#18: The Runners Four

Deerhoof: The Runners Four
Crazy, spastic band makes most accessible record to date. Singer is like Inuyasha or something. Rest of band sounds like what the White Stripes would sound like if they weren't regurgitating '70s riffs--dirty, funky, sometimes spacy, but always incredibly catchy. "Wrong Time Capsule" is my favorite Deerhoof song, perhaps followed by its follower, "Spirit Ditties of No Tone." No offense to "O'Malley, Former Underdog" either. I was not a big Milk Man fan, but when I'm in the mood, The Runners Four is sublime.