Music by Years & Months:
Music News in August, 2004
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Xzibit To release Weapons of Mass Destruction
posted on August 31, 2004
There are moments in an artist's career when it's obvious that his time has come.
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Alter Bridge Alter Bridge
posted on August 31, 2004
The evolution of Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall as artists is marked with the debut of Alter Bridge.
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The Used To release In Love And Death
posted on August 29, 2004
The Used thrives on friction. You can hear it on the band's combustible self-titled debut.
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Faithless Faithless
posted on August 29, 2004
Britain's premiere dance outfit are back. This is their masterpiece.
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Alcazar Alcazar
posted on August 29, 2004
With over 700.000 sold singles of “Crying At The Discoteque” it’s once again time for Alcazar to spread like a bacteria over the world. Now stronger then ever.
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Rupee To release 1 On 1
posted on August 26, 2004
"Music is all about evolution and progression. My sound is unique, and that has allowed me to create my own niche." - Rupee, 2004
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Homelife Homelife
posted on August 26, 2004
Homelife is not a definite entity. It's hard to pin down their sound, how many people are in the band or even which band they are in!
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Denver Harbor To release Scenic
posted on August 26, 2004
Lead by singer/guitarist Will Salazar, formerly the voice of national act Fenix tx (Drive-Thru/MCA), Denver Harbor’s front line is...
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Jacki-O To release Poe Little Rich Girl
posted on August 26, 2004
Amid the scores of albums by hip-hop starlets, TVT Records' Jacki-O is a bonafide standout, an emerging star who disarms her fans with lyrical dexterity, girl-power anthems and unapologetic sexuality.
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Talib Kweli To release The Beautiful Struggle
posted on August 25, 2004
An old saying is that the pen is mightier than the sword, and nowhere is this more apparent than on Brooklyn rapper Talib Kweli's second solo offering, The Beautiful Struggle.
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Joe Sample To release Soul Shadows
posted on August 25, 2004
On October 14, 2004 Verve/PRA will release the legendary Joe Sample's 1st ever solo piano recording titled Soul Shadows.
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Tyler Hilton To release The Tracks Of
posted on August 25, 2004
With an appealing blend of luck, pluck and sheer musical talent, 20 year- old troubadour Tyler Hilton has launched a career that promises to take this gifted Palm Springs, California native all the way.
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Orbital Orbital
posted on August 23, 2004
After 15 years working together as Orbital, Paul and Phil Hartnoll have announced that their forthcoming LP the Blue Album will be their last.
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Outerspace Outerspace
posted on August 23, 2004
Jedi Mind Tricks proteges' first full length offering features guest appearances from Vinnie Paz, Sadat X, Esoteric, Immortal Technique, Celph Titled, King Syze and more.
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Krumb Snatcha To release Let The Truth Be Told
posted on August 22, 2004
After being the first independent artist to receive The Source’s Hip-Hop Quotable of the Month for his verse...
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Sum 41 To release Chuck
posted on August 22, 2004
After nearly one year of hibernation in their icy homeland, "Canada" (phonetically: CA-NA-DA), everyone's guiltiest of guilty pleasures, SUM 41...
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Jeru the Damaja Jeru the Damaja
posted on August 22, 2004
Jeru the Damaja aka D. Original Dirty Rotten Scoundrel hails from Brooklyn, New York where he was born and raised.
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Slug Exclusive Interview
posted on August 21, 2004
Lurking just below the “artistic” world of one beat party anthems that rule our radio world, down below the ceiling of popularity is Atmosphere .
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Nikola Sarcevic Nikola Sarcevic
posted on August 20, 2004
As the frontman for Sweden’s beloved punks Millencolin, Nikola Sarcevic has guided that band through lauded discs like Pennybridge Pioneers and Battery Check...
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Triple Seis Triple Seis
posted on August 20, 2004
Leaders are born to lead! And after earning his stripes as an integral member of Terror Squad;
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Shawnna To release Worth tha Weight
posted on August 18, 2004
If you really think about it there aren’t that many significant female rappers out there.
