While the 2000s came and went, the best artists and bands of the period still remain. Well, their music does at the least. From the new millennium to 2009, we ...
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oversold—closer to truth is that they were bang on time, sounding somewhere between neighboring predecessors the Stooges and New York’s The Dictators—but it was striking for the era that they shared the same “whiteboy” influences (notably the Who) as those and other proto-punk bands. Th...
Gentrification and real estate greed were not necessarily hot topics for rock bands to tackle in early 2001, but then Fugazi always have stayed ahead of the curve. Years prior to the final build-up and burst of the housing bubble, Ian MacKaye and company used “Cashout” to forcefully quest...
What were the New Pornographers — an indie-rock supergroup featuring A.C. Newman, Dan Bejar, Neko Case and members of bands like Limblifters and the Evaporators — going to sound like? The title track of their debut album answered that with a succinct blast of sunny, synth-laden power-...
s familiar urgency. “There’s a brave new world that’s raging inside of me,” Grace sings on “F–kmylife666,” summing up all that’s at stake and all of what’s to come for one of the 21st century’s most indispensable rock bands. —CHRIS PAYNE...
Rock music would be nothing without the Les Paul, and now Epiphone have given beginners the perfect tool to become rock stars themselves. Besides its striking design, Epiphone’s Les Paul is a brilliantly and considerately made guitar, that favours ease of use over fiddly extras. For a metalhe...
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I'd categorize such bands in the "late 2000s" era of pop-punk. Just saying, late '90s/early 2000s pop-punk has a more edgy feel to it while still being angsty. For example, the song "Sk8r Boi" (not so much Avril), Yellowcard's "Ocean Avenue," NFG's "My Friends Over You,"...
What were the best rock albums of the 2000s? The 2000s were an interesting period in the evolution of rock music. The decade started with the domination of nu-metal taking over with bands such asLinkin Park,DisturbedandPapa Roachmaking their mark. But it was a decade that also saw an ...