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if you like 49 of these 50 songs of the 2000's, maybe we can be friends…


1. The Strokes - Hard to Explain


2. MGMT - Time to Pretend


3. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm


4. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)


5. Daft Punk - One More Time
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-0s0pRleg&feature=fvst[/youtube]

6. The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJVYH7CEkB8&feature=fvst[/youtube]

7. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army


8. Klaxons - Golden Skans
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiq_0vEDAbE&feature=fvst[/youtube]

9. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out


10. Interpol - Evil


11. The Killers - Mr. Brightside


12. The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now


13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night


14. Radiohead - Idioteque
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnsfzlxs-KY&feature=related[/youtube]

15. Kings of Leon - California Waiting


16. Justice vs Simian - We are your friends


17. Bloc Party - Banquet


18. Gossip - Standing In The Way of Control


19. Muse - Starlight


20. Phoenix - Too Young
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIOL5SSjWdw&feature=fvst[/youtube]

21. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights


22. TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me


23. Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning


24. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?


25. The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way


26. Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor


27. Doves - There Goes The Fear
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZgBKVBduQg&feature=fvst[/youtube]

28. The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar


29. Kasabian - Club Foot


30. Queens of the Stone Age - Go With The Flow


31. Foo Fighters - Best Of You


32. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby


33. Blur - Out Of Time


34. Razorlight - Golden Touch


35. Maxïmo Park - Graffiti


36. The Hives - Hate Say I Told You So


37. The Vines - Get Free
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2OAfc52jY&feature=fvst[/youtube]

38. Editors - Munich


39. Modest Mouse - Float On


40. The Coral - Dreaming of You


41. The Futureheads - Hounds of Love


42. The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FME3pMY2NHw&feature=fvst[/youtube]

43. Groove Armada - Superstylin'


44. The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8YRx47oylM&feature=fvst[/youtube]

45. Manic Street Preachers - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough


46. The Walkmen - The Rat


47. Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)


48. Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle


49. Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks


50. Hot Hot Heat - Bandages

1. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
2. Can't Stand Me Now - The Libertines
3. A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
4. Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Out Of Time - Blur
6. Recokner - Radiohead
7. Reptilia - The Strokes
8. Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire
9. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
10. I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
11. Jackie Collins Existential Question Time - Manic Street Preachers
12. No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
13. Clocks - Coldplay
14. That's No Way To Tell A Lie - James Dean Bradfield
15. The Age of the Understatement - The Last Shadow Puppets
16. City Of Blinding Lights - U2
17. Carvel - John Frusciante
18. Living Well Is the Best Revenge - R.E.M.
19. Club Foot - Kasabian
20. The Importance Of Being Idle - Oasis
21. Plug In Baby - Muse
22. Banquet - Bloc Party
23. Apply Some Pressure - Maxïmo Park
24. Munich - Editors
25. Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
26. Dreaming of You - The Coral
27. All These Things That I've Done - The Killers
28. DOA - Foo Fighters
29. Time to Pretend - MGMT
30. Float On - Modest Mouse
31. Our Bovine Public - The Cribs
32. Golden Touch - Razorlight
33. Show Me How to Live - Audioslave
34. Drive - Incubus
35. Trains To Brazil - Guillemots
36. Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
37. Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives
38. I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
39. Albion - Babyshambles
40. She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks
41. Black And White Town - Doves
42. The Rip - Portishead
43. The '59 Sound - The Gaslight Anthem
44. White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
45. Reasons Not To Be An Idiot - Frank Turner
46. Hoppípolla - Sigur Rós
47. Another Sunny Day - Belle and Sebastian
48. Hounds of Love - The Futureheads
49. Grounds For Divorce - Elbow
50. ¡Viva La Gloria! - Green Day

This is the list.... until I realise I have missed something and redo it!

