Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2003 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2003, these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded rock tracks of 2003, volume one. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2002 and November 30, 2003.

1. Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl?” Get Born (Elektra)
2. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” Elephant (V2)
3. Kenna “Red Man” New Sacred Cow (Columbia/Sony)
4. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros “Get Down Moses” Streetcore (Hellcat/Epitaph)
5. Placebo “The Bitter End” Sleeping With Ghosts (Astralwerks/Virgin)
6. The Shins “So Says I” Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop)
7. The New Pornographers “All For Swinging You Around” Electric Version (Matador)
8. The Minus 5 “Retrieval of You” Down With Wilco (Yep Roc)
9. The Decemberists “Billy Liar” Her Majesty The Decemberists (Kill Rock Stars)
10. Idlewild “Live In A Hiding Place” Remote Part (EMI/Capitol)
11. Rooney “Blueside” Rooney (Geffen/Interscope)
12. Saves the Day “In Reverie” In Reverie (Dreamworks)
13. Kenna “Freetime” New Sacred Cow (Columbia/Sony)
14. Radiohead “A Punchup At A Wedding” Hail to the Thief
(Capitol)
15. M. Ward “Vincent O’Brien” Transfiguration of Vincent (Merge)
16. Starlight Mints “Black Cat” Built on Squares
(Play It Again Sam)
17. The New Pornographers “The Laws Have Changed”
Electric Version (Matador)
18. The Dandy Warhols “We Used To Be Friends” Welcome to the Monkey House (EMI/Capitol)
19. Eels “Rock Hard Times” Shootenanny! (Dreamworks)
20. Sam Roberts “Don’t Walk Away Eileen” We Were Born In A Flame (Universal)