The Current's 893 Essential Bands Countdown (2024)

	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
1	Rank	Band	Track	Track Year	Band Debut Decade	2017 Artist Placement	Artist Change	2017 "Band" Rank	"Band" Change	I voted for them	Something dumb you want to say	I saw this band live	DONT RUIN THE SPREADSHEET

2	893	Lipps, Inc	Funkytown	1980	1970s						great start		If you want to edit, include your CBer handle in the request or I won't approve it
3	892	The Rapture	Get Myself Into It	2006	1990s
4	891	Martha and the Muffins	Echo Beach	1980	1970s					Bucky
5	890	Toadies	Possum Kingdom	1994	1980s												27657 NOT GONNA BE CLOSE
6	889	Altered Images	I Could Be Happy	1981	1970s									fri	1348
7	888	The Polyphonic Spree	Running Away	2007	2000s									sat	349	wtaf???
8	887	Warpaint	New Song	2016	2000s									sun	538	WTF?
9	886	Harvey Danger	Flagpole Sitta	1998	1990s									mon	1626
10	885	The Meters	Look-Ka Py Py	1969	1960s	613	-272	354	-531					tues	2274
11	884	The Undertones	Teenage Kicks	1978	1970s									wed	2559
12	883	Son Volt	Drown	1995	1990s	461	-422	264	-619					thurs	2286
13	882	The Thermals	Now We Can See	2009	2000s									fri
14	881	Wolfmother	Woman	2004	2000s					darkxangel83	pabs.jpg	Wolfman
15	880	Os Mutantes	A Minha Menina	1968	1960s
16	879	Sleigh Bells	Rill Rill	2010	2000s							hifi, Ali			10980
17	878	Stone Poneys	Different Drum	1967	1960s
18	877	Bush Tetras	Too Many Creeps	1980	1970s
19	876	Republica	Ready to Go	1996	1990s
20	875	The Wedding Present	Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah	1994	1980s						YEAH
21	874	Mr. Big	To Be With You	1991	1980s
22	873	The Motels	Suddenly Last Summer	1983	1970s
23	872	Dry Cleaning	Strong Feelings	2021	2010s							Pabz, OG
24	871	The Fire Theft	Chain	2003	2000s
25	870	X-Ray Spex	Oh Bondage, Up Yours!	1977	1970s
26	869	Snowden	Anti-Anti	2006	2000s
27	868	Chairlift	Bruises	2008	2000s
28	867	Illiterate Light	Better Than I Used To	2019	2010s
29	866	The Shangri-Las	Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)	1964	1960s
30	865	The Damned	New Rose	1976	1970s	473	-392	273	-592			Sambunz
31	864	Jeff The Brotherhood	Sixpack	2012	2000s
32	863	Spinal Tap	Gimme Some Money	1984	1980s
33	862	Brazilian Girls	Lazy Lover	2004	2000s							hifi
34	861	Sponge	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	1995	1990s
35	860	Friko	Crimson to Chrome	2024	2010s
36	859	Foxygen	Follow the Leader	2017	2000s
37	858	Heiruspecs	Let's Go	2014	1990s
38	857	Boards of Canada	Reach for the Dead	2013	1980s	598	-259	343	-514
39	856	Lo Moon	This Is It	2018	2010s
40	855	Jawbox	Savory	1994	1980s							Will
41	854	Divinyls	I Touch Myself	1991	1980s
42	853	Limp Bizkit	Faith	1997	1990s
43	852	Dressy Bessy	Call It Even	2005	1990s							hifi
44	851	The Plimsouls	A Million Miles Away	1982	1970s
45	850	Dexys Midnight Runners	Come on Eileen	1982	1970s
46	849	KC and the Sunshine Band	Boogie Shoes	1975	1970s
47	848	Ibeyi	Sister 2 Sister	2022	2010s
48	847	Half Moon Run	Favourite Boy	2019	2000s
49	846	Cults	Go Outside	2011	2010s							hifi
50	845	Okkervil River	It Was My Season	2013	1990s	582	-263	333	-512
51	844	Dum Dum Girls	Lost Boys and Girls Club	2014	2000s
52	843	Amadou and Mariam	Sabali	2012	1980s
53	842	The Heavy Heavy	Miles and Miles	2020	2010s
54	841	Foals	Wake Me Up	2022	2000s
55	840	Til Tuesday	Voices Carry	1985	1980s							if Aimee Mann counts, yes (jenace)
56	839	Average White Band	Pick Up The Pieces	1974	1970s
57	838	Superorganism	Something For Your M.I.N.D.	2018	2010s
58	837	Deap Vally	Smile More	2016	2010s
59	836	The Cribs	Hey Sceensters!	2005	2000s						(not the Crips)
60	835	Fujiya and Miyagi	Transparent Things	2006	2000s
61	834	Death from Above 1979	Trainwreck 1979	2014	2000s
62	833	The Bird and The Bee	Diamond Dave	2009	2000s
63	832	Spin Doctors	Two Princes	1992	1980s							Wolfman
64	831	Ra Ra Riot	Can You Tell	2008	2000s
65	830	Caribou	Home	2020	2000s
66	829	Head Automatica	Beating Heart Baby	2004	2000s
67	828	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	My Feet Can't Fail Me Now	1984	1970s
68	827	Kaiser Chiefs	Ruby	2007	2000s	841	14	489	-338			Sambunz
69	826	Azure Ray	New Resolution	2003	2000s
70	825	DEHD	Bad Love	2022	2010s
71	824	Ned's Atomic Dustbin	Grey Cell Green	1991	1980s
72	823	Kasabian	Club Foot	2004	1990s
73	822	Bat For Lashes	Daniel	2009	2000s
74	821	The Lemon Twigs	These Words	2016	2010s
75	820	Bombay Bicycle Club	Shuffle	2011	2000s
76	819	Local H	Bound For The Floor	1996	1990s
77	818	The Slits	Instant Hit	1979	1970s
78	817	Medeski Martin & Wood	New Planet	2004	1990s							Jonny
79	816	The Valdons	All Day Long	1971	1960s
80	815	Burning Spear	Marcus Garvey	1975	1970s							RUDE
81	814	Michigander	Better	2021	2010s
82	813	The Hang Ups	Runaway	1993	1990s
83	812	The Chills	Heavenly Pop Hit	1990	1980s
84	811	Margot and the Nuclear So and So's	Skeleton Key	2005	2000s
85	810	Stars	Ageless Beauty	2005	2000s	503	-307	286	-524
86	809	Vertical Horizon	Everything You Want	1999	1990s
87	808	Kings of Convenience	I'd Rather Dance With You	2004	1990s
88	807	Mogwai	San Pedro	2011	1990s							Pabz
89	806	Love Spit Love	Am I Wrong	1994	1990s
90	805	Missing Persons	Walking in L.A.	1982	1980s
91	804	Spirit	Nature's Way	1971	1960s
92	803	Rusted Root	Send Me On My Way	1994	1990s	800	-3	464	-339		just three off from getting Pole	RUDEx7, OG
93	802	Foxy Shazam	I Like It	2012	2000s
94	801	Pylon	Beep	1982	1970s
95	800	Anohni and the Johnsons	Another World	2008	2000s						Will knew Anohni in college
96	799	Purity Ring	Lofticries	2012	2010s
97	798	Hoodoo Gurus	I Want You Back	1984	1980s	693	-105	406	-392
98	797	The Chi-Lites	Oh Girl	1972	1950s
99	796	Romeo Void	Never Say Never	1981	1970s
100	795	War	Low Rider	1975	1960s	859	64	497	-298			RUDE