Why does most new music suck?

Dare I say , that there is more great Pop Rock bands now than in any era ?
I guess I said it.
My tastes haved moved from straight ahead Rock n Roll back in highschool to Pop Rock, Folk, Alt. County, Blue Grass, Americana
By Pop Rock, I don't mean Adam Lambert , I listen to progressive , innovative (even if reinterpreting styles/genres) intelligent Pop Rock.
The Shins, Vampire Weekend, Broken Bells, The XX, Ben Howard, Wilco, The Wood Brothers, The National, My Morning Jacket, Gomez, Grizzly Bear,Spiritualized, newly discovered bands such as Alt J, Jim James, Here We Go Magic and more!
What a dynamic and exciting time to be a music lover!!!!
I grew up listening to one of three stations playing Rock music in Philadelphia. I listened to what they played . Now the world of music us at our finger tips!! The Internet , social networking, Spotify , MOG , YouTube ,
Rapsody, Sirrus , Cable music , etc... It's easy in this day and age to discover new music. All you need is time and an open mind.
I get disheartened to hear audiophiles say that music is shit, dead , over.
My initial reaction is , I pity these close minded foolish people who do not embrace all the wonderful music released in the past 30 years and today.
You invested thousands of dollars in amazing systems to listen to Bowie and the Beatles and Queen and Rush over and over again ? Really ?
I say ,"Open Your Minds" Discover great new music, it's out there.

Toddnkaya

Amen brother.

The problem with your request for albums that are well recorded, well written and performed, is that music is subjective. There are people out there who don't like the bands you listed.

I could list MY favorite albums that *I* consider solid, however you may not like them at all.

Music is always evolving and much of it will reflect current tastes and trends. If you like it, great; if not that's okay- but that doesn't make it "bad" just not your style.

As other's have said, the industry has changed- the way music is produced, promoted, purchased, discovered has changed drastically. Sometimes in order to listen to talented artists without resources, you have to suffer through poorer quality recordings. Just as going to live performances isn't all about sound quality, it is an experience. Some of us are able to go to a show or buy an imperfect recording and enjoy it for what it is.

If you aren't willing to do that and don't like what is out there today, then stay at home, listen to your superbly recorded albums from yesteryears and enjoy.

I agree with Toddnkaya- this may be the best time for music. I am always amazed at the never ending talent in the world. Do I like all of it? No way. Is there a lot of crap (IMO;)) recorded today? Yep. But there is certainly not a dearth of great music.

"I get disheartened to hear audiophiles say that music is shit, dead , over."

I think that in many cases like this, with "audiophiles", the user has high or particular performance/sound quality expectations that are not being met for whatever reason that creates a barrier to discovering and enjoying new music. I have suffered this curse myself over the years from time to time. You tend to listen to the same old stuff because you get pleasure from the familiarity that compensates from just not enjoying what you are listening to.

OR in some cases, people really only like certain music or songs and that is it.

Whatever floats your boat. ITs all OK. Its only usually a problem when one gets stuck in a pattern of blaming others for not fulfilling their own personal needs.

The major reason's for the decline of music quality is poor education in the school systems. Back in the 60's and early 70's High School Students were required to take Music education classes which taught music theory and the history of music such as jazz and classical. When the AFL-CIO unionized the school teachers in the late 70's they lowered the standard's making it easier for low quailty teacher's to obtain their teacher's certificates. Art and music classes are just about non existent nowadays in the school's resulting in lack of knowledge and the importance of music to the current generation of students. Asia, Europe and Canada still maintain their high education standards which is why high end audio and music awareness is stronger in those countrie's than in the states. The result is mediocre talent shows on TV as well as poor recording artists with major labels. Justin Bieber is a prime example of the garbage coming out of the current music industry. Their is still some damn good rock band's around today but not on the same scale as thirty or more years ago.