No good new music?

I purchased approx. 2-3 cd's and/or vinyl per month. I too have to say it was the "older" acts that impressed me the most this past year. In addition to those mentioned already, I was very happy with the reissues of Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Bob Dylan's "Essential" compilation, which IMHO was remastered beautifully. I also enjoyed Bryan Ferry's new release "Frantic."

I've seen over 30 live shows this year and think it's the best year for art in music for the last 25+ years. To fully appreciate art you have to experience it first hand. There's plenty happening now. Go to live music .Buy Steve Earles latest and see Springsteen and then sit and listen and concider there merits.

Richingoth I have those two as well- both quite likely to make my top ten....................

I probably bought about 100 CD's this past year. I'd second Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," Steve Earle's "Jerusalem," and Leonard Cohen's "Ten New Songs."

To those, I'd add:
Peter Bruntnell "Ends of the Earth"
Jay Bennett & Edward Burch "Palace at 4am"
Richard Buckner "The Hill"
Alejandro Escovedo reissues "Gravity" and "Thirteen Years."

I've bought some old stuff, too. Some of the Stones' SACD reissues, Townes Van Zandt, various Sid Griffin bands, Jason and the Scorchers, etc., etc.

Not necessarily in strict order, some of my 2002 favorites are:

Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - basically one of the best from one of my favorite bands. 2CD set, with one CD individual songs, and the other a "theme" set. Always good sonics on these CDs too.

Los Lobos - Good Morning Aztlan - no need to devolve into a political discussion about the title. Long term band that has never been better, IMO. Varied, energetic.

Peter Gabriel - Up - probably rated somewhat higher because it was a 10 year hiatus, but good sonics and lots of good material.

Steve Earle - Jerusalem

Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Deaf - not for everybody or every occassion, but really great when you're in the mood for hard rock.

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - put me in the "love it" group.

Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music.

Al DiMeola - Flesh on Flesh - just fantastic, even in the context of a guy who's put out many fantastic CDs.

Several good remasters / compilations put out this year too - Jesus and Mary Chain, The The, Traffic - Low Spark and High-Heeled Boys, 22 Stones remasters, all the old Peter Gabriel CDs remastered.

Lots of good stuff. Several mentioned in this thread that I still want to check out. My poor checkbook.