How we consume music. Or is it just me?

That's another thing I miss in new music. Bands spending months in the best studios with the best kit with the best engineers etc.

I tend to hate well-produced music - perhaps it's irrational but I just don't like it. Especially with the dawn of auto-tune, 'well-produced' albums dominate the mainstream and it's not all that great.

While a lot of my music is based around fairly lo-fi stuff, I'd say that the best compromise I've found is Steve Albini recorded albums: Surfer Rosa and In Utero in particular. They aren't my absolute favourite albums per se (although they are pretty close) but I just find them a realistic, soulful and genuine representation of the bands... Maybe it's my imagination?