[bas_I_am]

my guess....

overall lack of any music from any artist worth mentioning.

I just did a search of metacritic for dance/electronic albums from the last year rated over 80 and got only 15 hits. of those most were abstract, glitchy, ambient or neo-electro. and all of it has been done before. even in rock releases I can't find much to my liking. as a matter of fact, I think g'n'r's chinese democracy is my fav album of last year... and that is sad, isn't it?