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Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

meruizh — Mon, 8 Jun 2015 15:38:48 GMT

Author: meruizh

Posted: 06/08/2015 19:38

Everyone seem to be leaving out the whole electronic scene from British artist.

Jon Hopkins, James Blake, SBTRKT, Disclosure, Leon Vynehall, Jamie XX, Andy Stott, Daniel Avery, just to mention a few. I dont see any decline in this department.

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

WindowAbove — Mon, 8 Jun 2015 15:15:23 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 06/08/2015 19:15

A lot of the dope shit coming out of Britain isn't rock: grime, UK Bass, garage, etc.

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

SleepDealer — Mon, 8 Jun 2015 14:06:26 GMT

Author: SleepDealer

Posted: 06/08/2015 18:06

It is in decline. But we still punch above our weight, relatively speaking.

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

LittleM1971 — Sun, 7 Jun 2015 19:16:39 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 06/07/2015 23:16

TracyJacks wrote:

Overall, yes, it seems to be. If I had charts from every decade between the 60s and 90s the UK albums would be in majority. Since the beginning of the 00s, the US albums would be in majority.

Look at the 2010s best albums, there are only a handful of UK albums from the top 50 albums, and some of the bands are from the 90s or 00s (Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys), there only a few acts which are new and make good music (Alt J).

I don't know excellent UK bands nowadays. Maybe I am wrong or I don't know the music scene that well. But my impression is that their music is not as strong as it was....20 years ago...or 40 years ago.

You're quite right TracyJacks, just had a look at the top 100 albums on this site for the 2010's.

Most are older already established artists...Radiohead, PJ Harvey, Arctic Monkeys, Gorillaz, Kate Bush, David Bowie, Muse, Coldplay & Noel Gallagher.

This lot released their debuts towards the end of the last decade...Mumfords, Foals, Adele, Florence & The Machine & 2 Door Cinema Club.

Which leaves the following 6 new artists who have made a notable impact according to BEA in this current decade...Alt-J, The Vaccines, Yuck, Jake Bugg, James Blake & Django Django.

i'm not sure any of these 6 are gonna leave much of a mark in the history of popular music if I'm honest 🙁

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

TracyJacks — Sun, 7 Jun 2015 18:03:37 GMT

Author: TracyJacks

Posted: 06/07/2015 22:03

Overall, yes, it seems to be. If I had charts from every decade between the 60s and 90s the UK albums would be in majority. Since the beginning of the 00s, the US albums would be in majority.

Looking at the 2010s best albums, there are only a handful of UK records in the top 50, and some of the bands are from the 90s or 00s (Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys), there are only a few acts which are new and make good music (Alt J).

I don't know excellent UK bands nowadays. Maybe I am wrong or I don't know the music scene that well. But my impression is that their music is not as strong as it was....20 years ago...or 40 years ago.

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

latenighttv — Sun, 7 Jun 2015 15:16:48 GMT

Author: latenighttv

Posted: 06/07/2015 19:16

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Some of my fave stuff from the 2010s...
They've all got very low amounts of views, though, for whatever reason (discovered a couple of those bands just by fluke). There's one or two "older" bands still making good stuff as well (ones that the critics have kinda stopped caring about).
Actually only got round to checking out Young Fathers a couple of weeks ago and they're probably the first "acclaimed" or "hyped" UK act I've liked for a long while.
Most of my favourite UK music tends to be from the '80s and '90s - it's what I grew up on, basically, and I think a lot of folks underestimate those decades as the prevailing wisdom / narrative seems to steer listeners towards the '60s and '70s.

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

goeie-oko — Sun, 7 Jun 2015 15:11:03 GMT

Author: goeie-oko

Posted: 06/07/2015 19:11

Yes.

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

notsquib — Sun, 7 Jun 2015 14:56:18 GMT

Author: notsquib

Posted: 06/07/2015 18:56

Here are my stats (cuz Im Canadian I figured I'd add Canada to it)

2010's US 57%, CND 19%, UK 12%
2000's US 58%, CND 22%, UK 14%
1990's US 90%, CND 3%, UK 5%
1980's US 55%, CND 36%, UK 9%
1970's US 20%, CND 20%, UK 60%
1960's US 29%, CND 0%, UK 71%

The British music scene definetly dropped significantly after the 70's with the American hair metal phase and the grunge phase almost completly alienating them. However the Brit punk scene seems to be on the rise during the 2000's and 2010's but is still squashed by the large amount of american bands.

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

Decurso — Sun, 7 Jun 2015 14:19:26 GMT

Author: Decurso

Posted: 06/07/2015 18:19

I noticed the same thing on my charts.

2010-0%
2000s-2%
1990s-12%
1980s-22%
1970s-42%
1960s-48%

Two reasons for this, I think. First, bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and The Kinks dominated the 60s and 70s...and they were pretty tough acts to follow. But also, in the last 15-20 years music from other countries has become more accessible than ever before, and it is perfectly logical that there would be a smaller percentage of American and British artists dominating user charts. Having said that, I really can not recall the last time I heard a British artist who really impressed me.

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

Anonymous — Sun, 7 Jun 2015 11:50:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/07/2015 15:50

No.

The Night Slugs, Hyperdub, and Modern Love labels' rosters are the most interesting things happening outside of Joanna Newsom since 2006 in recent music, outside of one-off albums like The Idler Wheel... and Good Kid and Public Strain

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

LittleM1971 — Sun, 7 Jun 2015 11:29:51 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 06/07/2015 15:29

Applerill wrote:

Hey, you guys now got PC Music, which is better than a whole barrel of Arctic Monkeys.

Oh God I can see the replies to this are gonna make me feel really old and out of touch...I had to google PC Music to find what it was 😁

Re: Is the British music scene in decline?

Applerill — Sun, 7 Jun 2015 11:02:44 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 06/07/2015 15:02

Hey, you guys now got PC Music, which is better than a whole barrel of Arctic Monkeys.

Is the British music scene in decline?

LittleM1971 — Sun, 7 Jun 2015 11:01:53 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 06/07/2015 15:01

Us Brits are very proud of our music heritage however I was just looking at the make up of my decade charts and noticed a huge slump in British artists for this current decade? Obviously my taste and charts alone are not a gauge for concern so was wondering if everyone reading this can check their charts to see if there is anything in this theory.

Here are my stats for UK vs US artists for each decade.

2010's : UK 18% US 64%
2000's : UK 44% US 44%
1990's : UK 59% US 36%
1980's : UK 67% US 26%
1970's : UK 50% US 32%
1960's : UK 34% US 57%

It's quite interesting that my decade charts show an increase in British artists since the 60's which peaked in the 1980's before a gradual move towards this US dominated current decade.