Certainly in the indie (in its true meaning) and underground scene, in my opinion. Bands don’t really crack the charts now, and those that do tend to be over-produced like their pop compatriots. See Imagine Dragons, quite possibly the blandest band in history. Fitting when so much of the charts are bland singer-songwriters like Sheeran, the worse George Ezra and Tom Walker or singers screaming their lungs to convey emotion over a dull synthetic beat and annoying grime music about how flash their car is and how many women they attract.
All a matter of opinion, but the charts is so bad. Some might say it was always this way, but in the past gems became household names, even if they weren’t all initially well known, like Bowie, Iggy Pop etc.
