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1. Brand New – “Play Crack The Sky” (2003) “Calm me and let me taste the salt you breathed while you were underneath” The final track off of the Long Island foursome’s second album “Deja Entendu.” This acoustic song is…

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There must’ve been something in the water in the early ’00s {read: so much cocaine} because indie rock was riding an indestructible wave. You Are Free by Cat Power and Is This It? by The Strokes were career-making albums along with the first offering from NYC gloom rockers, Interpol.

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Getting stoned can be super fun, but it also has the potential to be the biggest letdown. Maybe you’re not with the “right” people, maybe it’s bad weed, or maybe you just go to a really dark place. You accidentally get too high and find yourself curled up in the fetal position thinking you’re going to choke on a wheat thin because your mouth is so dry. The paranoia begins and your glazed eyes start to panic. “I’m, like, too fucking high, you guys.”