In our on-going look back at our favorite songs from 2009, we are now on Vol. IV, highlighting singles we posted about in April 2009. To follow all of the installments of this series - there will be 12 in total - you can check out the landing page for Favorite Indie and Alternative Songs of 2009. Enjoy.

"Misfits & Mistakes" - Superchunk from Leaves in the Gutter EP

"Sacred Trickster" - Sonic Youth from The Eternal

"Ithaca" - Deleted Scenes from Birdseed Shirt

"Chug Along" - Trainwreck Riders from The Perch

"Pale Bride" - The Von Bondies from Love, Hate and Then There's You

"Unfold" - Julie Peel from Near The Sun

"Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up" - The Strange Boys from ...And Girls Club

"Inagural Trams" - Super Fury Animals from Dark Days/Light Years

"New Love Grows on Trees" - Peter Doherty from Grace/Wastelands

"The Strangers" - St. Vincent from Actor

"Traps and Traps" - Oceans from Nothing Collapses

"Calculator" - Micachu & The Shapes from Jewellery

"A Boy and His Genius" - Lima Research Society from Don't Give Up, Don't Get Down

"Melt Down The Knives" - Sin Fang Bous from Clangour

"Fearless Vampire Killers" - Fearless Vampire Killer

"Lessons" - downdime from Knowing Too Much

"The Sun Goes West" - The Faraway Places from Out of the Rain, the Thunder and Lightning

"From The Hips" - Cursive from Mama, I'm Swollen

"The Letter" - The Veils from Sun Gangs

"On This Day" - Robert Gomez from Pine Sticks & Phosphorus

"Land of Freak" - King Khan and The Shrines from From What Is?!

"Drowning" - Tara Jane O'Neil from A Ways Away

"Starry" - Throcke from Sometimes Not Unpointful
"Do You Hide From Saturday Night" - Litt'lans from Primitive World

"Throwin Away My Money" - Wayne Hancock from Viper of Melody

"Workin' at Workin'" - Wayne Hancock from Viper of Melody