Is anyone else fed up with modern day music? - Music

Happy · 2013-12-27T13:09:59-05:00

I was originally going to make a giant rant about how modern indie rock is unmemorable and how there hasn't been a truly amazing indie rock album in almost a decade, but then I realized that I probably don't know enough about modern indie rock to say anything. But I will say that I want to listen to music that has what I call "sonic impact", a quality that lets the music stay with the listener. I haven't listened to much new music lately, but when I listened to "Modern Vampires in the City", I liked a few songs but was ultimately disappointed because a lot of the tracks sounded the same and were slow, quiet, and lacking sonic impact. That's not to say that music is bad, though, since "Colma" by Buckethead is a quiet album yet I consider it as having sonic impact. Maybe it has to do with the instruments. I feel like ever since what I consider to be Funeral's generic drumming I feel the rhythm of a lot of albums have been lacking. Or maybe artists are just afraid to put the instruments in your face so everyone can hear their favorite artist' shitty, whiny, pretentious, vocals. Well this actually DID turn into a bit of a rant, huh? Whatever, I'll just end this by saying the only artists that I really like today are Wavves, Daft Punk, and Macklemore. If you want a look at my tastes just look up my chart. And yes, I feel music on the radio often has more sonic impact than indie today. So are there any modern indie rock albums worth getting today? Ones that I can consistently listen to for years?

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I don't get this.
If you are really fed up with modern day indie rock, why don't you take the opportunity break out of your comfort zone and listen to other genres? Many people here will tell you how amazing those last few years have been and that's surely not because they limit themselves to a few genres.
Just try to follow the yearend charts of some forum regulars (GeevyDallas, tekin, meccalecca, Saoirse, lethalnezzle, ...) for some great recs, I'm sure your perception will change in no time.

Happymeal

All modern music sucks period (to end the sentence)

Look at this fucking shit

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The matter of fact is that modern music sucks dick. Listen to some real shit like disco duck. Now tat's the real shit.

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I'm fed up with modern music being too good. Make it worse.

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Lille,France

Modern music in the charts you mean? Then yes, so fed up I only pay attention to have an informed (negative) opinion.
Modern music in general? It's not bad at all, far from it.

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In terms of the UK top 40. This year as a whole has sucked, there have been exceptions. However, that is not to say that 2013 was a bad year for music. Some of my highlights of the year have been from: Bowie, Arcade Fire, & The 1975. Just to name a few. I think those of us who don't just pay attention to the official charts have had a pretty damn good year in terms of music. The others... not so great.

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Cockersbicycle wrote:

In terms of the UK top 40. This year as a whole has sucked, there have been exceptions. However, that is not to say that 2013 was a bad year for music. Some of my highlights of the year have been from: Bowie, Arcade Fire, & The 1975. Just to name a few. I think those of us who don't just pay attention to the official charts have had a pretty damn good year in terms of music. The others... not so great.

I doubt very much that many people on this site pay any attention to the Top 40/Billboard/whatever as any sort of barometer of what's credible and worth listening to. If they did it'd be highly unlikely they'd be here. Throwaway pop/rock/hip-hop has its place, but it tends to be on a 12 year old's iPod rather than here.

As for 'modern music' in all its many genres/guises, I think it's in ruder health than ever. A mountain of music to discover in a variety of different ways, you can't possibly get bored of what's out there, although you may need to look a little deeper until you hit paydirt. I'm not sure about Outlaw's comment, which seems to suggest that you should perservere with an album until something clicks. With so much choice to be had, I'd say if something doesn't trigger at least a partial response/'click' by the second or third listen, you'd best move on...
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You're probably not listening to the right music (the music you dislike), I'd try and find something you like, explore different genres and once you've hit something you like, find other albums like it.

If you like absolutely no modern music then you are an anomaly amongst many.

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noWaxJim wrote:

I doubt very much that many people on this site pay any attention to the Top 40/Billboard/whatever as any sort of barometer of what's credible and worth listening to. If they did it'd be highly unlikely they'd be here. Throwaway pop/rock/hip-hop has its place, but it tends to be on a 12 year old's iPod rather than here.

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I have a higher % chance of liking billboard music than indie rock come at me. (I think if I really did the math this would be real)

I know more backstreet boy lyrics than built for spill. Idk even know I'm drunk lol