'00s Alternative Rock
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- The Basics
The post-millennial alternative rocker is a beast of many parts, a good number of them sewn together in this rampant Frankenstein-like compilation of the finest sounds this side of the year 2000. The lasting energy of punk stokes several fires here (the Arctic Monkeys, the Hives), and there's plenty of artful genre-bending (Beck, the Streets).
£21.56 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Use Somebody Kings of Leon 3:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Ready to Start Arcade Fire 4:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Jigsaw Falling Into Place Radiohead 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 The Pretender Foo Fighters 4:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Blue Orchid The White Stripes 2:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 One Day Like This Elbow 6:34 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Fake Empire The National 3:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 When the Sun Goes Down Arctic Monkeys 3:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 So Says I The Shins 2:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Oxford Comma Vampire Weekend 3:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Girl Beck 3:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Not If You Were the Last Dandy On Earth The Brian Jonestown Massacre 2:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Wilco Wilco 2:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Don't Look Back Into the Sun The Libertines 3:00 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Alright Girls 4:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Heads Will Roll Yeah Yeah Yeahs 3:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 While You Wait for the Others Grizzly Bear 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Broken Boy Soldier The Raconteurs 3:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Shine a Light Wolf Parade 3:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Helicopter Deerhunter 4:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Made-Up Lovesong #43 Guillemots 3:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 In My Time Kurt Vile 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Cochise Audioslave 3:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 Spread Your Love Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Next Steps
In a post-post-modern world, alt rock is all about peeling back the layers to find something new in a welter of influences, whether it's the Bravery reinventing dance-rock ("An Honest Mistake"), the Mars Volta tinkering with prog rock ("The Widow"), or Interpol ransacking post-punk rock. You are now officially in alt-rock heaven.
£18.78 Next Steps
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Stay Free Black Mountain 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 You Can't Fool Me Dennis Mystery Jets 3:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 My Shadow Jay Reatard 3:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 The First Vietnamese War The Black Angels 3:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Disaster The Besnard Lakes 5:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Eraser No Age 2:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Waving Flags British Sea Power 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Don't Listen to the Radio The Vines 2:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 The Widow The Mars Volta 5:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Float On Modest Mouse 3:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Count In Fives The Horrors 3:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Evil Interpol 3:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Tick Tick Boom The Hives 3:26 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Beverly Hills Weezer 3:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Sea of Love Cat Power 2:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Wait for the Summer Yeasayer 4:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Section 12 (Hold Me Now) The Polyphonic Spree 4:30 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Zebra Beach House 4:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Stacy's Mom Fountains of Wayne 3:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Even If You Don't Ween 3:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 I Feel Like Going Home Yo La Tengo 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 ExplicitEnter Shikari Enter Shikari 4:07 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 22 Songs - Deep Cuts
Alternative rock rose from the underground, and some of its best artists still thrive on the indie side. Searching through this next batch couldn't be more rewarding for the alt connoisseur. Hurl stones at the glass houses of the mainstream with Joan As Police Woman, and Canadian duo Death from Above 1979 (who split in August 2006).
£19.38 Deep Cuts
Name Artist Time Price 1 Geraldine Glasvegas 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Soft As Your Face The Soup Dragons 3:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Paris Friendly Fires 3:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Senses On Fire Mercury Rev 3:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Rock & Roll Queen The Subways 2:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 I Write Sins Not Tragedies Panic! At the Disco 3:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 You Held The World In Your Arms Idlewild 3:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 An Honest Mistake The Bravery 3:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Golden Haze Wild Nothing 3:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Standing Next to Me The Last Shadow Puppets 2:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Little Bit Lykke Li 4:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Frozen Feet Tacks, the Boy Disaster 4:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Reservoir #3 Real Estate 2:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Chaos of the Galaxy / Happy Man Sparklehorse 4:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Bicycle Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle Be Your Own Pet 2:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Swim Until You Can't See Land Frightened Rabbit 4:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Catacomb At the Drive-In 3:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Bandages Hot Hot Heat 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Romantic Rights Death from Above 1979 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Oh Mandy The Spinto Band 3:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Waves Marjorie Fair 4:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 If I Could Tell You The Pastels 2:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Scarlet Lush 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Complete Set
The momentum for alternative rock in the '00s derives from multiple sources of inspiration — punk, post-punk, new wave, garage, synth-rock, you name it — and the results represent some of the most satisfying fusions in the history of cutting-edge sound. Revivalism is not a dirty word: it's the key to the magical kingdom of reinvention, as fresh awakenings of garage rock (the White Stripes) and post-punk (Franz Ferdinand) readily confirm. Make these Essentials your definitive, contemporary alt rock pit stop.
