Just the kick/low-end drum beats, or all of the rhythm (only leaving the melody)? Just curious. Sometimes I listen to relaxing music or videos on headphones when I can't sleep and I use the EQ on my phone to cut low frequencies. If it's all of the drum/rhythm that distracts you I don't know of a good solution other than finding music that's all melody and no rhythm.
Just the most distinct ones. I'm not agains drums or anything like that (hell, I usually code with heave metal in my headphones), but it's one thing when it's part of the picture and a whole different thing when the music goes like this:
____..__._A_.___.___
Where A is the beat.
I'll try to do something using EQ (never though about this option for some reason)