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 three. 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. Kings of Leon “Molly’s Chambers” Youth & Young Manhood (RCA)
2. The New Pornographers “From Blown Speakers”
Electric Version (Matador)
3. Rooney “If It Were Up To Me” Rooney (Geffen/Interscope)
4. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists “Hearts of Oak” Hearts of Oak (Lookout!)
5. The Strokes “Between Love & Hate” Room On Fire (RCA)
6. The White Stripes “The Hardest Button to Button”
Elephant (V2)
7. Groove Armada “Purple Haze” Lovebox (Jive)
8. Gossip “Fire/Sign” Movement (Kill Rock Stars)
9. The Fiery Furnaces “I’m Gonna Run” Gallowsbird’s Bark (Rough Trade)
10. M. Ward “Helicopter” Transfiguration of Vincent (Merge)
11. The Decemberists “The Chimbley Sweep” Her Majesty The Decemberists (Kill Rock Stars)
12. Firewater “The Dog & Pony Show” The Man on the Burning Tightrope (Jetset)
13. The Kills “Cat Claw” Keep On Your Mean Side
(Rough Trade/Sanctuary)
14. Bettie Serveert “Smack” Log 22 (Hidden Agenda/
Play It Again Sam)
15. The Sounds “Rock ‘n’ Roll” Living In America (New Line)
16. Chemical Brothers featuring Wayne Coyne “The Golden Path” Singles 93-03 (Astralwerks)
17. The Sleepy Jackson “Don’t You Know” Lovers (Astralwerks)
18. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks “Dark Wave” Pig Lib (Matador)
19. Nada Surf “Treading Water” Let Go (Barsuk)
20. Pretty Girls Make Graves “A Certain Cemetery” The New Romance (Matador)
21. Ani DiFranco “Slide” Evolve (Righteous Babe)
22. Cat Power “Free” You Are Free (Matador)