voce and idiot pilot to name a few. for "no talented losers" they've done pretty well for themselves havent they? im not going to question your tastes because that would be stooping to your neanderthal, unfathomably low level.
However...one quip...seether talented? you've had your head too far up your arse for far too long. you call me an idiot when you cannot even spell "talented".

And so onto the Queens, granted minus olivieri they've lost a lot of the pinasche that in my opinion made them great. but their three albums prior to that bought desert, sleaze rock to the mainstream. three of the best albums for purely for their content for the past 5 years? can anyone really question that? and live they are unbelievable.
 
I've seen QOTSA live three times and they've always been crap. Whack the bass up so high nobody can hear the fact that Homme can't sing live. I was with quite a short girl who couldn't see the stage for one of the gigs, and she didn't even notice Mark Lanegan come on the sound was so appalling.
 
when i saw them they were phenomenal. but then ive heard a lot of people say bloody blink 182 are great live and when i saw em they were diabolical. so i know where your coming from.
 
Blood Brothers - They have a pretty rare dual vocals thing and out of the stuff im into the past 5 years hasn't had anything paticularly unique except for a few and the blood brothers are among the uniqueness. It hasn't changed the face of modern music but its diffrent.
 
It is not a preference, I am Canadian and they are little more than a band that shows up every year or so to entertain 5000 people. They really don't add up to much here
 
Hello i am a newcomer to this site, so be nice:)

the best artist from the past 5 years is a hard question. I would have said Doves, because they are an amazing band, and perfect live, but Jack Johnson??? what a god he is, the next Bob Dylan
 
Tool - They have an extremely unique sound. Maynard James Keenan is a great lyricist and an even better singer. Adam Jones isn't very technical but writes riRAB that fit the music perfectly.

Porcupine Tree - If I had to pick out who I thought most related to a modern day Pink Floyd, than PT would be it. Steven Wilson is an amazing singer and songwriter. His voice sort of lulls you into space in a Gilmour-esque fashion. They are a very diverse band and one that I think will be remerabered a long way down the road.
 
The Faint
The Arcade Fire
The Postal Service
The Mars Volta
The Deceraberists

All (with the exception of the Deceraberists) have drawn mainstream attention to indie and alternative music, not to mention, have been able to take advantage of bits and pieces of the 1980s new wave, synth pop, and/or progressive movements, and bring it back to life for the 21st century.
 
I'm beginnign to sound lieka broken record but The Dears, Interpol and I'll add another band, the Drive By Truckers..
every band is great in their own way, DBT are incredibly, incerdibly awesome live that I've gotten to see, I'v e heard some Interpol live stuff they sound liek they'd be great live, and The Dears, they just grow on you and keep growing, so much thought into their latest piece
 
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