Top 50 Albums of the deacde

With the noughties coming to a close and NME giving us a terrible representation of the records they thought should grace the decades top 50 I decided to put my own list together in no particular order.

Top 50 Records of the Decade



At The Drive-In – Relationship of command

Anti-Flag – Underground network

The Bronx

The Slackers – Self-medication

Adequate 7 – Songs of innocence and experience

Justin Sane – Life, love and the pursuit of justice

The Cribs – The new fellas

White Stripes – White blood cells

Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs – Fever to tell

Flaming Lips – Yoshimi battles the pink robots

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Angles

Gogol Bordello – Gypsy punks: underdog world strike

Hell is for heroes – Transmit disrupt

Weezer - Maladroit

Beastie Boys – to the 5 boroughs

Los Copesinos – Hold on now youngster

The Rapture – Echoes

LCD Sound system

Radio 4 – Gotham

Bright eyes – I’ wide awake it’s morning

Ben Folds – Songs for silverman

Ben Folds Five – Whatever and ever amen

Soulwax - Any minute now

Frank Turner – Sleep is for the week

Captain Everything – It’s not rocket science

Alkaline Trio – Crimson

Howards Alias – Beat Heart Beat

Matthew Reynolds – Wreck of the Hesperus

Rival Schools – United by fate

Eels – Electro-shock blues

Rodrigo Y Gabriella

The Go Team – Thunder Lighting Strike

Moby - Play

Moldy Peaches

Capown – Civil disobedients

The Strokes – Is this it

Libertines

The Shins – Chutes too narrow

Rueben – Race car is race car backwards

Hot Club De Paris – Drop it like it pops

Sonic Boom Six – A rough guide to genre terrorism

AFI – Sing the sorrow

Hot Chip – The warning

Bloc Party - Silent alarm

The Macabees – Color it in

Queens Of The Stoneage – Rated R

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Madonna

Badly Drawn Boy – The hour of the bewilderbeast

Distillers – Sing,sing death house

Dandy Warhols – Thirteen tales from urban bohemia

A Beginers Guide To Ska

I personally think Ska is one of the most important of all music genres (partially because I love it). As a genre it is completely multi-cultural and responsible for a change in mindsets within music. Ska has developed over the past 30 years moving from the slow reggae style of the Skatalites and other Jamaican Ska bands, to the Specials, Bad Manners and Madness who were at the fore front of the UK scene in the 70’s and 80’s, to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones developed the Skacore/Ska Punk sound paving the way for the next generation of Less Than Jake, Rancid and Mad Caddies in the USA and Capdown, Adequate 7, Howards Alias in the UK.

As far as looking into Ska with an eleven year old girl in mind there are 2 bands that were essential in my love of Ska Less Than Jake and The Specials. Both are fantastic bands and offer very different styles but will ultimately inspire the listener.

To accompany this playlist I’m also going to make a copy Ska Is Dead from Household Name Records which is a sampler that covers all the bases. Unfortunately some tracks will have to be substituted as I do not want to face the wrath of my Mum when she hears bad language coming out of my sisters room (or mouth).

As mentioned the play list will start at the beginning and work from there although not everything will be in chronological order as each track should move onto the next nicely. The Playlist will include all of the following:

Skatalites
The Toasters
Madness
The Specials
The Clash
Mighty Mighty Bostones
Less Than Jake
Mad Caddies
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Streetlight Manifesto
Rancid
NOFX
Chris Murray
Howards Alias
Capdown
Adequate 7
Dead 60’s
Buck O Nine
Sublime
Sonic Boom Six
Shootin’ Goon
Farse
The Pie Tasters

If you want to suggest tracks or artists that should be included please give me a shout.