The National/YMMV
- Crowning Music of Awesome: Basically everything. All of their albums have been critically acclaimed except for their first, but even that was pretty close to universal acclaim on Metacritic.
- "The Rains of Castamere" certainly count for Game of Thrones fans.
- Face of the Band - Subverted. Every one of the band members get just as much publicity as the rest.
- Narm - Subverted. Matt's voice makes even the most ridiculous lyrics seem deep and serious, as seen here.
- Tear Jerker - They thrive off of this trope.