Smooth violence. Brutal complexity. Coffee. Carnivorous plants. Cowboys. Toolbelts. Beer. Crashing structures. Vikings. ReadyMade Magazine. Beards. Obscure frightening ambience. Mustaches. DIY.
Cous Cous II
The Mountain Goats, Band of Horses, Ratatat, Wolf Parade, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Lifetime, Built to Spill, Laura Veirs, Mates of State, Iron and Wine, The Good Life, American Analog Set, Wilco, The Velvet Underground, The Knife, Joy Division, Rainer Maria, Jets to Brazil, Pinback, Portugal the Man, Sunny Day Real Estate, Stars, Sons and Daughters, Bodies of Water, Mogwai, Minus the Bear, Death from Above 1979
Most.
Kids in the Hall.
The Stranger. And pretty much every book I've ever read.