DuracellEnergizer said:

This decade is shaping up to be the worst I've ever seen in regards to music.

I think this is less of a musical preferrence and more of a perspective problem.

Just like movies and the sense that "they used to make a lot of good ones, now most of them are just crap!"

The only music to survive getting old (let's just pick the 20-year mark) is the notable stuff. Anything unnotable just ceases to exists. Not all of the notable music is good but a much higher percentage of that music is good than the percentage of ALL music.

So, you inevitablty compare the highlights of previous decades with the mean average of this one. Of course they won't compare.

However, I've reached that age/mindset that there was enough music in the world 5 years ago and I don't need to listen to anything new anymore.

Except Weezer...

And Flight of the Conchords....

And a few others.....

Okay, my point is that I don't listen to the radio hoping to hear anything new like I used to. I'm much happier listening to music I already know I like. So I couldn't really tell you if 2011 is the start of a good decade for new music or not.