Radio went corporate thereby forever perverting what was once the go to source for new rock acts.
We went underground to hunt them down for ourselves
The internet happened so now we can share those finds
Jools Holland fragmented the audience into cliques when every thing that came out of his mouth instantly became a new sub genre.
We obsessively apply "labels" so haphazardly that any musician who can play more than one instrument is called a cross over artist.
Generation ADD came along and any music that is more than a week old was deemed old school and not worth listening to causing the roots of rock to be lost to an entire generation.
Stick with the internet, subscribe to every "What are you listening to now" thread you can. Avoid radio and any streaming nonesense. Make you own choices and enjoy listening to what you want, not what they have tried to push.
Oh Yeah, Daft Punk actually really sucks. It's just that no one will risk being uncool by admitting it.