Well almost...
I can't help but feel that older music is just is so much better than all the new stuff being released today in all music genres.
There isn't one modern rock band that even comes close to Radiohead, Nirvana, PJ etc..
No artist that comes close to MJ
No new Bob Dylan, no new Jeff Buckley etc...
Well you get my point.
All new music and artists are just mediocre at best, except in some rare cases (Joanna Newsom, Regina spektor)
Does anyone here feels the same way?
I couldn't disagree more (and always thought Niravana is crap
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I'm literally getting lost and overwhelmed with mountains of music that is superb. My waiting lists for albums to give a first listen to starting to depress me as I come to realize I'll die before I hear them all.
Then again, I do take a proactive stance, I have several debut radio streaming stations that keep feeding me with what I like. I hear something good, I get an album, it goes in queue. Every now and than I visit all my music portals, like web sites of music magazines (Pitchfork, Rolling Stone etc.) and I read reviews and take recommendations. I always ask my friends to give me recommendations (like, for example; tell me which is your fave female singer of the last decade, your favorite hard rock or this and that). Whenever I find something good I also check the artists influences... It keeps pouring in! Last week only:
- London Grammar (new album)
- Richard Swift (bc he worked with Jurado)
- Damine Jurado (new album, of course)
- Jason Isbell (new album, the Georgia Blue)
- The War on Drugs (new album)
- Public Service Broadcasting (new album, an hommage to Berlin, well Metropolis, really, exquisite piece of electronic)
- X Ambassadors (a true discovery, really good music)
- My Morning Jacket (new album, the The Devil's In The Details is a damn good song)
- Kacey Musgraves (my kind of feminism)
- Carly Rae Jepsen (yes, I also thought she is just a "Call Me Maybe" bore, but that lady can make some pop)
- James Yorkston (I just discovered, way too cool of a guy)
- Sault (new album)
- Julia Jacklin (one of her songs enchanted me, I had to find her first album)
- Jordana (from 2020, album: Something to Say to You)
I'll stop here only cause I don't want to bother people, but this is a small part.