31st December, 2009
A Decade of Underheard Music
The past decade has seen radio and TV promote bland, safe ‘rock’, manufactured pop and ‘ringtone’ hip-hop. Here’s a small selection of artists and songs from the past decade that deserved to be heard:
Modest Mouse – Float On
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone? (Twitter @tedleo)
The Hot Melts – Red Lips (Twitter @thehotmelts)
Phoenix – 1901 (Live on Letterman)
Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire
Boston Spaceships – Winston’s Atomic Bird
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Young Adult Friction
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Me and Mia (Twitter @tedleo)
The Walkmen – The Rat (Live on Letterman)
Mclusky – To Hell With Good Intentions
Yo La Tengo – Here To Fall
Gogol Bordello – Wonderlust King (Live on Letterman)
Johnny Boy – You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve
If you’re a Spotify user, I’ve created a playlist containing the above songs (with a couple of small changes). To view the playlist, click here.
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This list of underheard / overlooked / underrated songs from 2000 – 2009 is very much incomplete. If there’s anything you think deserves a mention, please feel free to leave a comment below.