Introduce 10 of your post 2000 'go-to' albums

Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther (2006)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
Rufus Wainwright - Want One (2003)
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys! (2011)
Gorgon City - Sirens (2014)
Grimes - Art Angels (2015)
Joanna Newsom - Divers (2015)
Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)
Shearwater - Jet Plane and Oxbow (2016)

 

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
D'Angelo - Black Messiah
Fleet Foxes - debut
Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa - Don't Explain
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
War on Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Ryan Adams - Gold
Bowie - Blackstar
Prince - Hit n Run 2
John Mellencamp - No Better than This
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

These ones spring to mind anyway.

 

Kanye's been receiving lots of love. I love it!

 

The Libertines, The Libertines
The first one, Up The Bracket, is the better one, but its follow-up hit a nerve. It came out when I was a little troubled, and songs like "Can't Stand Me Now", "Last Post on the Bugle" and the ferocious "The Saga" (that scream!) were all the soundtrack I needed.

Bloc Party, Silent Alarm
There's joy ("Banquet"), melancholy (the phenomenal "So Here We Are" manages the trick to make me nostalgic for what I know was a sucky period), and there's one hell of a fight throughout.

Bat For Lashes, Two Suns
One of the few albums that both me and my wife like. The others are Violator and Wish You Were Here, so Two Suns must be special. Even the iTunes bonus track is a stunner.

The xx, xx
I became completely obsessed with this for a while, after seeing "VCR" on MTV one day. Very sexy, despite the "Intro" being used as background music in every other documentary on diets or depression.

The National, High Violet
Grown-up music! For some reason, despite now being 6 years old, this means more to me every year. And The xx are sexy? The two sisters in "Lemonworld" two of the most memorably sexy song-creatures of the century (and I love the line about needing "a better war to kill a college guy like [him]")

EMA, Past Life Martyred Saints
After getting in touch with my inner 30-something dad, I was able to relate to my inner conflicted adolescent girl through EMA's stunning album. One listen to "California", and I knew Erika was special.

PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
One of those albums you keep buying so you can give copies to people you know. It's my dad's favourite album since OK Computer. This is probably where I should point out that 2011 has been my favourite year of the century for music. Next to EMA and PJ, I could just as easily have listed Lykke Li, Manic Street Preachers, Brett Anderson...

Deafheaven, Sunbather
Despite giving Heartwork or Icon frequent listens, I hadn't really listened to any new metal records for years. Sunbather changed this. A great journey from start to finish, and the start of a new (continuing) metal journey.

Marissa Nadler, July
Like Deafheaven, Marissa Nadler shouldn't have interested me. By 2014, I wasn't listening to acoustic singer-songwritery music. But this music is so unsettling, pretty, dreamy and heavy. And intriguing. You never know what exactly goes on, but it's spooky. "We Are Coming Back", "Firecrackers"... chills.

Wolf Alice, My Love Is Cool
The previous four records aren't particularly uplifting records, I guess I prefer slightly disturbing records. But you cannot listen to heavy stuff all the time, and the world is a happier place with the generous Wolf Alice on it.

 

The Tuss - Rushup Edge -- excellent recording of creative, hardware-based techno music. the album gets endless play in the car. even nowadays
Autechre - Draft 7.30 -- a favorite of theirs, feels more accessible than Confield. a lot of wooden, creaking textures and a variety of decrepit-sounding, gaseous, oily surfaces/fragmented bits. the beats sometimes flow, sometimes they're stifled or disintegrating.
Rafael Toral - Violence of Discovery and Calm of Acceptance - really lush, processed guitar vignettes. sort of drone, but shorter pieces with a very luminescent quality. lovely
Duane Pitre - Organized Pitches Occurring in Time - excellent, acoustic drone. Long-form, sort of an acoustic approximation of Toral's music. good for relaxing
Oval - Ovalprocess - sort of glitch/damaged sounding electronic music. the first track is ultra warm, sounds sort of like a dial-up modem malfunctioning, or gurgling heat. well lush, regardless. free-flowing electricity, CD skipping
Autechre - Elseq 1-5 - this just came out last week... four hours of lurching, pounding, twisting Autechre-ian soundscapes. this one'll keep me busy for a while
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool - just real easy listening... a salve for the mind. I return to it a lot. I'm sure some on the forum are already familiar with this one.
Klaus Lang - SAIS. (Trio Nexus) - romantic, piano-based, sort of chamber music? It's really calming. It almost sounds like Gavin Bryars (Hommages-like) tackling a Morton Feldman composition. Have nearly played this one to death, cannot get sick of it.
Skogen - Ist Gefallen in den Schnee - sort of classical/composed, but there are improvised and noise elements to it. a beautiful, slow-moving piece lasting about an hour.. the recurring melodic fragments are supposedly based on an old folk song. there are satisfying, prepared piano sounds, as well as a variety of percussion and some mixer feedback. very lively, constantly shifting soundscape with a roominess to it. very porous, unhurried.
Laurel Halo - Quarantine - ultra-lush soundscapes/track foundations, sort of recalls Boards of Canada, with beats etc. Her voice is pleasant on some tracks, and possibly grating on others. the voice is unaffected (no reverb, etc.), a good summer time album.

these are albums that I keep returning to (off the top). there are most likely more, from the early 2000s

 

Gosh, lots of stuff from Japan to begin with.

