To be honest the only music I listen to are English covers of Japanese songs, video game music, or anime music. However from what I've heard one the radio when I do listen to it, I can say that mainstream songs are absolutely horrid. In general I dislike rap and most of the songs are about M-rated material, things I just do not enjoy at all.

Now please note I did say mainstream. I'm not going to ignore all the indies artists who make music, however since I haven't really heard of them I can't judge them. So I can't say that every single piece of music from this generation is bad, but I can say that the mainstream ones for the most part are.

Edit: Maybe I should also say that not all mainstream music is horrid? Thinking about it, Adele makes pretty decent music and I'd consider her mainstream. It's just that the M-rated songs that feature violence and what not overpower songs that could be decent.

On one hand, we are stuck with the abomination that is western pop, rap, dubstep, trap music, and whiny boy bands who are trying and failing to be a new NSYNC and whatnot. I can't stand it, but I can more or less avoid it by selecting my own radio stations and not watching any music awards shows. I'd rather watch NASCAR anyway.

On the other hand, Vocaloid music wouldn't have been possible without the technology from this generation. Which means no Masa. We can't have that, now can we. In addition, we wouldn't have Broken Bells, the Arctic Monkeys, and the Avett Brothers.

While popular music as it is widely regarded in America is horrendous, there is more than enough to make modern music more than worth it.  So as long as you search, no, this generation's music is not inherently "bad".

Mostly I detest it. It is nothing but a bunch of sound alikes and fakes. I prefer 70s and 80s stuff,with some early rap thrown in. Maybe I am old,but it is like "artists" just do not try at all. Way back when in music,you actually had to have talent.

Most of the stuff that come out today. I don't see the point of releasing just to put music on the market. Since then the music is stressed made and then the producer can't make it good since the bosses say it need to be rushed so they can make the most money. That is so wrong since I know the most of producer can make good music if they get the time to do it.

But luckily you get small time producer that make a hit that's good and get enough time to make a new song after the hit that can be just as good. For example Alan Walker - Fade or Faded. A very good song with or without vocals, and his next song Sing me to sleep. Just as good and so good vocals to it.

Then if you live in Norway or seen Leafyishere last video you should seen has ranting about Marcus and Martinus - Girls Feat Madcon. They are a duo in Norway who won MGPjr a song content for kids to join in. Marcus and Martinus won the contents for couple of years ago. Lately the studio who signed them are milking the cash cow big time. They made this song on English so it would appeal to a bigger market since they sing on Norwegian. I fell sorry for them since they are only 13 years old and get way to much attention. But it looks they handle ok like Isac Elliot does it.

There are good songs and bad songs in each 'generation". The only difference is, the good stuff from back then is established, overplayed, and kind of well known by now. Everybody knows who Queen, AC/DC, Nirvana, and others are. Some other great bands from that whole era are under-appreciated as well.

Today is difficuly to determine because there is a lot of trash that you find only on the surface of the music scene. Crappy rap, crappy electronic, Taylor Swift, you name it. There is a crappy foam on the surface of the liquid that is today's music. There are some amazing bands that are "current". Owl City is a really good one. Walk The Moon, Coldplay, Panic at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, those are great bands too.

yoshirulez! : Just for your information, The World Ends With You came out in 2007, just saying. ...Almost...10 years ago now. Wow I feel old.
Also, nightcore is more or less a meme. Although I agree with your other points. But most of that resides in the previously mentioned crappy surface of music today. And don't you even PRETEND that music of the past doesn't have that junk too.

A user of this : Wow

So in looking for good modern music the only thing I could find was japanese things and since those don't count I guess that means I really can't find good modern music...

Also I didn't know any of those bands were still around

The people caught up in the whole "I WAS BORN IN THE WRONG GENERATION" thing are just dadrock fans that can't understand how things change. Classical was before big band, swing was after big band, rock n roll to pop, pop to hip hop, and now hip hop to electronic. It all makes sense, music is simply running a course. Trends tell you what's cool, and there's always going to be a new one.

Here's the thing with music relating to people that have aged or just like music from a specific era, they just don't have their sights set on what good new music is. They've already found their comfort zones and because of the crappy "new music of today" not being their cup of tea, they just say that nothing new is good out of fear of the unknown.

There's such a wide variety of music that is good and is coming out now, and has been coming out for years, but people just haven't noticed. They turn on the radio tunes and just talk about how horrible it is. But in the internet age, all music is readily available.

Don't like a genre? It's okay, you don't have to. But for every type of music you disregard, you shutter yourself away from things you might like.

Here's a list of good modern artists that you'll be lucky to hear about on the radio. Most still make music and others have made modern classics that deserve to be recommended.

And to those that can't stand rap music because of its themes of violence, sexism or drugs, I'll throw in some conscious rap artists that make you think instead of making people drink.

