5. LazyTown featuring Lil John—Cooking By the Book
This freaky mashup explains in a few minutes why American kids are so messed up. Within one decade a suburban kid goes from being spoon-fed cheery moralistic nonsense to humpdancing to brutal misogynistic nonsense. Plus it has a great beat

4. Bon Iver—Creature Fear
I wanted to pick one of the more obscure songs, but this song is the story. You know that around the blogs—in the blogrihood as they call it—Bon Iver is massive. He’s bigger than Womanizer and even Lily Allen’s Womanizer cover. I often quote myself saying, “The human heart has a weakness for the human voice.” And Justin Vernon’s overdubbed voice(s) could clear your corroded arteries given the proper amplification.

3. Jenny Lewis—Acid Tongue
Jenny Lewis’ words and voice combine to proffer so much subtext that listening to her songs too closely can trigger sudden outbreaks of painful introspection.

2. TV on the Radio—Dancing Choose
When I’m socked with intense intellectual insecurity, I often refer to TOTR’s Tunde Adebimpe as the Jean-Michel Basquiat of Indie-Rock. But there is a vitality and volatility to TV on the Radio that makes most of the sad guitar rock I listen to seem as safe as the European Masters.

1. My Morning Jacket—Evil Urges
Isn’t good rock music about making evil urges ok? Then this My Morning Jacket track is the song that sums it all up.

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