£59.72 Complete Set
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Use Somebody Kings of Leon 3:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Ready to Start Arcade Fire 4:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Jigsaw Falling Into Place Radiohead 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 The Pretender Foo Fighters 4:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Blue Orchid The White Stripes 2:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 One Day Like This Elbow 6:34 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Fake Empire The National 3:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 When the Sun Goes Down Arctic Monkeys 3:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 So Says I The Shins 2:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Oxford Comma Vampire Weekend 3:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Girl Beck 3:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Not If You Were the Last Dandy On Earth The Brian Jonestown Massacre 2:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Wilco Wilco 2:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Don't Look Back Into the Sun The Libertines 3:00 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Alright Girls 4:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Heads Will Roll Yeah Yeah Yeahs 3:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 While You Wait for the Others Grizzly Bear 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Broken Boy Soldier The Raconteurs 3:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Shine a Light Wolf Parade 3:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Helicopter Deerhunter 4:58 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Made-Up Lovesong #43 Guillemots 3:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 In My Time Kurt Vile 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Cochise Audioslave 3:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 Spread Your Love Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 Stay Free Black Mountain 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 You Can't Fool Me Dennis Mystery Jets 3:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 27 My Shadow Jay Reatard 3:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 28 The First Vietnamese War The Black Angels 3:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 29 Disaster The Besnard Lakes 5:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 30 Eraser No Age 2:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Waving Flags British Sea Power 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 32 Don't Listen to the Radio The Vines 2:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 33 The Widow The Mars Volta 5:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 34 Float On Modest Mouse 3:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 35 Count In Fives The Horrors 3:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Evil Interpol 3:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 Tick Tick Boom The Hives 3:26 £0.99 View In iTunes 38 Beverly Hills Weezer 3:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 39 Sea of Love Cat Power 2:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 Wait for the Summer Yeasayer 4:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Section 12 (Hold Me Now) The Polyphonic Spree 4:30 £0.99 View In iTunes 42 Zebra Beach House 4:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 43 Stacy's Mom Fountains of Wayne 3:17 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 Even If You Don't Ween 3:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 45 I Feel Like Going Home Yo La Tengo 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 46 ExplicitEnter Shikari Enter Shikari 4:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 47 Geraldine Glasvegas 3:45 £0.99 View In iTunes 48 Soft As Your Face The Soup Dragons 3:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 Paris Friendly Fires 3:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 50 Senses On Fire Mercury Rev 3:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 51 Rock & Roll Queen The Subways 2:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 52 I Write Sins Not Tragedies Panic! At the Disco 3:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 53 You Held The World In Your Arms Idlewild 3:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 54 An Honest Mistake The Bravery 3:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 55 Golden Haze Wild Nothing 3:25 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 Standing Next to Me The Last Shadow Puppets 2:20 £0.99 View In iTunes 57 Little Bit Lykke Li 4:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Frozen Feet Tacks, the Boy Disaster 4:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 59 Reservoir #3 Real Estate 2:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 60 Chaos of the Galaxy / Happy Man Sparklehorse 4:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 61 Bicycle Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle Be Your Own Pet 2:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 Swim Until You Can't See Land Frightened Rabbit 4:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 Catacomb At the Drive-In 3:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 Bandages Hot Hot Heat 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Romantic Rights Death from Above 1979 3:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 66 Oh Mandy The Spinto Band 3:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 67 Waves Marjorie Fair 4:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 68 If I Could Tell You The Pastels 2:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 69 Scarlet Lush 3:28 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 69 Songs
Customer Reviews
Huh!
I'm not sure what is meant by "alternative rock" but I wouldn't put The Kings of Leon, Radiohead or the Artic Monkeys (to name three) in a list with the word alternative in the title.
OK...
An interesting range as always, but not without its highlights. Use Somebody isn't exactly alternative, but the strangest inclusion here has to be Stacy's Mom... About as alternative as Aqua.
