More contenders for band of the 00's: TV on the Radio, Spoon, Modest Mouse. I never got too into any of them.
The albums I played to death were mostly hip hop: Deltron 3030 (Del the Funky Homosapien and the Automator), Madvillany (Madvillan + Madlib), Mouse and the Mask (Madvillan + Dangermouse), though I played a lot of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco) and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Flaming Lips), too.
I think that Dangermouse is my favorite musician of the decade. He's half of Gnarls Barkley, put together the JayZ/Beatles mashup The Grey Album, produced the Mouse and the Mask and the 2nd Gorillaz Album (both from genres where "produce" means "made the music"). Also produced Beck's Modern Guilt, which is very good, he did an album with Sparklehorse that won't get released, but can be found on the net, and is about to release something with the singer of the Shins.
I don't even know if he plays an instrument, but he makes cool music, and by collaborating with a diverse number of talented musicians, he has managed to create a ton of good and varied music. I think we'll end up seeing more of this in the future - now that everybody with a laptop can make music the line between producer and songwriter will become even more blurred.
The albums I played to death were mostly hip hop: Deltron 3030 (Del the Funky Homosapien and the Automator), Madvillany (Madvillan + Madlib), Mouse and the Mask (Madvillan + Dangermouse), though I played a lot of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco) and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Flaming Lips), too.
I think that Dangermouse is my favorite musician of the decade. He's half of Gnarls Barkley, put together the JayZ/Beatles mashup The Grey Album, produced the Mouse and the Mask and the 2nd Gorillaz Album (both from genres where "produce" means "made the music"). Also produced Beck's Modern Guilt, which is very good, he did an album with Sparklehorse that won't get released, but can be found on the net, and is about to release something with the singer of the Shins.
I don't even know if he plays an instrument, but he makes cool music, and by collaborating with a diverse number of talented musicians, he has managed to create a ton of good and varied music. I think we'll end up seeing more of this in the future - now that everybody with a laptop can make music the line between producer and songwriter will become even more blurred.
