Forget the apocalypse, let’s talk about what happened to music

The sound of modern music. Have you heard it? I mean really listened? Why Music Doesn’t Sound Like Music Anymore. Yes, there are pockets of interesting stuff here and there. But broadly speaking? Music has lost its way. All this nostalgia for the 70s, 80s, 90s — it isn’t just about fashion. It tells us that even young people long for music. Not this algorithmic, computerized dreck. They miss a thing they don’t even really know. How funny — and how painfully human — is that? – by Umair Haque / Eand