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As far as I'm concerned, the last "rock" band was the Strokes - and they haven't been much of a rock band since "room on fire." That being said, their first two albums are sick as shit.

With a few exceptions (The Black Keys are one off the top of my head), rock these days is pretty weak. Music always goes in phases - aside from punk, rock kind of died down during the 80s, picked back up again in the 90s, and now has died down again. Hopefully something will spark a renewed interest in rock, but as it is, everyone right now seems to be enamored with the production aspect which leads to more use of mixers and computers as opposed to actual instruments... everyone wants to be a DJ/Producer.

I used to always chuckle at how James Murphy nails it on "Losing my edge"...

Originally Posted by LCD Soundsystem

I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and are throwing your computer out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record.

I hear that you and your band have sold your guitars and bought turntables.
I hear that you and your band have sold your turntables and bought guitars.

Music always gravitates in certain directions and right now that direction is not conducive to rock music. So yea, rock these days blows in general.

EDIT: I'm not saying it is a bad thing either, just kind of rambling because I'm stoned and listening to music atm. Due to how lame rock is right now and how much amazing stuff is being put out in alternative genres, you should definitely think about checking out some different genres as well since it seems you're trying to expand your library.