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"This one's a crazer/ Daydreaming disaster" may be one of my favorite Modest Mouse lines.

Liars "Flood to Flood"
Father John Misty "This is Sally Hatchet"
Devendara Banhart "Now That I Know"
Porcelain Raft "Backwords"
Desertshore "Vernon Forest"

Not necessarily my favorite, but has anyone else watched Don Hertzfeldt's Bill trilogy? Some of the most devastating cartoons I've watched, and that's even after having recently seen Grave of the Fireflies.

10. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
9. Low - The Invisible Way
8. Phosphorescent - Muchacho
7. Local Natives - Hummingbird
6. Junip - Junip
5. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
4. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle
3. Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
2. Kanye West - Yeezus
1. The National - Trouble Will

Harvey Danger "(This Is) The Thrilling Conversation You've Been Waiting For"
DAWES "The Way You Laugh" (DAWES DAWES DAWES)
LCD Soundsytem "Home"
JBM "Moonwatcher"
Dr. Dog "The Sound"

Oh.

Clone High wasn't on in the '80s.

I knew my iPod has been trying to kill me, ever since it started playing Joanna Newsom during my workouts.

How to be a Player, The Hebrew Hammer, Harlem Nights

Chromatics "Birds of Paradise"
Plants and Animals "Bye Bye Bye"
Fitz and The Tantrums "Break the Walls"
Beachwood Sparks "Goodbye"
Dr. Dog "Shame, Shame"

No Brock?

Only The Mountain Goats could make a song like "No Children" so much fun to sing along with.

Yeah, I have the exact same issue. Going there as a kid was a big event for my family too, so it does hold a place in my heart even if all the food is probably made out of imitation fish sawdust or whatever.

@avclub-df106893a4574bccb7bce1ff66e788b9:disqus  I was curious what the reaction would be to that commercial. Honestly, I think it's adorable, but that's probably because I've worshiped her since I was in high school, so she can do no wrong in my book.

Good question! I only just discovered them last year when their latest album Arrow came out, and kind of worked backward through their catalogue from there. I'd recommend giving "Marathon," "Low Low Low," and "Down in the Canyon" a listen.

Red Lobster.

People don't like Sleater-Kinney? I thought Carrie Brownstein officially achieved "America's Sweetheart" status.

"We must all have waffles, forthwith!"

The Morning Benders "All Day Day Light"
Heartless Bastards "Got to Have Rock and Roll"
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes "Mayla"
Spoon "Trouble Comes Running"
Dan Deacon "USA III: Rail"

"A severely impaired box turtle with a very busy schedule, just give him a camera for a day, he'd come up with something better than this."