My personal observation is that listening is different today than it used to be. I grew up in the 70s and 80s when bands focused on making an album that you sit a listen to. Today, kids listen to songs, not albums so to me, the artists aren't as interesting as they used to be. Also, recording has changed a lot and has impacted the feel of most music. Listen to Led Zeppelin and you hear a very practiced band that is good enough that their performance is what you hear on the album (for the most part). Today, bands play to click tracks individually and the DAW scrubs a and polishes the performances until they are perfect. This give a different feel to the music that doesn't sound quite right to someone used to listening to more lifelike performances. I do listen to a lot of newer music and have some favorites like Lana Del Rey and St. Vincent, but I have to admit, I don't give some music the attention it deserves because it often sounds like a copies of music I already know.