-83 The best bands today aren't completely underground indie bands that only mega-hipsters listen to (The Antlers) or super mainstream bands that everyone knows (Maroon 5). Today's best bands are the ones that are somewhere in the middle (The Vaccines, The Black Keys, fun., etc...), amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Music is subjective. There are no best bands. Also, The Antlers (or at least Hospice) are pretty entry level at this point: they're definitely not for 'mega hipsters'.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Exactly what I was going to say. It's all opinion. If you ask me, the black keys are really meh.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The Antlers are also even more known than the Vaccines according to their last.fm stats, which is generally a pretty accurate measure of how many people listen to bands relative to another. Try again.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Maybe The Antlers weren't the best example to use, but the point of the post still stands.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think that the quality of a band can be judged based solely on their popularity.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not saying the bands I listed were good //because// of their degree of popularity. I'm just saying that, in my opinion, the best bands are //usually// (not always) the ones that aren't completely underground, but also aren't completely mainstream.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Guys, it's their opinion, of course it's subjective. I agree because I listen to a lot of middle ground artists and bands like that

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Is Cage the Elephant a hipster band?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think so, but I guess they could be.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, I guess they are kind of mainstream. They're one of my favorite modern bands though.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't really like them :( To each his own y

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Here's a radical idea: the best band is whichever band YOU like the best! wary

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't know why everyone is making the "everyone has different taste" argument. Of course everyone has different taste, this post describes //my// taste, and I wanted to see how many people had similar taste.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Fair enough. It's just that most people go, "BAND X IS THE BEST!!!! OH, YOU DON'T THINK SO?!? HAVE FUN BURNING IN HELL, YOU DONKEYFUCKER"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, I never said anything like that :(

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I realize that now :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Super :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In my personal opinion, YES. I've found that GENERALLY bands that are extremely underground are trying too hard to be different (so hard that their music is just bizarre, confusing, and unpleasant to my ears) and bands that are too mainstream (Oh, gosh I sounds like a total hipster) sound too generic. I love The Black Keys, fun., The Strokes, and other bands at about that level on the popularity scale.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

YAY except I don't really like the strokes but sill YAY

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I do. :3 I think Neon Tree's new(ish) single sounds a lot like them. What other bands do you like? :D

by Anonymous 12 years ago

eels, Mumford & Sons, The Format, Jukebox The Ghost and many more :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm only familiar with Mumford & Sons (and I like them very much! :D), but I've heard of The Format (because of fun./Nate), though I haven't listened to them. Have you by any chance heard of Noah & the Whale?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I listen to skinny puppy, nine inch nails etc. I also listen to stuff like the glee project, and the pretty reckless. I guess skinny puppy would probably go in the mega-hipster category, and tpr and nin would probably be more in the middle. Also, I think you would've got more yyas if you had said "your favorite bands", not "the best bands"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This is unrelated: I like the OP's name compared to the post before it on the home page. I wonder if it was intentional?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It was! I changed it just so I could follow apackofwolves hehe

by Anonymous 12 years ago