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 two. 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. A.C. Newman “Miracle Drug” The Slow Wonder (Matador)
2. Presidents of the United States of America “Some Postman” Love Everybody (PUSA Music)
3. Aberfeldy “A Friend Like You” Young Forever (Rough Trade)
4. The Delgados “Everybody Come Down” Universal Audio (Chemikal Underground)
5. Rilo Kiley “It’s a Hit” More Adventurous (Brute/Beaute)
6. Cake “Wheels” Pressure Chief (Columbia/Sony)
7. Phantom Planet “1st Things 1st” Phantom Planet (Epic/Sony)
8. Secret Machines “The Road Leads Where It’s Led” Now Here Is Nowhere (Reprise)
9. New Black “Robotobor” New Black (Thick)
10. Modest Mouse “Bukowski” Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic/Sony)
11. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists “Counting Down the Hours” Shake the Sheets (Lookout!)
12. Old 97’s “The New Kid” Drag It Up (New West)
13. Ambulance LTD “Primitive (The Way I Treat You)” LP (TVT)
14. Elliot Smith “Coast to Coast” From A Basement On The Hill (Anti/Epitaph)
15. Evening “Breast Milk Saves 16 at Sea” Other Victorians
(Lookout!)
16. The Delgados “Keep on Breathing” Universal Audio
(Chemikal Underground)
17. New Black “Put It to Bed” New Black (Thick)
18. Phantom Planet “Big Brat” Phantom Planet (Epic/Sony)
19. Interpol “Narc” Antics (Matador)
20. The Dears “Who Are You, Defenders of the Universe”
No Cities Left (spinArt)
21. The Good Life “Lovers Need Lawyers” Album of the Year (Saddle Creek)