You wanna know what I think about Mac and "artists" of the like? Let me ask you a few questions first: Why do you guys like to tote around your shallow taste like it's something worthwhile? Why do you guys spend your mother and father's money on vinyl LP's by musicians like Mac DeMarco, Animal Collective, Ariel Pink, St. Vincent, Death Grips and Run The Jewels? Why are you all so reluctant to move past the surface and peel pack the superficial veneer of pop music to reveal actual art music? Why do you choose to consider yourself to have taste when in reality your love of music is simply cosmetic? Anyone who is a naysayer to this school of thought is cast out to make more room for the Friendly Music Lover.
>inb4 >implying your taste in music is objective
I'm sure when it comes down to it you like mostly enjoy music that's straightforward as opposed to music that works towards presenting the subconscious mind on a visceral level of sound. I'm sure you like your music without ephemeral context and straightforward ideas and messages. It's safe to you, it's something you're familiar with.
Though the music the majority of you listen to is pop, digestible, and marketable, you still believe that it gives you some sort of agency in discussing it from an enlightened and open-minded point of view. You reel at the thought of the Evil Hipster working against your motive of enjoying what you believe to be substantial art. Personally, I believe you have no agency in conversations about art music (or music at all for that matter) because you are accepting and consuming what saccharine byproducts your favorite musician creates and accepting that to be your meal.
>inb4 bait
Are you so glued to your safe forms of consuming music that any outsider challenging you is considered insane? Do you really think that nobody can present these thoughts to you in a serious light? It's ultimately sad that you choose to silence people that you could learn something from.