ZONE- Z, O, N, E, and ura E
Ai Otsuka - Love Punch, Love Jam, Love Cook, Love Piece, and Love Letter (She likes to use the word "Love" in her album titles. Can you tell?)
Perfume - Complete Best, Game, Triangle, JPN, Level 3, and Cosmic Explorer (Just released)
YUKI - Prismic, Commune, Joy, Wave, Ureshikutte Dakiau yo (うれしくって抱きあうよ), Megaphonic
Tommy february6 - S/T Debut Album, Tommy airline, Tommy Candy Shop Sugar Me

That's a lot more than 10. Sorry.

 

Good on ya mate for bumping this excellent thread. BTW!

 

Yeah I love modern Maiden. Second half of The Final Frontier is amazing too...First half is mediocre in comparison though. And it will take me a few years to fully comprehend The Book of Souls

 

Not really in any order, these are the albums I've played the most from the past 15-16 years:

1) The Running Jumps - The Consciousness Set (2013) (Power Pop, prog hybrid)
My favorite record of 2013. Power pop and a bit proggy at times. My friend Joel Martin heads up this band and is constantly blowing me away with his talents.

2) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (2007) (Americana?)
I nearly put Helplessness Blues here, but the first full-length album by FF just blew me away. Love the harmonies and the acoustic feel of the songs.

3) Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002) (rock/Post-rock/alternative)
Never heard the Lips until I heard Do You Realize on XM. Was stunned. I know The Soft Bulletin gets more praise but this is my fave.

4) Richie Havens - Grace of the Sun (2004) (folk)
Richie's last three albums released while he was still alive (Wishing Well, Grace, and Nobody Left to Crown) are all wonderful, but this one gets the edge for songs like "When", "We Both Know", the title cut, and "Pull Up the Stone".

5) Radiohead - In Rainbows (2010) (Post-rock/alternative)
Kid A is amazing, yes, but I go back to Rainbows more often.

6) Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Live in Alabama (2012) (Americana/alt country?)
GREAT live album... kind of a "greatest" of Jason's writing up until that time. And the versions of "Danko/Manuel" and "Goddamn Lonely Love" are stunning here.

7) Abel Ganz - Abel Ganz (2014) ("prog")
I put "prog" in parenthesis because I really don't know if it's PROG or not.This band gets slotted in that genre, but they're so organic and melodic, and NOT really about the typical prog cliches. GREAT guitars, great songs, great vocals, even some world elements.

8) Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007) (Rock/pop)
Neil Finn's set of songs written after the death of Paul Hester. A moody masterpiece.

9) Sigur Ros - Takk (2005) (Post rock)
Oh my god I love this album so much. I don't know what any of the lyrics mean and I don't care. To me this album is an explosion of emotions.

10) Calexico - Algiers (2012) (Americana?)
So many great songs on this record. I hope to see them live someday.

10.1) Elbow - The Take Off And Landing of Everything (2013) (Rock)
Seldom Seen Kid is right beside this one, but man... I love the songs on this.

Hard to leave off Pearl Jam and Rush cause they have made great records in the last 8 years too.. but there ya go.

 

No specific order -

Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
My Morning Jacket - Z
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
Gaslight Anthem - The 59 Sound
War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
The Black Keys - Brothers

Bonus:
Chuck Prophet - Temple Beautiful

 

Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (Nonesuch)
Perhaps my favorite piece of music.

Television - Marquee Moon
Good band, good songs, yes. But more than that they captured a sound with this one that's real "garage next door", it's wonderfully alive and real.

Vangelis - Albedo 0.39
Before he started to coalesce around larger works, with a more cinematic feel, he made this. It's a times wild, melodic, and soothing.

Talking Heads - Remain in Light
For me this is a total mind zap, transporting me decades backward to thunderstorms and a home I hated.

Chris Knight - Chris Knight
Even when I'd moved passed this type of music, this disc stays with me. I own three copies, two of them butchered from living too long in the car. Amazing stuff.

Klaus Schulze - Black Dance
Proto electronic genius. Gutted to learn Schulze himself isn't a fan.

Tangerine Dream - Firestarter
I could have picked a number of Tangerine Dream albums - everything up to Turn of the Tides is essential. But this soundtrack is very very special.

David Bowie - Low
I've always loved Bowie. I know his albums very well. But this one just seems to get deeper and deeper every time I listen.

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
It's full of wisdom, youth, energy, and maturity beyond her years. It's also before the studio began to play a significant role in her work, so feels less encumbered.

John Cale - Guts
Okay, so this is a "best of", with a bonus track. I don't do best of's, but hey, it's the exception that proves the rule. I learned a lot from this album - I learned that a crunching melody can be repeated on and on to good effect, that classics from rock and roll weren't set in stone, that you could swear and sing about killing people, and that you d'nt even have to be a great singer to be heard. Amazing.

