Why does most new music suck?

The problem is most of new (contemporary) music doesn't make me want to stand up and play air guitar like older stuff does. It just makes me turn it off...It has nothing to do with laziness.

As a side comment, a LOT of contemporary artists shoot themselves in the foot by releasing inferior sounding records when it comes to audiophiles. Greater attention to the sound quality of their recordings and releases would go a long way to get audiophiles excited about the music. It would definitely get me more excited. But since the public doesn't care, why should the artists?

Actusreus, Are you still 15 years old? Air guitar? Lol... I'm 47 and my taste in music has matured and evolved through the years. Jam bands, Alt Country, Alt.Rock,Alt Folk, etc...
There is so much fantastic music coming out every year, it's a pity you can't get on board and enjoy it. I am finding new artist that are producing albums that I find awesome , and in some cases I consider them masterpieces. Many of the recordings are very good as well.
Have you ever listened to My Morning Jacket? I can recommend Circutial and Z. Both are fantastic, IMHO
Another jamming band you may get up and boogie to is The Wood Brothers.All three of their albums!

Laughing to myself about 'air-guitaring'! At 60 yrs old my 'AG' days are way behind me. But am I the only guy who 'aired' other instruments? Man, I was a great air drummer!!;)

Toddnkaya,

It pays to read the thread before you respond, my man. My response was to Donjr's post about air guitar. I took it to be a metaphor for getting excited about the music. If he meant it literally, oh well...

I'm actually surprised that the issue of the sound quality of contemporary music recordings has not been raised in this thread. After all, the OP's question was asked on an audiophile forum. As an audiophile, I cannot connect to new music unless it sounds good. The great majority of contemporary music sounds like crap sound-wise so to me it is no surprise I cannot connect even if the music has potential. If some of you can connect through your car radio, good for you; I cannot. I need more than compressed mash recorded and processed digitally to spark my interest, and I'm not going to make apologies for it.

Why does most new music suck? Because it fails to connect at the most basic level in our brains like older music does. If your brain knows what music should sound like, you should not accept anything that does not sound right. If you accept that new inferior level, I don't understand how you can consider yourself a music lover. Music deserves better. No doubt there was a lot of bad music back in the day, but at least it was recorded properly. I can accept Count Basie's records sounding awful, but not contemporary bands' that have at their disposal the most advanced recording technology and still release ear-bleeding music. Every once in a while I buy a new record, and then invariably shake my head. Another lost opportunity...

****I can accept Count Basie's records sounding awful, but not contemporary bands' that have at their disposal the most advanced recording technology and still release ear-bleeding music****

Some of Basie's records sound awful for a lot of the same reasons that some of today's records sound awful; lack of care. It was not because records from that era could not sound fantastic; I think we all know that many do. I find that there is a direct relationship between quality of the music and tolerance for inferior sound. IOW, the better the music (Basie) the more I am willing to accept inferior sound. What does that say about the quality of much new music that one may not be able to listen to because of inferior sound?