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An essential moment in the existence of every album is the listener's immediate response to hitting "play" for the first time. An album's opening track is its first impression, and of course, you can never change it. Here are some of the indie world's most memorable introductions since the beginning of the new century:
Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" - Funeral
The chug of the runaway locomotive began here Air - "Venus" - Talkie Walkie
Striking, abrupt piano thunder in outer space My Morning Jacket - "Wordless Chorus" - Z
Haunting echoes make no words necessary
Interpol - "Untitled" - Turn On The Bright Lights
The guitar sound that's been copied a thousand times since
Chemical Brothers - "Galvanize" - Push The Button
Makes even Budweiser seem classy
Franz Ferdinand - "Jacqueline" - Franz Ferdinand
Dueling guitars that fueled a dance-rock craze The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army" - Elephant
Simple, powerful, and impossibly catchy LCD Soundsystem - "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" - LCD Soundsystem
The cool get cooler
Grandaddy - "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot" - Sophtware Slump
Synth-rock opera
Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place" - Kid A
The start of a new era in many regards
Postal Service - "District Sleeps Alone Tonight" - Give Up
One of the best tracks of a helplessly important album
The Stills - "Lola Stars and Stripes" - Logic Will Break Your Heart
Shows how much fun being in a band could be
Spoon - "Everything Hits At Once" - Girls Can Tell
Wafting cigarette smoke in the coolest bar in town
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