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'00s Alternative

 
 

Description of '00s Alternative

 
In the age when a fledgling artist can record a No. 1 single on his laptop and so-called "indie rock" has its own department at major labels, the question arises: Alternative to what? Unlike the alternative movements of decades past, this vein of artist hardly exists exclusively on the margins of commercial radio, but bands like the Killers, Interpol, and Bloc Party have ushered in the new millennium with an attitude-packed, post-modern melange of sounds that embodies the independent spirit of their forbearers. The groups mix and match a kitchen sink of influences that can simultaneously embrace decades-old trends like disco, funk and new wave and futuristic bits of electronic and urban music.
 

'00s Alternative Key Tracks

 
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1. Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. All These Things That I've Done The Killers
3. I Was A Lover TV On The Radio
4. The Heinrich Maneuver Interpol
5. Seven Nation Army White Stripes
 

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'00s Alternative Key Artists

 
Arcade Fire

Canadian indie rock
up-and-comers who
combine horn and string
orchestrations with a
shouting choir of post-pu...

Bloc Party

London's Bloc Party makes
euphoric post-punk and
covers it in a haze of epic,
icy dreaminess. The group
got its start performing aft...

Clinic

Clinic are a Liverpool-based
group who play scary
medical-themed post-punk.
Be afraid. Most reviews of
the band mention one of t...

Communique

The synth-driven group
Communique mixes
elements of punk fury and
New Wave into their stylish
pop. Up until 2002, this Oa...

Hot Chip

Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard,
Al Doyle, Owen Clarke and
Felix Martin are the men
behind this electropop
Casiotone-hop group. Hot...

Interpol

New York's Interpol draw
heavily from the Gothic and
Post-Punk movements of the
early 1980s. Interpol's
atmospheric and moody s...

LCD Soundsystem

Ex-bouncer and punk
drummer James Murphy
weaves punk and dance
styles together into an
in-your-face rocky electr...

MGMT

MGMT are known for
unpredictable, psychedelic
electro-pop with
progressive-rock leanings --
but in a good way. Membe...

The Bravery

The Bravery play a
Brit-friendly mix of
post-punk and New Wave. If
this were 1994, they would
be making Oasis look bad....

The Killers

The Killers are a Las
Vegas-bred group whose
epic neo-post-punk rock is
marked by elements of style
and paranoia. The group...

TV On The Radio

One of the sharpest bands
of the '00s, Brooklyn's TV
On The Radio plays
avant-indie rock mashed
with hip hop and techno....

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Fronted by Karen O, the
Yeah Yeah Yeahs spin
Garage Rock into a
decidedly sexy web of
squalling sound. This grou...

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