Skinny jeans, dead flash photography, and the last great guitar-band gold rush.
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (Official Music Video)
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The White Stripes — Seven Nation Army. No bass: that's Jack White's guitar, pitched an octave down
The Strokes - Last Nite (Official HD Video)
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The Strokes — Last Nite. Is This It, 2001, the debut that set the template
ALSO IN The Strokes, in nine videos
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (Official Video)
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Franz Ferdinand — Take Me Out. Starts as one song, then drops the tempo into another
The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Official Music Video)
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The Killers — Mr. Brightside. The second video, made for the song's 2004 re-release
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (Official Music Video)
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs — Maps. Karen O's tears are real: Angus Andrew was late to the shoot
ALSO IN Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the videos
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? (Official Video)
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Arctic Monkeys — Do I Wanna Know? AM, 2013: seven years after the debut, slowed right down
Modest Mouse - Float On (Official Music Video)
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Modest Mouse — Float On. A decade into the band, the first real hit
MGMT - Electric Feel (Official HD Video)
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MGMT — Electric Feel. Justice remixed it and won a Grammy for the trouble
ALSO IN MGMT keep getting stranger
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) [Official Music Video]
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Gotye — Somebody That I Used To Know. Emma Hack's body paint, matched to a painting by Gotye's father
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