unlistenability

Rather, they take the difficulty and unlistenability for granted and complain about it.

Music to My Ears Lisa Hirsch 2008

I seem to be in a minority in finding Karajan's 2 and 5 painfully drawn out to the point of unlistenability.

Gramophone 2010

Despite the fact that a few songs (using the term loosely) on "In Utero" border on unlistenability and were obviously consciously crafted by Kurt Cobain as a middle finger to casual fans and radio, thankfully he retained his melodic prowess on most of the album.

Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

Here, it cues to the Other that minimalism carries within it -- the hidden complexity behind a fixed, interlocking beat; the adverse physical effects accompanying panning sub-bass frequencies; the paradoxical unlistenability of a simple repeating loop, the Chinese water torture lurking behind every pop song.

philip sherburne 2009

Frumpies-like sheer unlistenability but what's a little dissonance between buddies?

The Music Fix 2009