'77
Accident Recover
Alexisonfire
Alondra Bentley
アンティック-珈琲店- (An Cafe)
Anti-Flag
Bad Way
Berri Txarrak
Billie the Vision & The Dancers
Christina Rosenvinge
Cliper
Day Of Rising
Dorian
Drizzle Of Dust (x4)
Electric Wasted
Enter Shikari
Estado de Locura
Fall Out Boy
Falling Kids
Hard Life
Hardcore Superstar
Hijos de Caín
Katy Perry
Kon Ira
La Cámara Secreta
La Guardia
La Unión
Marvin
Metro Station
Miranda!
雅-miyavi-
New Found Glory
NoWayOut (x4)
Parkway Drive
Poison the Well
Read My Lips (x2)
Rise Against
Simple Plan
Shinoflow
Sleazy Trigger
Stained Blood
Stoned by Truckers
Straighten Things Out
The Hives
The Holy Buttons
The Prodigy
Thursday
Uzzhuaïa
Vetusta Morla (x2)
We Are Standard
Yawn
You Me At Six
Zebrahead

Let's see which countries my top 30 are from.

USA:
Relient K
Bad Religion
Boys Like Girls
Allister
Pinhead Gunpowder
Avenged Sevenfold
Take Notice
Brand New
Green Day
Mest
The Click Five
AFI
Megadeth
Panic! At the Disco
Linkin Park
P.O.D.
My Chemical Romance
Sublime
Fall Out Boy
Rise Against
blink-182
Mae
Zebrahead
(23)

Canada:
Sum 41
Simple Plan
(2)

United Kingdom:
Bullet For My Valentine
Kaiser Chiefs
(2)

Finland:
51koodia
Firevision
(2)

Sweden:
The Hives
(1)

David Bowie - Earthling (1997)
David Bowie is an incredibly versatile artist who reinvented himself countless times during his 40years+ long career. His album Earthling is one of his most experimental works featuring lots of industrial-like technostomping beats, heavy guitars and synthies from hell. In my opinion his creativity was never bigger than on this one.
Play: Little Wonder


The Clash - Sandinista!(1981)
The Clash were a lot more open minded to other musical styles than other punkbands from their time - their best known album London Calling combines reggae, ska and the punkrock from their previous two albums. Sandinista! continues that way and is a two cd-36 track-packet full of ideas tearing down all genre boundaries. The mixture of punk, genuine reggae/dub, funk, jazz and pop makes this album a classic that probably never gets boring.
Play: The Magnificent Seven


Sparks - Hello Young Lovers(2006)
When a band that has been around since the late 60s releases an album nowadays the result is usually not what one would call interesting(The Rolling Stones anyone?). If that band is called Sparks - a band starting with "glamkindofrock" (Kimono My House, Propaganda) then developing into electronica(and, by the way releasing the incedibly influencial classic album No.1 In Heaven) from that to pop(When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way') from pop to baroque pop using huge walls of synth-strings(Lil' Beethoven) - the result is always worth a listen.
Their 2006 released album Hello Young Lovers shows the peak of their creativity combining the pompous sound of their previous album with rock guitars(done by Dean Menta, Faith No More) and the quirky songwriting of their earlier works that influenced countless bands such as Queen who even were Sparks' supportband in their early days.. A grand opus everyone should give a listen to.
Play: Dick Around


The Doors - Waiting for the Sun (1968)
The imho best album by the legendary acid rock band from LA with Jim Morrison on vocals. The psychadelic elements that already shone through the first two albums are dominating this album. It is full of interesting ideas like spanish guitars on Spanish Caravan and poppy synthies on Hello I Love You.
Play: Not to Touch the Earth


The Living End - Roll On (2001)
The three-piece band from Australia started off as a Stray Cats coverband which clearly influenced Chris Cheneys incredible guitar style as well as the use of the upright bass which makes them different from other modern Punkrockbands. Their debut was one of the most successful australian albums for decades and their liveperformances are among the best there are. Roll On was their second album. It combined their fresh and poweful approach on music with a much improved songwriting. It is their most complicated album to date and probably their heaviest one. The versatile songwriting and structures and the raw instrumentals make this their strongest album.
Blood on Your Hands


