So for me music has to pass one of two tests before I start looking deeper into it. I have to hear it and think, "Oh man, that's really good," like I did with Dizzee Rascal and R.A. the Rugged Man, or it has to survive a few years and bring me back to it. Just looking through the share some music post, I didn't hear anything in the top half of the post that's going to pass either of those tests.

There's simply too much music out that doesn't have to pass the 'Will anyone buy this?' test because the barrier to entry in music is soooo damn low right now. You can literally record and distribute your own album for such a low cost that there's no one that has to ever approve of you. That's too much artistic freedom because you are never forced to learn technique, and few people have the discipline or resources to teach themselves. It's not that music suffers or anything but it does create a lot of noise that makes it hard to sift through to get to something that will stand the test of time better.

As for Kings of Leon, they've never held my attention, and I really tried to listen to both of those songs to see if they label influence would have brought the band closer to what I prefer. But even the label didn't change my mind on them, it's just not my thing. Neither is Adele. And I really like pop music in general. Especially Ke$ha.

r/music does suck. And it's because it's a default which means it's just going to mirror that age demographic's popular opinion. So many people say they're "into music" but have nothing to say outside of top 40. It's an identity thing more than an actual hobby. Like people who say they're into poetry and only ever read half of Leaves of Grass in English class. Speaking of r/poetry I just looked and the top posts right now are Bukowski (OMG he said sperm!), Whitman, and I shit you not, Shakespeare.