New and Upcoming Indie Songs and Album Releases

Today’s playlist of new songs include Here We Go Magic, Plus Minus, Ancient Crux, Of Montreal and It Hugs Back.

It Hugs Back will release their debut album, Inside Your Guitar, in early April on Beggars Group Records.

“Work Day”It Hugs Back from the upcoming debut Inside Your Guitar

“First Time High Reconstructionist (Remix of An Eluardian Instance)”Of Montreal from the new EP Jon Brion Remix

“In Teen Dreams”Ancient Crux from Interracial Coupling EP Limited on Family Time Records.

“Unsung”Plus Minus from X’s On Your Eyes on Absolutely Kosher Records

“Tunnelvision”Here We Go Magic (the moniker for Brooklyn musician Luke Temple and his band) will be available February 24 on West Vinyl Records.

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Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008, Vol. V

Athens, Georgia eccentric indie pop band, Of Montreal

Many music sites, blogs, newspapers and magazines are publishing their best albums and songs of 2008. In all, there is a pretty good consensus on what are some of the greatest indie albums of the past year. They include releases from Radiohead, Conor Oberst, Fleet Foxes, Portishead, Okkervil River, REM and Vampire Weekend, among many others.

During IRC’s Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008 on-going playlist series, we’ve made a deliberate effort to include songs from releases by lesser known, but equally as note-worthy, bands and artists like Goh Nakamura, The Dodos, Titus Andronicus, Mates of State, Ra Ra Riot, Magnetic Fields,The Annuals, Goh Nakamura Unicycle Love You and Afternoon Naps.

Today’s Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008 – volume no. 5 – features You Me & Iowa, The Very Most, Of Montreal, Afternoon Naps, Crystal Stilts and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

“Dress The Stage” – You Me & Iowa
“Good Fight Fighting” – The Very Most
“Id Engager” – Of Montreal
“Postcard” – Afternoon Naps
“Shattered Shine” – Crystal Stilts
“Think I wanna Die” – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (photo: right)

Up Next: Port O’Brien, The War on Drugs, Hooray for Earth, Sunfold and PlusMinus. Check out the complete series of The Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008.