 

"Post 2000"

 

Oops.

In that case - None.

 

Springsteen, The Rising
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Lucinda Williams, World Without Tears
Porcupine Tree, Stoopit Dream (not a fan of everthing Wilson does but this album, in DVD-Audio, is easily in me Top 10)
New Pornographers, Electric Version
Of Monsters and Men, My Head Is An Animal
David Bowie, Heathen (his most under-rated? IMHO, yup)
OP8, Slush. Thank you unremembered Hoffman bored member for suggesting this killer album. Another warped gem from Howie Gelb and Co.
Rodney Crowell. Thank you Race Recordings members who went ga ga over this remarkably personal work. Just a terrific recording front to back.
Lady Gaga, Born This Way (Could just as easy be Fame)

 

This millennium has been better than I first thought. I listed 10 a half hour ago, now these 10 could easily be interchangeable as my ten favs. Oh yea, thnx to the various lists, I've already ordered The 5,6,7,8's and New Pornographers' Twin Cinema.

11) Beck Sea Change.
12) Flaming Lips, Yoshimi and Them Pink Robots
13) Wilco, Te Whole Love
14) Spoon, Kill The Moonlight(!!)
15) White Stripes, Elepant
16) Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (Title song the best she ever did IMHO)
17) Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
18) My Morning Jacket, Circuital (I know it's not the bored favorite but of the 3 I have, it's mine and, more importantly, Mrs. Nasty's)
19) Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free (Yup, it's as good as the hype, plus some)
20) Norah Jones, Come Away With Me.

 

Good thread

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
The Strokes - Is this it
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Amy Winehouse - Back in Black
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Deer Hunter - Halcyon Digest
War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream
St. Vincent - S/T
White Stripes - Elephant
Radiohead - In Rainbows

 

Had a brain fart and forgot about War on Drugs, it could knock out any one on my two lists

 

I have five from 2016 alone.

 

Joe Strummer - Streetcore
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Heartless Bastards - Arrow
Kevn Kinney - Broken Hearts and Auto Parts
The Black Keys - Brothers
Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell - Begonias
The Like - Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?
Jesse Malin - The Fine Art of Self Destruction
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
New York Dolls - One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This

 

The Arctic Monkeys: Favorite Worst Nightmare
The Strokes: Is This It
D'Angelo: Black Messiah
Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp A Butterfly
Madvillan: Madvillany
Radiohead: Kid A
Kanye: College Dropout
White Stripes: White Blood Cells
Outkast: Stankonia
Run The Jewels: Run The Jewels 2

 

10 that I still listen to all the time. Tried to give a general idea with the genres, but not all are going to fit perfectly.

Gorillaz - s/t (2001) [alt hip hop/trip hop]
Boris - Praparat (2013) [rock]
Purson - The Circle and the Blue Door (2013) [rock]
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Power In the Blood (2015) [pop/folk]
The White Stripes - Elephant (2003) [blues rock]
Janelle Monae - Archandroid (2010) [pop/funk]
Chinese Man - Racing With the Sun (2011) [trip hop]
Deltron 3030 - s/t (2000) [alt hip hop]
Jack White - Blunderbuss (2012) [blues rock]
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb (2003) [ska/punk]

 

Thanks. You've given me 9 new pieces to explore.

 

Here's ten more cause there's too many out there
Sawns- To Be Kind
D'Angelo- Voodoo
The Strokes- Room On Fire
Death Grips- The Money Store
Kings Of Leon- Aha Shake Heartbreak
Radiohead- In Rainbows
White Stripes- Elephant
Freddie Gibbs- Piñata
Killer Mike- R.A.P. Music
Vampire Weekend- Contra

 

Introducing:

Brothers - The Black Keys. This album is one of my favorites. I was watching the New Orleans jazz festival on directv and got hooked on their sound.

Lonerism - Tame Impala. Psych rock with an eerie Beatles like sound. This album is sonically amazing.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco. Alt-country/progressive. This album has it all. I could listen to Jesus,etc. on a loop and die happy.

Funeral - Arcade Fire. One of the first indie-rock bands to blow up. This album set a precedence for a lot of bands to follow.

Astro Coast - Surfer Blood. This is one of my favorite albums right now. They're like a surfer/garage band and this album is a lot of fun.

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes. Folk rock is how I describe it. You can get lost in some of the vocal harmonies and layers of sound on this record.

Unplugged on VH1 - The Civil Wars. A now ex-husband and wife duo who could just flat out sing. This album is basically the two of them and a guitar and its a great album. They lean to a country sound but cover Portishead and MJ here.

Into the Wild - Eddie Vedder. This is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. If you're a fan of an older, less-angst ridden Vedder, you'll love this album.

American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash. Who hasn't heard this masterpiece. Mostly covers but Cash basically takes ownership of the material and provides an amazing performance.

Elephant - The White Stripes. Jack White is amazing. This has everything: stadium anthem, blues riffs, and just plain old rock and roll.

 

Just bought Twin Cinema tonight.