Bands/musicians you know you "should" like but you don't

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11. Most Jazz bores me

I usually like that intellectualized approach to music, and I appreciate strong musicianship and virtuosity. And it's basically America's version of classical music. But other than a handful of albums, it puts me off pretty quickly.

I'm mostly talking about bebop and beyond - I like the earlier swing and big band styles.

as far as rock goes:

Modest Mouse - lots of critical acclaim, and they're from the town where I grew up (If I hadn't moved, I would have gone to high school with them).

Decemberists - Don't hate them, but don't get the praise either. Most everything I've heard from them doesn't really grab me, and the few songs that do, sound like early REM. Though they did do that video a few years back that was a perfect filming of the Eschaton section of Infinite Jest. But that's more on the video director than the band.