The phenomenon that people are observing here is that yes, most mainstream stuff is pretty trash these days. Back in the day (for video games, particularly) "mainstream" stuff was really good. There are some mainstream studios that still make great video games these days, but most of them tend to be Japanese. But the majority of the good Western releases from the last decade are indie games (for RPGs anyways). Stuff like Grimoire, Age of Decadence, Underrail, etc. Same thing for music, definitely. There's some really great stuff to listen to but you're not gonna find it on the top 100 like you could in the 80s. The main difference between then and now is that the good stuff used to be more popular than it is now. JarlFrank has really great taste in music and he pointed me to some very good bands. Parish, Isles of Mars, Psychedelic Witchcraft.
The point is, there is still great stuff being made today, you just have to look in the right places.