The Damned - The Black Album (1980)
The Damned were the first uk punkband ever to release a single, an album as well as touring the US. Their first three albums are punkrock classics with hits such as Neat Neat Neat, Smash It Up and New Rose. Their 1980 "black" album features the Damned in their most psychadelic period before becoming a goth -band. An incredibly interesting album with 12 tracks, partly beeing connected what makes up one big work, ending in the 17 Minute epic Curtain Call. Can't dare to skip a single track on it.
Play: Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde


Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones (1983)
Theres no real genre you could put Tom Waits in - basicly its kind of Blues / Jazz / Rock using unusual instruments like Marimbas etc and featuring his incredible raw voice. The trilogy of Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years and Swordfishtrombones are Toms best known and most appreciated albums but his output has a constant high level so it is hard to pick a single album out of it. My choice was Swordfishtrombones(followed by Bone Machine) because it has the most atmospheric feel in it and barely leaves my stereo.
Play: 16 Shells From A 30.6


Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - Global a Go-go (2001)
Basicly the second album by The Clash former frontman Joe Strummer with his band The Mescaleros has many aspects that his old band was famous for - a wild mix of styles and genres. But this album brings this approach to the maximum: its a musical journey round the world featuring folk rock, world music(Bhindi Bagee), Reggae, oriental sounds etc etc. Opens up your mind!
Play: Johnny Appleseed


The Beatles - The White Album (1968)
Everybody knows the Beatles - but they surely had more to show than the overplayed Let It Be, Yesterday and Yellow Submarine. With Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band they released their most psychadelic album which got voted for the best album ever by the Rolling Stone magazine. The follow-up was The White Album: a double album featuring some of the most beautiful sons The Beatles have ever written, along with classic rock'n'roll bits, along with weird and experimental stuff.
Probably their most versatile album and in my opinion their best.
Play: While My Guitar Gently Weeps


Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
The first album by Pink Floyd is the only one that was mostly written by the genious of Syd Barrett before he got replaced by David Gilmour. The sound is raw and psychadelic as well as somehow childish with lots of interesting harmonies and noises. A classic.
Play: Astronomy Domine


further listening:

Gorillaz - Demon Days
Hip Hop / Pop combination featuring many great guest stars by Blur mastermind Damon Albarn.

Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
The most creative Hardcorepunk -album i ever came across.

Beck - Odelay
Speaking of creativity...

The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
Raw and wild garagerock from sweden. I like their works before reaching the mainstream.

Madness - One Step Beyond
The definitive Ska-album.

Monster - Gone Gone Gone--A Bash Dem
Soul / Punk / Indie combined to a unique record. Singer is now famous as Moneybrother If you dig the Clash, try this.

So much for the moment, happy listening

Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
The Clash - White Riot
Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
Sex Pistols - Liar
The Peacocks - In Any Case
Nežfaleš - Halucinogen
Bloc Party - I Still Remember
The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
Switchfoot - Awakening
Degradace - Moje láska můj hrob
Phantom Planet - Do The Panic
Bob Marley - One Love
Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
Ramones - I Wanna Live
Vypsaná fiXa - Duchové

Past stuff
Phil Collins
Bullet For My Valentine
Twelvestep
Foo Fighters x2
Coheed and Cambria
JR Ewing
Hardcore Superstar x2
Crucified Barbara
Gemini Five x2
The Darkness
The Ark
Electric Banana Band x2
The Sounds
Takida x10
Mikael Wiehe
Poets of the Fall
Enter the Hunt
Plan Three x4
Blindside
Breakaway Fraction
Jug McKenzie
My Chemical Romance
Hinder
Black Stone Cherry
Middleage
Crazy Lixx
Killswitch Engage
Lord of the Rings Symphony (Howard Shore)
Queens of the Stone Age
The Hellacopters
The Hives
Coldplay x2
stereolith
U2
Lightsgoblue/Lights Go Blue x2
White Lies
De Lyckliga Kompisarna
Green Day
Canterbury
Scholars

Peace & Love 2006
Sundsvalls gatufest 2007
Where the action is 2008
Stagedive Day Out 2009

Future things
Enter Shikari + Story of the Year [1/11/2010]