It's weird that I hold a band in so little regard but have two of their albums in my essentials list. Radiohead is rightfully considered White people hipster music, though I would contend that this description overshadows the depth of their work and their overall quality as a band. Radiohead became a Beatles of a generation, analyzed to the point of abstraction, and influence to the point of a Seinfeld effect where the original to many does not hold up due to influencing everything afterwards. The difference being the Beatles broke up after a decade together, and Radiohead is still together after three.
Despite this defense, I don't care for Radiohead regardless. I think they're all good musicians but I don't care for their views on anything, only their chemistry as a band that leads to an interesting evolution of their direction of sound on every album.
This direction took what I consider its best form on Kid A and In Rainbows. Kid A was what they considered an anti-commerical reaction towards the success of OK Computer, their most popular work and a cornerstone of alternative rock. In Rainbows is Radiohead doing basic rock music, but it's done so effectively it transcends its basic nature due to a consistent high quality rarely seen in even the best albums.
But I cannot mention either of these albums without being derided for "liking Radiohead." Am I really liking Radiohead, or just these two albums? You can like an album without worshipping the band behind it. Weezer made two incredible albums in the 90s, took a break, and then made shit for the next two decades. I don't like Weezer, the band, but I do like the albums. Why is this so difficult for the general populace?
"I don't like [genre]." You don't have to like a genre to like a particular work. It's not an exception you have to caveat, to justify.
I would argue I don't like hip hop. Most of it sucks, the lyrics are teenage level poetry, the beats are monotonous, and the rappers themselves are cringe. But there are works that transcend the medium. And these are the ones I listen to.
But, again, why is there the need to justify? Why do I need to align myself to a genre? This spills over to aligning oneself with a movement instead of just agreeing with its core ideas. You eventually feel the need to justify everything in the movement so as to make the interpretation of the movement what you want it to be rather than its reality.
Leading back to Radiohead. Yes, it falls under hipster White people music. That does not make you a White hipster if you listen to Radiohead, only if you choose to be one and worship a band as a concept rather than people just getting together and making music.