Quoted from beelzeboob:You'll hear no argument from me: American music sucks donkey balls these days. Hey...I don't sign 'em, so don't blame me.
And if you want to know why I think Canada has incredible contributions to music, you need look no further than Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot.
Plenty of good contemporary American bands out there. Queens of the Stone Age(LA), Scorpion Child(Austin), Five Horse Johnson(Toledo), Ape Machine(Portland), Valley of the Sun(Cincy), Elder(Boston), Red Stone Souls(Detroit) to name a few.
Sure, they aren't very popular... but personally, I prefer it that way, much less chance of selling out.