Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older?

If your serious about finding new old or new new music my advice would be to get yourself a Roon setup.

Probably shouldn’t but can’t help feeling a little sorry for the guy that just bought his fourteenth pressing of the same old LP.

If you love music and do that’s a big mistake!  Explore new horizons!

If you listened to 60’s and 70’s music you know the reason why. A lack of actual hits!

I'm 51 and I've never been so attuned to new releases as I am now.  Streaming has opened up a huge world to me.

Weekly, I scan album reviews on Pitchfork, NME and The Guardian - it's amazing how often a cracking album gets overlooked by at least one of them.

Also BBC 6Music is a great station for picking up new artists.  Their evening and Sunday scheduling is as good as it gets (I imagine... :-) )

Having an open mind to new thoughts and ideas has little if any downsides. When relating to newer(last 10 years) music the quality standard(content) has declined in popular music. Is "Bad Guy" a great song? The mainstream media thinks so. How many have read the lyrics? My 82 year old mother even knows the song and thinks the Duh part is cool(yikes), Paul Simon has nothing to worry about. My point is listening to new music does not give one "The Fountain Of Youth". or make you more open minded then someone chained to Greatful Dead recordings. IMO is just means you have lowered your expectations when critiquing new music. Not all is lost... Maggie Rogers, Agnes Obel, London Grammar, Gregory Porter, Kygo(house/chill), Rita Payes(jazz) and even 60 year old Jazz Pianist Renee Rosnes(to name a few) have all released great recordings in the last 10 years. With any luck major pop artists like Adele will step up their game(content) with future releases.