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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Labels: 2009 Indie Songs, Ancient Crux, Here We Go Magic, It Hugs Back, MP3s, Of Montreal, Plus Minus

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.

Labels: Afternoon Naps, Best Indie 2008, Best Indie Artists, Best Indie Rock Songs 2008, Of Montreal, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

The talented indie rock band Of Montreal are handing out some earlier Christmas gifts.

The five-piecehave uploaded MP3s from their upcoming record, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

The band decided to upload MP3s of songs from their yet to be released CD to their My Space page.

If that's not enough, fans can listen to a free music stream for Of Montreal's new CD album, set for release in February on Polyvinyl. The band's front man, Kevin Barnes, has also provided free MP3s of of album tracks.

Labels: Indie MP3s, Of Montreal

The wildly popular and remarkably talented band Of Montreal have posted their complete tour dates with cities and links to venues and ticket sales.

From January until the first week of April, Of Montreal will tour all over the United States (with a few dates in Canada) starting out in the South moving across the Southwest, into California, up through the Pacific Northwest, back down South, across the Midwest, the Northeast and back down South again.

Wow, they're going to be exhausted. There are more than 35 dates booked into four months.

Of Montreal 2007 Tour Dates from their official web site.

Labels: Of Montreal

One of the great Canadian indie rock/pop bands, Of Montreal, is getting renewed airplay for their 2005 song "Everyday Feels Like Sunday," (not to be confused with Morrissey's "Everyday Is Like Sunday").

Of Montreal's song is currently being played on a television commercial, but I'm not sure what the commercial is for. I have to see it again (I was on the phone).

Labels: Of Montreal, TV Commercial Songs