Revisiting this after sleeping more and yeah, sorry for the temp lock. I see people in my inbox saying to keep it up, so keep it up we will.
Be the change you wish to see in the world, I await your album drop
Me listening exclusively to top 40 radio in the 10's: Man all music just sounds like stomp-clap or imagine dragons.
Shoot cum piss blood shit puke? That's a GWAR show
You: despairing that the top 5 tracks on Spotify are soulless garbage 
Me: clicking random folders on random soulseek accounts and finding nothing but bangers 
When I see this I chuckle. You're your parents now. 'music was only good in my generation.'
Musics always been good and inventive if you look deep enough. They had king crimson, we had mars volta, and the kids have closures in Moscow. They had a tribe called quest, we had little brother, and the kids have Costa contra. Don't be stagnant.
lol no? there's good music coming out all the time. you're just out of touch
Every single generation has reached the age where they say "music was better in my day" and they're always wrong.
Chappel Roan is the best thing to happen to pop music since ABBA
Okay I love ABBA I need to listen to her then. Any recommendations? Just put on her latest album or is there anything else?
Chappell Roan is the best thing to happen to pop music since ABBA
Good take. We need Chappell emotes.
Rock, country, indie, folk, hipster white rap, whatever you call home, is aggressively bad
So, did you want to say rap here but realize it could come off wrong, so you said white rap instead? OR did you not realize you can listen to nonwhite rappers? Because it's got to be one of those, right?
I've been listening to a lot of good music this year, no idea what you're going on about.
You know there's other music than pop right? This is on par with people proclaiming gaming is dead after buying whatever the latest gaming fad shit and conveniently ignoring anything else
To stop being an elitist about music is probably the one thing that made me closer to inner peace and open to other humans
One day I realised that most of what I used to hate was what people who were less privileged than me enjoyed
Now I agree that there is a mentally destructive Kulturindustrie that robs the people of their popular musical practices by commodifying it.
But it's also important to realise that most traditional non-commodified music wasn't some advanced shit either and was very much looked down upon by the ruling classes before becoming cool and authentic
I originally deleted this, but im restoring it so OP can see the replies and ask questions to hopefully find something they like.
Sorry yall, tired and grumpy
Thank you for not over-moderating, it's always annoying to see popular threads get nuked.
All I'm gonna say is that if this was in badposting it'd be a GOOD post.
Music has never been better. There's so much out there. If you're intentionally poisoning yourself with things you don't like like, that's sort of on you.
GNX, Chromakopia, ALLIGATOR BITES NEVER HEAL, fym "music sucks so bad rn"
This is as wrong as a take ever has been. More novel, vibrant, gorgeous, complex and engaging music is being produced today than at any time in history.
Banal, commercial pop music was inescapable throughout all decades of the last century. The classics of bygone eras are remembered in finite lists only as the uncountable middling efforts of thousands of shit acts fade from view. This is true of all art and media.
If you want to find current music that speaks to you, put in the effort. I mean that in an encouraging sense really, and don't want to dismiss your post out of hand.
In | that | spirit | of | encouragement | and | discovery | here | are | 31 | releases | from | the | last | decade | covering | a | wide | range | of | genres | many | of | which | have | enjoyed | critical | acclaim | and | commercial | success.
Listen to literally anything but top 40 then? I have almost exclusively listened to whacky obscure shit on soundcloud for the past decade, there’s so much creative and fun stuff dropping every single day. There are so many vibrant and unique scenes across the world, kinda wild to limit yourself to the most popular American stuff. You can absolutely find something you vibe with, just takes a modicum of effort to find things that aren’t heavily marketed and constantly shoved in your face. Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and drop any preconceptions of what music “should” be and you’ll have a much better time
Post well known tunes into the megathread. Post fresh vibes individually.
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