Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2002 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2002, these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded rock tracks of 2002, volume one. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2001 and November 30, 2002.

1. Badly Drawn Boy “Born Again” Have You Fed the Fish?
(Artist Direct)
2. Sleater-Kinney “Sympathy” One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
3. Bright Eyes “From A Balance Beam” Lifted or The Story Is In the Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground (Saddle Creek)
4. Interpol “Obstacle 2” Turn On the Bright Lights (Matador)
5. OK Go “Get Over It” OK Go (Capitol)
6. Weezer “Take Control” Maladroit (Interscope)
7. Ours “Kill the Band” Precious (Dreamworks)
8. …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead “Another Morning Stoner” Source Tags & Codes (Interscope)
9. Elf Power “The Haze” Creatures (spinArt)
10. Sleater-Kinney “Combat Rock” One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Bang” Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP
(Touch and Go)
12. Bright Eyes “Make War” Lifted or The Story Is In the Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground (Saddle Creek)
13. Badly Drawn Boy “40 Days, 40 Fights” Have You Fed the Fish? (Artist Direct)
14. OK Go “C-C-C-Cinnamom Lips” OK Go (Capitol)
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers “By The Way” By The Way
(Warner Brothers)
16. Elf Power “Let the Serpent Sleep” Creatures (spinArt)
17. Interpol “Obstacle 1” Turn On the Bright Lights (Matador)
18. Sonic Youth “The Empty Page” Murray St. (Geffen/Interscope)
19. Coldplay “God Put A Smile Upon Your Face” A Rush of Blood to the Head (Capitol)