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Survivor Survivor
posted on August 18, 2004
In the mid-1980s, Survivor was among a vanguard of acts playing melodic, emotional, sincere, radio-ready rock that topped the charts and appealed to millions of men and women.
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Skye Sweetnam To release Noise From the Basement
posted on August 18, 2004
Girls just wanna have fun? Sure! But some girls also wanna rock.
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Athens 2004 Olympics Athens 2004 Olympics
posted on August 18, 2004
Capitol Records/EMI Music has announced a July 27, 2004 release date for ‘Unity’, an extra special album that is the only official ATHENS 2004 Olympics pop album.
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Carl Hancock Rux Carl Hancock Rux
posted on August 18, 2004
In contemporary hip-hop and R&B music, artists such as Cody Chestnut and The Roots have been dubbed as innovators who incorporate Black music styles into contemporary formats; artists who stand apart from the mainstream and deliver an original voice.
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Dominique and DJ Wool Sound of Young New York II
posted on August 18, 2004
‘The Sound of Young New York’ (vol. I) surpassed our expectations with regard to how well received it was by press, consumers and even DJs and industry types.
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Chronic Future Chronic Future
posted on August 17, 2004
There’s still hope for everyone unimpressed with the predictable, mainstream rock options; for everyone who feels no connection to rock’s buzzwords, fashionistas and micro-genres.
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Jill Scott To release Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
posted on August 16, 2004
Take a moment, be still… Imagine the beauty absorbed by merely adjusting the volume…
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Badly Drawn Boy Badly Drawn Boy
posted on August 16, 2004
In a world where the prolific are seen as freaks and consistency is frowned upon (people like to think of musicians lost, scrabbling pitifully on the ground then rising again- it makes for good copy) Badly Drawn Boy (AKA Damon Gough) is mighty hard t...
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Seether Seether
posted on August 16, 2004
No one wishes to die without making a statement and having an impact - especially if they are an artist.
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AZ AZ
posted on August 15, 2004
KOCH Records announces the release of Final Call, the new full-length album by the critically-acclaimed former member of The Firm, AZ.
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Finch Finch
posted on August 15, 2004
Driven by undeniable passion, Finch dive headlong into songs laden with raw intensity to create a perfect union of post-hardcore angst and melodic rock dynamics.
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Phoenix Phoenix
posted on August 14, 2004
In 2000, Phoenix’s first album release, United, blazed across the musical skies like a newly discovered comet.
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Infinite Livez Infinite Livez
posted on August 14, 2004
Please welcome mild-mannered Vinnie Tiefilz, former art student, sometime comic book writer and video game designer, who was accidentally bathed in the milk of a glamour model and transformed into Infinite Livez, superhero!
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Snow Patrol Snow Patrol
posted on August 13, 2004
The same no frills sense of adventure informs Final Straw, Snow Patrol’s third album.
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Shyne Shyne
posted on August 13, 2004
It wouldn’t matter if hip-hop was simply and sole a form of entertainment; a way to pass after-school hours and remove the tension of the workday.
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7L and Esoteric To release DC2: Bars of Death
posted on August 13, 2004
7L & Esoteric formed in 1992 when Esoteric, the emcee of the group, deejayed a Hip Hop show at a college radio station north of Boston.
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Gretchen Wilson Gretchen Wilson
posted on August 13, 2004
The moment Gretchen Wilson set foot on the stage she felt as though she was having an out-of-body experience, ...
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St Juste To release 5 Dollars
posted on August 13, 2004
There's a sound. The one you make when your spirit is open, your mind focused, your heart receptive and your body more than willing.
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G Love To release The Hustle
posted on August 12, 2004
G. Love's upcoming release The Hustle is an invitation to spend long days lounging on the front porch listening to songs about love, life and lemonade.
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Alice Coltrane To release Translinear Light
posted on August 12, 2004
It seems like a lifetime ago that we last heard something new from Alice Coltrane on record.
