[Stanley Nickels]

Please understand that this is not a criticism of others' tastes and I certainly expect, and am inviting, discussion when I say this, but: I can't get into Death Grips.

I don't hate Death Grips.
I don't begrudge their critical acclaim.
I just don't get them.

Does that say something about me as a person? I have never really been able to suffer the experimental scene, not because I think it's some exercise in pretentious art, but because it's simply unappealing to me. What you (Reaper) call texture sounds to me like someone clicking a mouse over some soundboard. I'm fully aware that that is my fault; when I say that I don't understand what makes it appealing, I mean that in its most literal sense, and not as "I don't understand it, and I don't see how anyone else could". What is its purpose, beyond experimenting with beats/rhythms that may influence popular artists? Why does Pitchfork love noise music? Is there some professional fear from music critics to not appreciate experimental music? Certainly, there must be some noise bands that critics hate, so that can't be it.

I guess I just don't see the purpose.