Rock - Jack White (of The White Stripes), Courtney Barnatt, The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant, The Strokes
Soft Rock - Belle and Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead, Wilco, My Bloody Valentine
Folk Rock - alt-J, AJJ, Arcade Fire, Neutral Milk Hotel
Pop - Animal Collective, Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, Frank Ocean, Chvrches, MGMT
Electronic - Jamie XX, Aphex Twin, Flying Lotus, Auchetre, M83
Jazz - Kamasi Washington, Moon Hooch
Hip Hop / Rap - Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Gorillaz, Joey Bada$$, MF DOOM, Madvillain, Nas, Danny Brown
Emo - Brand New, Swans, Slint

There's something new out there for everybody.

Most people who say that this generation of music is bad is usually the people who have listened to music from the 70's, 80's, or even the 90's.
Most stations that play retro songs from those decades only play the best songs. There were a lot of bad songs in that time too.
This generations music isn't bad, but in my opinion, a lot of bad or mediocre songs are in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
I'd say this generation is pretty good, considering all of the mediocre songs,

i canttell you any artist from the 2000's that ive enjoyed lol im stuck in the past listening to stuff like the Ramones or 80's Metallica

There was a study that showed every generation thinks that their generations music was better than the newest generation.
In reality all music is pretty average at just about all times with very few exceptions.

I think this generation of music is bad because of the growth of rap music, but there are many modern songs that I like. The only reason I think it's bad is because I haven't heard as much of the good music. I don't even listen to modern music intentionally, I just hear it at school or at outdoor events and things like that

However, I really like how diverse music is becoming. So many different genres of music are out there and I'm not opposed to most of them (except rap like I mentioned earlier).

It peeves me to no end when people claim that all music made after a certain era is trash. That's being lazy and ignorant. Once you dig below the surface of top-40 hits and mainstream radio, I think music has thrived thanks to new improvements of technology, particularly that of computers entering the studio and the internet. Talented artists that would normally go unnoticed by an A&R guy 20 years ago can self-publish or join independent labels to find success. Finding quality music has never been easier. The proliferation and advancements of affordable technology and equipment further push innovation and creativity. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of music from the 80s and 90s, but its music isn't superior to that of what's being made now; just different. So no, I don't think that modern music is "bad" when you actually look for it instead of being fed whatever mainstream media has to offer.

What i learn from my times doing music production is, everyone has a different music taste. Of course, there are peoples that say music from the 90's is frickin amazing and todays music is trash, and there are also peoples that said old school music is trash and todays music is amazing, everyone has a different taste. Throughout these 50-100 years, music has changed a lot, like there's new genres, new techniques on making music, and a crap ton of new artist. If your ear isn't 'into' todays music, it's fine, nothing wrong about it, my ear personally isn't into old school music even tho, growing up, my dad always play those old school rock tracks through my house's speaker, but still, Im not really into that stuff, so yeah, stay with your music taste and appreciate other people's music taste

Today's music is pop, upbeat, specifically designed to appeal to a wide variety of people who don't want to think too hard to enjoy it and it's great for fitness and exercise. Justin Bieber may not be my friend and I don't want to hang out with him but he has good tunes that are simple to wrap some energy around and have fun.

Music is a vehicle for a lot of people to experience emotion. There's another thread about unusual music and some folks talked about how they like music and tones that evoke emotion. Happiness is a powerful emotion and something simple that can get the blood pumping and a smile on your face is a good song.

Was Led Zepplin and Jimi Hendrix music, fueled by drugs and alcohol, really that much better than Ellie Goulding and Selena Gomez? Maybe. But the culture has shifted and the music has changed with it. We ain't in the 60s and 70s any more and our lives are different. Music, for better or worse, has evolved as we've changed.

Is it bad? Not to me. But beauty is in the ear of the beholder.

RDay13 : Personally, I think most of it is bad. Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, those people. I personally enjoy video game music, metal, retro, whatever. Specifically Mario, Sonic, and Undertale. Not all of it is bad, just most of it.

Personally most of today's music sucks. It is just a formulaic cash grab with artists that are marginally talented at best and it is all about image. Now,yes the 80's was that,but at least they had to be more talented and actually do some of their own work.

OmegaVenomous : How can you say most of it is bad when you only list 2 artists (especially 2 that have a rep for being trash)?
There are plenty of good artists in different genres, it just requires some effort to find them. 

Oldschool777 : I agree that a lot of people are doing it just for the money, and aren't very talented, but there are still quite a few that write their own songs and actually care about making quality music. 

Rday13,there are a few talented ones out there,but they are usually on YouTube like Harp Twins,2 Cellos,Johnathan Faganello,Lindsey Stirling,etc.

I will leave a link to one of them so you can see that a harp can be bad@$$.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_vbdxwI5Ck

RDay13 : I didn't bother to specify enough. Trust me, I am too lazy to list 40 something people.