2nd paragraph: Disagree. Some people can't help who they are, and aren't trying to hide behind an image they created for themselves as some sort of marketing interface. Bjork isn't one of these people.
3rd paragraph: Her persona is annoying and embarrassing to me, her music seems to take a back seat to the very idea of…

OK, I agree with your sentiments concerning the backlash against the avant garde, however is that really what's going on here? Is Bjork REALLY that avant garde? I don't think so, it's just an image she plays up to fit her little niche in the world. Her quirky instrumentation, shoe-horning fucking ipad apps into her…

What ever they want to listen to, because they're not interested in trying to wear their musical tastes as some type of intellectual badge.

See also: Radiohead

THAT'S THE SMELL OF JUSTICE. AND CAULIFLOWER.

That bitch is filled with hot air.

Nancy Grace?!?!?! From that picture I just assumed that Eddie Izzard went back to performing in drag.

That's Bon Iver you're thinking of. Very similar sounding though.

Rocket from the Tombs precedes Rocket from the Crypt by about 15 years, precedes punk by about 2, so really they are THE originators.

Yup. Rocket from the Tombs/Dead Boys, Electric Eels, and Pagans are why the Rock N Roll hall of fame is in Cleveland.

How dare they suggest something different to listen to. The nerve!

Can't wait to go home and listen to this. Also, Cheetah Chrome looks like the bastard offspring of Freddy Krueger, Powder, and Pinhead.

James Bond in: DIAPERGAMES

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Yeah, really. Those are about as obscure as they come.

I'm sorry, obviously that makes them indie rock songs then.

Yeah, right.

It's like, oh my god, remember Switchblade Symphony?

It's hard to mention the Mary Chain without him, dude.

I think that most critics underestimate the public at large's taste and coddle them with safe, sanitized, and soft music because they mistakenly think the public wants its culture that way. So when something comes along to challenge that notion, it gets written off for being angst-y or too strange or what have you.…