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Today's six-pack of the best indie songs of 2008 includes great tunes from artists and bands like PlusMinus, Port O'Brien, Sunfold, Hooray for Earth, The War on Drugs and MGMT (formerly Management).

If you missed any of the previous installments, check out the previous five editions.

"I Woke Up Today" - Port O'Brien (pictured above) from All We Could Do Was Sing

"Sara The American Winter" - Sunfold from Toy Tugboats

"Snowblind" - PlusMinus from Xs on Your Eyes

"Take Care" - Hooray for Earth from Hooray for Earth

"Taking The Farm" - The War on Drugs from Wagonwheel Blues

"Weekend Wars" - MGMT (pictured top right) from Oracular Spectacular

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   November 18, 2008   

2 Comments:

At 5:06 PM , Anonymous henryNYC said...

hey IRC:

I thought I knew all the best 'indie' rock songs and artists out there, but you guys/gals keep turning me on to new stuff all the time. i love this site!!

 
At 4:22 PM , Anonymous Colby said...

Whats funny is that I first heard that Port O'Brien song without anything but the vocals. You guys should check that out if you can. It gives the song a different kind of intensity. Still very good though, thats for sure.

 

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