I went back and started checking all the bands I listened to in early high school (shout out to Limewire!), and there are definitely a lot of masterpieces from 2005, but I actually think 2006 might have it beat. That being said, here is a list of mine (sort of in order from the most influential to my teen self): WHY? - Elephant Eyelash Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary The Decemberists - Picaresque LCD Soundsystem - Self titled Sufjan Stevens - Illinois Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Self titled The National - Alligator Death Cab For Cutie - Plans (I remember thinking that they sold out with this album and being pissed lol but it was catchy nonetheless)
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Thursday - War All The Time AFI - Sing The Sorrow Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want To Be I think I had more feelings in 2004 than in all the years before that combined.
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such a tender and fun time... could just be looped in with that era of indie rock but there was something so distinct about it (twee? sparkly? childlike? maybe that's my own perception of its influence on me at the time?) someone still loves you boris yeltsin, freelance whales, clap your hands say yeah, midlake, islands, rogue wave, throw me the statue ETC!!!! i feel like i'm puking at homecoming bc my ex bf is grinding with my best friend and i am going home to burn a CD about it!!!!!
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Itโ€™s a nice trip down memory lane. Mine include of Montreal, new pornographers, sufjan, the shins (garden state was big, ok?), and the soundtrack to spring awakening.
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I don't know how well this actually answers your initial question, I think it's more of a counterpoint to some of the stuff people have already said, but here it goes. In the past (prior to social media or search engines) specific styles, specialized knowledge, and niche awareness actually took effort. You had to go out into the world and find a scene, be accepted, participate in it, contribute to it, and learn from others with specific knowledge within the specific sub- or counter-cultural scene. It took time, effort, and experience to craft an identity. Nowadays people cycle through various identities and trends like commodities because it takes no effort (they're sold to them by social media algorithms, influencers, brand accounts, etc.). It comes to you in your phone without you ever even having to leave the house or put in the time to discover it or participate in it (you just follow specific people or subscribe). You can be a passive observer or consumer, not an active contributor. As a result, you're not invested or tied down and committed to that core identity. You can cosplay depending on your mood or who you want to momentarily convey yourself as, because it's easy. Essentially, being a poser has become normalized. An identity is now something to be momentarily consumed and affected, rather than grown, built, and developed over time. Granted, it's always been different in regards to "mass" culture and popular trends (both in the past and now). Those are impossible to miss and were always monopolized by specific trend setting institutions, but always by the time it gets to that point, the actual initial counter- or sub-culture that inspired it has already been coopted and has started to disintegrate under the weight and attention of mass consumption.
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