1. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
2. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. Menomena
4. Super Furry Animals
5. Fiery Furnaces

1.) Radiohead
I have to list my favorite band. I feel that this band has a couple of great albums in them still.

To Eric's point, I think the Rolling Stones started resting on their laurels by the end of the 70s (I still love Tattoo You, though I think I'm in the minority), letting success and fame get to their heads. I think years of hard living and endless touring do start to take its toll on a band over a 15 year period. But Radiohead seem to have their priorities straight when it comes to creating art. It's not all about money with them (or at least it doesn't seem so). I just find them to be more concerned about creating art than selling out stadiums. The Rolling Stones were like that too at one point, but they seemed to have lost that artistic drive by the early eighties.

2.) Fennesz
Loved the last two records. Can't wait for the next one. It has to be soon, right?

3.) Okkervil River
Haven't heard the new one yet. This band is going to be around for awhile, and that makes me smile.

4.) Junior Boys
If I could go back to my "Best of 2006" thread, I'd put So This Is Goodbye at the top so I guess they belong.

5.) Modest Mouse
Another band with at least a couple of great albums left.

If Jeff Mangum ever decides to release an album again, either as Neutral Milk Hotel or solo, he'd shoot up to number two on this list, but that's looking less and less likely these days.

1.) The Arcade Fire
These guys will never release a bad album.

2.) The National
I'm confident that they can pull of a hat-trick of classics

3.) Stars of the Lid
More of the same please.

4.) Fleet Foxes
Hard to top the debut but I think they have what it takes.

5.) Radiohead
Mandatory inclusion.

1: Wolf Parade/side projects
2: TV On the Radio
3: Sufjan Stevens
4: Lil Wayne
5: Yeasayer

1. Sunset Rubdown
2. Evangelicals
3. Okkervil River
4. Wilco
5. Menomena

Black Mountain
Wolves in the Throne Room
Venetian Snares
Torche
Raccoo-oo-oon

Hmmmm... I feel TV on the Radio is mandatory on here, but i'm interested to see how the following bands develop throughout the next decade:

1. Animal Collective
2. Grizzly Bear
3. Fuck Buttons
4. Baroness
5. No Age (I sense that they may attain absolute greatness in due time... not quite there yet, though)

Don't know how I left Animal Collective off my list. They have grown so much with each release, and in my opinion, Strawberry Jam was their first masterpiece. Could see them follow it with 3 or 4 more.

My unoriginal (but truthful) list:

Animal Collective/Panda Bear.
The White Stripes.
of Montreal.
M.I.A.
Bjork.

Runners-up:

Radiohead (a given), Beck, Broken Social Scene, Anything Richard D. James is involved in, Erykah Badu, TV On The Radio, Arcade Fire, The National, Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Hey! Finally a little love for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. What did you think of the second album, MJ? I thought it was superior to Fever to Tell, and I think it shows that unbelieveable things could happen on the third record.

1. Broken Social Scene - When I first heard You Forgot It I was convinced it was gonna be the best album of the decade... maybe thats a bit of an overstatement, and I think S/T was a small let down, but I still love these guys to death and I'm sure they're going to put out some more amazing stuff.
2. Of Montreal - I heard Gay Parade a long time ago, and it was alright, but I never loved these guys. I picked up Hissing Fauna recently and loved it, and started to listen to their other stuff. Awesome group
3. Against Me - Yeah, I'm sure a lot of people think they're not too serious or really "good" or whatever, but they're probably my favorite current band. If nothing else, playing their stuff on acoustic with friends around is fun as hell. Also, I doubt I listen to any group in my car more than I do these guys, as well as my fifth pick
4. Bon Iver - Hm, not really sure I should include this guy, since I've only ever heard For Emma, but for the first time in a long while, I was blown away (and to be honest, I don't generally like the "best" music recommended by this site. I find a lot of it pretentious as all hell. Animal Collective/their side projects? What the hell is that crap anyway?).
5. Streetlight Manifesto - You can laugh, but I still love these guys. I doubt I've listened to any album more than Keasbey Nights, except maybe some Beatles/Dylan ones

New bands:

My Latest Novel
Vampire Weekend
White Rabbits
Fleet Foxes
Hercules And Love Affair

Established Acts:

Andrew Bird
Doves
Josh Ritter
Arctic Monkeys
Radiohead

Tori Amos
Bjork
Rufus Wainwright
The Magnetic Fields

Considerables for 5th position: Radiohead, Portishead (hopefully they don't wait another decade for their next release), PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple... I'm sure there are more. It's nearly impossible for me to nail them down. Tori and Bjork are the definites, though, if we're talking purely in the non-"classical" arena.

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Originally posted by pianofaerie: solid brass. ring it!:
Portishead (hopefully they don't wait another decade for their next release)

Rumor has it that they're already thinking about album 4. Given how good Third was, this is a really good sign.

