I want to like it, and now I love it

Do you ever find yourself listening to something and thinking to yourself, "Well, a lot of people like this.  A lot of people are saying this is good."  And the reason you're saying that, instead of "Wow, I really like this," is that you want to like it, but you don't.  I've had that experience plenty of times, and I'm sure you have too.  What's great is when you hear something and dislike it at first and then come back to it later and just love it to death.

That was my experience with the band Deerhoof the first time I heard their music.  At first, I thought it was all chaotic, and there wasn't anything stable to hold on to.  Then I thought the chaos was an illusion, and in fact the music had structure, just on a larger or deeper scale.  Like if someone found a pattern in pi after looking through trillions of digits, right?  Then I realized the search for the pattern was a red herring, that there was a kind of anti-pattern at work.  Then I saw them in concert, and watched them perform these chaotic sounding songs note for note and beat for beat.  Even the really jarring, random sounding parts.  It kind of blew my mind.  Here's a song called "Scream Team" that I think is both accessible and representative of the rabbit hole that their music can be:

Another band that I had to warm up to was Black Moth Super Rainbow.  I saw them open for the Flaming Lips once several years ago, and just couldn't figure out what was going on.  It was bizarre.  Plus, I wanted to see the Flaming Lips, and they played an awesome show that night, so I almost didn't remember that BMSR was there.  Years later I heard their album Cobra Juicy, and it's become part of my Top Ten Albums I Could Listen To Pretty Much Whenever.  Check out "Like A Sundae."  It's a great example, and has some of my favorite synth work, at about 2:54.

If you like that, check out the next song on the album, the more abrasive, strange, and amazing "Hairspray Heart"

Also, BMSR has an official video for Hairspray Heart, which is truly disturbing.  Seriously.  omg bmsr wtf?