God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning.
Technology has made it much easier to make and manipulate music. Studio-driven, machine-driven music does not always transcend into being a good live act. Many current acts are great live, but many cannot cut it live. The music is not organic.
Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not be able to judge by yourself why certain art is superior to other art.