Also I might amend my list and take out Of Montreal for Okkervil River. Guys are just as prolific and less likely to make an "experimental" album where there's more "experiment" than solid songwriting.

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The Magnetic Fields

You realize, of course, that the next ten years means two albums, if we're lucky. Distortion was fun, but certainly nothing earth shattering. Merritt just has his creative juices flowing in too many other directions right now. I heard him say on some You Tube thing that he wants to make 50 movie musicals. Tounge in cheek? I wouldn't put it past the man responsible for 69 Love Songs. By the way, I am a fan of the band, but I have never listened to his other bands. What would some of you recommend in the way of albums from other Merritt projects?

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Originally posted by pianofaerie: solid brass. ring it!:
Tori Amos
Bjork
Rufus Wainwright
The Magnetic Fields

Considerables for 5th position: Radiohead, Portishead (hopefully they don't wait another decade for their next release), PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple... I'm sure there are more. It's nearly impossible for me to nail them down. Tori and Bjork are the definites, though, if we're talking purely in the non-"classical" arena.

Interesting. Tori Amos? I could see that.

Welcome back to the forum, by the way. I was concerned. Everytime someone mysteriously vanishes off the forum I think, "What if they died? How would we ever find out?"

1.Joanna Newsom
2.Deerhunter
3.Animal Collective/Panda Bear
4.Battles
5.No Age

+ more Elliott Smith b-sides leaking in the next 10 years

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Originally posted by Jamieg:
[QUOTE]
The Magnetic Fields

You realize, of course, that the next ten years means two albums, if we're lucky. Distortion was fun, but certainly nothing earth shattering. Merritt just has his creative juices flowing in too many other directions right now. I heard him say on some You Tube thing that he wants to make 50 movie musicals. Tounge in cheek? I wouldn't put it past the man responsible for 69 Love Songs. By the way, I am a fan of the band, but I have never listened to his other bands. What would some of you recommend in the way of albums from other Merritt projects?

For me, The Magnetic Fields (specifically, Mr. Merritt) embodies perfect pop song writing by a master of the trade, not to mention fantastic and original production techniques and lyrics that can go from tear-summoning to milk-from-the-nose summoning in two lines. In my opinion, Stephin is one of modern pop Music's greatest assets.

Other great Merritt projects:
Hyacinths and Thistles by The 6ths
Eternal Youth by The Future Bible Heroes
Wasps' Nests by The 6ths
A Series of Unfortunate Events by The Gothic Archies

There are many more, but those pop (pun intended) to mind quickly.

Trivia: The accordionist for The Magnetic Fields (appears on many tracks on 69 Love Songs), Daniel Handler, is none other than Lemony Snicket himself, pseudonymed author of the popular children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events.

And Shadrach, thanks for the welcome back. It's been a crazy past year, what with performance in operas and preparations for auditions and school applications, etc., etc. But within the next 6 months everything should be swimmingly delightful. I'm trying to stay active on my favourite forums (this one included).

And yeah, I have a soft spot for almost anything by Ms. Amos. She writes beautiful and fascinating work (riddled with mythology), and is remarkably prolific to boot. As far as Rufus goes, I just can't be without that over-the-top production with baroque leanings and experimental pop stylings. Plus, he writes some of the best melodies of anyone out there right now. And Bjork, well... need I explain Bjork?

Edit: And if Portishead's already thinking of number 4... I may have a fifth... though the R-head and Ms. Apple are hard to let go.

I would like to say Radiohead and The White Stripes, but I don't know if they have another 10 years left in them.

No order:

M.I.A.
Deerhunter
M83
The Arcade Fire
Animal Collective

Radiohead may be a question mark (considering all that talk pre In Rainbows that the band was dissatisfied with making music and such), but I'm interested in Thom Yorke's solo stuff. I though The Eraser was a lot better than how it was received critically, so i wonder what Mr. Gloom may come up with next.

White Stripes i imagine will be around for most of the next ten years at least, but their music may not remain as vital in my opinion.

Adding to my list, I'm going to go with the following (though some aren't bands really):

Lil Wayne - he's just weird enough to keep me interested

Flaming Lips - hell, if anything they do matches The Soft Bulletin or even Yoshimi, that's worth it for the next ten years... I'm hopeful... Please????

Ted Leo - I feel he will release about 4-5 solid albums in the next 10 years, no small feat (hell, he did that in this decade already), and if he keeps getting better at guitar? No bounds there.

Deerhoof - Have they even made a misstep yet? I sense an epic by them at some point (Runners Four was close)

Crystal Antlers - New full-length in the beginning of '09. Not much has me more excited (though apparently there's a new Animal Collective in the works), but i just hope they don't pull a Black Kids and re-do the EP (shitty reduxes at that) and slap some b-sides on top of it.