Labels: Acoustic, Alternative, Free MP3s, Indie Artist Promotions, Indie Artist/Group Profiles, Indie Music Contest, Indie Rock, New Indie Artist of the Year Award

Each week, IRC posts the Top 20 Indie Countdown (aka "the weekly play"), highlighting great songs from indie bands from today and yesterday. Please support your indie bands by also visiting their websites.


Top 20 Indie Rock Countdown: Week of Dec. 17

1. "Chariot" - Page France from Hello, Dear Wind (2006) - Suicide Records
2. "The Night Will Go As Follows" - The Spill Canvas from Sunsets And Car Crashes - One Eleven Records
3. "No Complaints" - Beck from The Information
4. "Space Travel Is Boring" - Sun Kil Moon from Ghosts of the Great Highway
5. "She's So Cold" - The Golden Republic from The Golden Republic

6. "The Start of Something" - Voxtrot from Raised By Wolves EP
7. "Shine The Light" - Wolf Parade from Apologies to Queen Mary
8. "We Both Go Together" - The Decemberists from Picaresque
9. "Sand" - Pokett from Your Picture Here
10. "Sun A.M." - Moonbabies from The Orange Billboard
11. "Cathie Cline" - R. Stevie Moore from I Killed The Monster
12. "Los Feliz Arms" - Sunday's Best from The Californian
13. "Boardline Creep" - The Matches from E. Von Dahl Killed The Locals
14. "Black Tongue" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs from Fever To Tell
15. "Song For The Angels" - Great Lake Swimmers from Bodies and Minds
16. "Grey Machine" - Pinback from Offcell
17. "On/Off" - Snow Patrol from When It's All Over We Have To Clear Up
18. "The Art of Losing" - American Hi-Fi from The Art of Losing
19. "I Saw Three Ships" - Sufjan Stevens from The Christmas Songs
20. "Honey I Sure Miss You" - Lumberob from I Killed The Monster

Note: We always welcome your suggestions and feedback. Place a comment to discuss the playlist. There is no registeration or ads popping up to make a comment. It's fast and easy. Indie Rock Cafe Radio Podcasts will be available in coming weeks and will be much like the Top 20 Indie songs.

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Labels: American Hi-Fi, Indie MP3s, Indie Music Series, Indie PlayList, Indie Podcasts, Pinback, Pokett, Snow Patrol, Voxtrot, Wolf Parade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

What are the Top 10 indie albums of 2006?

IRC comprised a top 10 list based on our own choices as well as nominee lists from indie rock critics, bloggers and others found on the Internet during the past month. Only one can win.

Send your name and your choice of the best from the Top 10 listed below. The winner will be picked at random as long as your email address is valid.

The reward is a $15 gift card or transfer to a PayPal account.

Email IRC to submit your choice now!!! Put 'Best Indie Album 2006' in subject line please! :-)

Deadline is Jan 30, 2007.

What is the Best Indie Album of 2006?*
*this list is in random order, but we think it's the best top 10 for 2006

The Life Pursuit - Belle and Sebastian

The Avalanche - Sufjan Stevens

Gulag Orkestar - Beirut

Show Your Bones - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Return To Cookie Mountain - TV on the Radio

Silent Shout - The Knife

The Greatest - Cat Power

Dog Problems - The Format

You in Reverse - Built to Spill

Telephono/Soft Effects - Spoon

Labels: albums, Beirut, Best Indie 2006, Best Indie Albums, Built to Spill, Camera Obscura, Cat Power, Free MP3s, Indie Music Contest, Indie Playlists, Spoon, Sufjan Steves, The Decemberists

Create your own soundtrack to the sequel of your favorite movie and it'll be posted on all of IRC affiliate web sites if you are the winner. Plus, the chosen winner, to be decided by visitors to the site, will receive a $10 gift card.

It's very simple, there are two ways to submit your list, either by email or via the Comments link section.


To submit your list with the song name and artist clearly listed. You can also submit a URL to a song stream of your choices. Or you can send no more than two MP3s by email. Make sure to name the file of the song the title along with the artist.

The winner will get a $10 Amazon gift card and have their soundtrack listing published for everyone to see. We'll discuss later about how to link all of your soundtrack choices online when IRC announces a winner.


Again, this is your chance to either re-create the soundtrack of your favorite movie or create a sequel to your favorite music with the soundtrack listing.

Good luck. We can't wait to see your lists! Enjoy.

P.S. The soundtrack listings do not have to be indie music, but we strongly encourage it.

Labels: Best of Soundtrack Series, Best Soundtrack, Indie Movie Soundtracks, Indie Movies, Indie Rock Contest, Indie Songs, Indie Soundtracks, Pulp Fiction, Rock Soundtracks

Labels: Beginning of Indie, Best Indie Albums, Best Indie Songs, Indie Classic, Indie Music History, Playing With Fire CD, Spacemen 3

Showing their true indie pride, students at Washington University in St. Louis ritually transform their study hall into a quasi-rock club known in the indie world as "The Gargoyle".

Since its first show held in 2002, the Gargolye quickly grew as a hot spot for indie up-starts as well as established indie bands. Over the years, the rooster has ranged from Yo La Tengo to Minus The Bear.

Just some of the great indie artists that have played this unique venue, or 'got a jumpstart', if you will, at the Gargoyle include:

Yo La Tengo
Broken Social Scene
The Golden Republic

Labels: Broken Social Scene, College Campus Venues, College Indie Rock, College Radio, College Rock Stations, Indie Rock Artists, Indie Rock Shows, Minus The Bear, The Gargoyle, Yo La Tengo