Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2004 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2004, these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded rock tracks of 2004, volume four. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2003 and November 30, 2004.

1. The Arcade Fire “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” Funeral (Merge)
2. Now It’s Overhead “Reverse” Fall Back Open (Saddle Creek)
3. Blonde Redhead “Maddening Cloud” Misery Is A Butterfly (4AD/Beggars Group)
4. TV On the Radio “Dreams” Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch and Go)
5. The Walkmen “Little House of Savages” Bows + Arrows (Record Collection)
6. PJ Harvey “The Letter” Uh Huh Her (Island)

7. Patti Smith “Jubilee” Trampin’ (Columbia/Sony)
8. Evening “Placing You Center” Other Victorians (Lookout!)
9. The Faint “Southern Belles In London Sing” Wet From Birth (Saddle Creek)
10. The Killers “Midnight Show” Hot Fuss (Island)
11. Interpol “Public Pervert” Antics (Matador)
12. The Mountain Goats “Palmcorder Yajna” We Shall All
Be Healed (4AD)
13. TV On the Radio “Staring at the Sun” Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch and Go)
14. Now It’s Overhead “Surrender” Fall Back Open (Saddle Creek)
15. Fatboy Slim featuring Damon Albarn “Put It Back Together” Palookaville (Astralwerks)
16. Cake “Carbon Monoxide” Pressure Chief (Columbia/Sony)
17. Elf Power “Hole In My Shoe” Walking With the Beggar Boys (Orange Twin)
18. The Minus 5 “The Forgotten Fridays” In Rock (Yep Roc)
19. Phantom Planet “Badd Business” Phantom Planet (Epic/Sony)
20. The Hiss “Lord’s Prayer” Panic Movement (Sanctuary)