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 two. 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. Saves the Day “Anywhere With You” In Reverie (Dreamworks)
2. Idlewild “A Modern Way of Letting Go” Remote Part (EMI/Capitol)
3. The Libertines “Death On the Stairs” Up the Bracket
(Rough Trade)
4. The Coral “Waiting for the Heartache” The Coral (Columbia)
5. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists “Bridges, Squares”
Hearts of Oak (Lookout!)
6. Firewater “Dark Days Indeed” The Man on the Burning Tightrope (Jetset)
7. Cat Power “He War” You Are Free (Matador)
8. Pretty Girls Make Graves “This Is Our Emergency” The New Romance (Matador)
9. Cursive “Art Is Hard” The Ugly Organ (Saddle Creek)
10. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club “Stop” Take Them On, On Your Own (EMI/Virgin)
11. The Strokes “Reptilia” Room On Fire (RCA)
12. Kings of Leon “Wasted Time” Youth & Young Manhood (RCA)
13. The Libertines “Up the Bracket” Up the Bracket
(Rough Trade)
14. The Sounds “Hit Me!” Living In America (New Line)
15. Spymob “Half-Steering” Neptunes Present…Clones
(Star Trak/Arista)
16. Eels “Saturday Morning” Shootenanny! (Dreamworks)
17. The Shins “Fighting In a Sack” Chutes Too Narrow
(Sub Pop)
18. The Postal Service “Such Great Heights” Give Up (Sub Pop)
19. The Dandy Warhols “Plan A” Welcome to the
Monkey House (EMI/Capitol)
20. Grandaddy “Now It’s On” Sumday (V2)
21. Sam Roberts “Brother Down” We Were Born In a Flame (Universal)
22. Turin Brakes “Average Man” Ether Song (Astralwerks)
23. Radiohead “2+2=5” Hail to the Thief (Capitol)
24. The Rapture “Echoes” Echoes (Strummer/Universal)