This year seems to have been pretty shit for new music. In fact, it’s becoming difficult to find anything new worthy of a listen, a situation which has become increasingly worse over the years with the demise of bands like Hot Snakes, Fugazi, and so on. A quick trawl through what’s popular on Indietorrents shows the majority of it to be bullshit folk-esque wank. As another example, let’s take a look at what’s on Pitchforkmedia’s “recommended new music” list going back for a few pages:

Daft Punk - Alive 2007

No.

Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
“Zach Condon’s horn and ukelele…”

Horn and ukelele? No ta.

James Blackshaw - The Cloud of Unknowing
“… acoustic guitar music…”

Acoustic guitar music. No.

Bowerbirds - Hymns for a Dark Horse
“… folk …”

Folk. Fuck no.

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Scribble Mural Comic Journal
“Philadelphia tweegazers keep up ambient-pop’s ethereal flame…”

Tweegazers? C’mon. Fuck that.

And so it continues over tens of pages. Grim. Seriously, what’s happened to all the good stuff that used to come out of DC, Chicago, et al?