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John Fogerty To release Deja Vu All Over Again
posted on August 12, 2004
John Fogerty is true Hall of Famer -- one of the greatest rock & rollers to ever play the game.
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Swayzak Swayzak
posted on August 11, 2004
Finally! The story of musical independence and experimentalism has a new chapter.
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David Piccioni Azuli
posted on August 10, 2004
With the slogan used by the writer Kenneth Anger to describe Hollywood, the place existing in our imagination, ahead of geographic space, the music of "Made in Italy" becomes the way to evoke worlds, to project us in a far away dimension in space and...
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Guttermouth Guttermouth
posted on August 10, 2004
“I can’t even go to a show anymore. It’s like going to church group!” complains Guttermouth front man Mark Adkins.
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Bowling For Soup To release A Hangover You Dont Deserve
posted on August 10, 2004
It’s the perfect title for the return of Texas' reigning punk cowboys, Bowling For Soup.
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Tift Merritt To release Tambourine
posted on August 9, 2004
After the stunning success of her assured debut Bramble Rose and the acclaimed tour that followed, Tift Merritt didn't give herself a chance to rest much.
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The Finn Brothers To release Everyone Is Here
posted on August 9, 2004
There’s a double rainbow in the sky over Los Angeles. It’s a good omen. Tim and Neil Finn have flown in from New Zealand to record a new album, Everyone Is Here.
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Beat Assailant To release Hard Twelve
posted on August 9, 2004
The number twelve - whether its a money making lucky roll of the dice, the number of songs on his first album or simply the month he was born - is a number which has carried significance throughout the life path of Hip Hop artist BA "The Beat Assaila...
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Evanescence Evanescence
posted on August 9, 2004
The massive success that Evanescence has enjoyed so far is, in the words of co-founder and lead singer Amy Lee, “really bizarre when you think about it.
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Easy Star All-Stars Review: Dub Side of The Moon
posted on August 7, 2004
The echo of the beat that has affected at least three generations of music echoes once again.
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KRS-One KRS-One
posted on August 7, 2004
Born Lawrence Krisna Parker, KRS-One (an acronym for Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone) began his career in the mid-'80s with DJ Scott LaRock as the voice of the pioneering hip-hop outfit Boogie Down Productions.
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LL Cool J To release DEFinition
posted on August 6, 2004
Rap music and hip-hop culture is known for many things. Longevity isn’t one of them.
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213 213
posted on August 6, 2004
The best things in life are indeed worth waiting for. More than a decade in the making, 213 (the super group of hip-hop icons Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G) is set to release its explosive, long-anticipated debut album, The Hard Way.
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Avril Avril
posted on August 6, 2004
"I had a lucid dream in which I was cancelling all the planned gigs," says Fred Magnon, a Frenchman better known to the discerning music fan by his middle name, Avril (French for April).
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Squad Five-0 Exclusive Interview
posted on August 5, 2004
MR's Courtney Davis had the opportunity to talk with Squad Five-O. She had a great interview which you can read in the following interview.
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Quincy Jones To release The New Mixes Vol 1
posted on August 5, 2004
While Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby are today considered two of the most prominent and accomplished entertainers in America...
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Freestylers Freestylers
posted on August 5, 2004
So, here's what you probably already know about The Freestylers. They've made over 45 records, sold 350,000 albums, scorched the charts with the hot-footer 'B-Boy Stance', appeared on Top of the Pops and opened for Lenny Kravitz.
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Green Day To release American Idiot
posted on August 4, 2004
As I lay here dying in my hospital bed from terminal cancer, I am flooded by memories I had back in the year 2004.
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Cherry Bombs Cherry Bombs
posted on August 4, 2004
Once upon a time, in a land far far from Music Row, Rodney Crowell put together a band to ignite the songs...
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John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker
posted on August 4, 2004
The Best of Friends celebrates the collaborations and friendships between John Lee Hooker and the musicians he has worked with over the past decade.
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ORyan O'Ryan
posted on August 1, 2004
Change is inevitable and with each new generation a teen star is born. Meet O'Ryan.