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I would give up on a fetishisation of 'the new', which in the case of bands like dds is actually 30+ years old postmodern juxtaposition with a lacquer of a novel superficiality (basically compress your synths and samples into the 'red', so it sounds impactful on phone and laptop speakers. Hello 90s loudness war. Hello Death Grips).
Be an unrepentant reactionary listener. Instead of listening for something novel, listen for things done well. Listen for the human in the art. The 20th century and its thrust of history and culture is over, but the human isn't. You might find these irrelevant old musicians wasting everyone's time with guitars and songwriting might have something of value after all.
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