2004 ARTIST GLOSSARY

Aeroc: Pseudonym of Geoff White, guitar-techno artist from Columbus, Ohio

Air: Ambient/electronica duo from France

Melissa Auf Der Maur: Rock singer/songwriter from Montréal, ex-Hole, ex-Smashing Pumpkins

Beanfield: Michael Mettke and Jan Krause, Munich-based deep-house electronica duo

Beastie Boys: Veteran hip-hop trio from New York City

The Cardigans: Alternative pop quartet from Sweden featuring vocalist Nina Persson

The Church: Veteran rock quartet from Sydney, Australia featuring vocalist Steve Kilbey

Circlesquare: Pseudonym of Jeremy Shaw, downtempo electronica artist from Vancouver

Claro Intelecto: Pseudonym of Mark Stewart, techno-electro artist from Manchester, England

The Cooper Temple Clause: Rock sextet from Reading, England

The Crystal Method: Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan, techno duo from Las Vegas

The Cure: Seminal alt rock quartet from Sussex, England, led by vocalist/guitarist Robert Smith

Tonya Donelly: Singer/songwriter from Newport, RI, co-founder of Throwing Muses and Belly

Drugmoney: Rock quartet from Asheville, NC led by vocalist/instrumentalist Fisher Meehan

Efterklang: Ten-member electronic/post-rock group from Denmark

Elbow: Rock quintet from Manchester, England led by vocalist Guy Garvey

Elevator Division: Rock quartet from Kansas City featuring vocalist James T. Hoskins

Felix da Housecat: Chicago house producer/remixer Felix Stallings, Jr.

Finn Brothers: Neil & Tim, singer/songwriters from New Zealand, ex-Split Enz, Crowded House

Franz Ferdinand: Post-punk rock quartet from Glasgow, Scotland

Further Seems Forever: Rock quintet from Pompano Beach, Florida featuring vocalist Jon Bunch (ex Sense Field)

The Get Up Kids: Rock quintet from Eudora, Kansas led by vocalist Matthew Pryor

Gingersol: New York-based rock trio from Los Angeles led by vocalist/guitarist Steve Tagliere

Trilok Gurtu: Multi-genre percussionist from Bombay, India

Sarah Harmer: Singer-songwriter from Ottawa

Juliana Hatfield: Singer/songwriter from Boston, co-founder of Blake Babies

High Contrast: Pseudonym of Lincoln Barrett, drum-and-bass electronic musician from Wales

Clara Hill: Deep-house vocalist/songwriter from Berlin

Ezekiel Honig: New York-based ambient/techno musician

I:Cube: Electronic musician from Paris

Idiot Pilot: Michael Harris & Daniel Anderson, thrash/electronica duo from Bellingham, Washington

Igloo: Post-rock duo featuring Doro Tachler and Adam Pierce of Mice Parade

Incubus: Alt-/funk-rock quintet from Calabasas, California, led by vocalist Brandon Boyd

Interpol: Rock quartet from New York led by vocalist Paul Banks

Janet Jackson: Superstar pop/R&B singer/songwriter from Los Angeles

Ben Kweller: Rock singer/songwriter from Brooklyn, New York

Lali Puna: Electronic pop quartet from Munich, Germany led by vocalist Valerie Trebeljahr

Lamb: Andrew Barlow & Louise Rhodes, trip-hop/drum’n’bass duo from Manchester, England

Liars Academy: Rock quartet from Baltimore featuring vocalist Ryan Shelkett

Local H: Scott Lucas and Brian St. Clair, rock duo from Zion, Illinois

Lucien-N-Luciano: Pseudonym of Swiss-Chilean DJ/electronic musician Lucien Nicolet

Luomo: Pseudonym of Vladislav Delay, techno-house producer/musician from Finland

Mice Parade: Pseudonym of New York instrumentalist/producer Adam Pierce

Robert Miles: Swiss-born electronic musician from Italy

Juana Molina: Electronic pop singer/songwriter from Buenos Aires

Moments In Grace: Rock quartet from Florida led by vocalist/guitarist Jeremy Griffith

The Moontrane Conductors: Rob Easson & Noah Perry, Bay Area downtempo electronica duo

Abra Moore: Singer/songwriter from Austin, Texas

Kevin Moore: Costa Rica-based keyboardist/songwriter, aka Chroma Key, ex-Dream Theatre

Morrissey: Veteran alt-rock singer/songwriter from Manchester, England; co-founder of The Smiths

The Music: Rock quartet from Leeds, England led by vocalist Robert Harvey

Name Taken: Rock quartet from Orange, California featuring vocalist Chad Atkinson

No Motiv: Rock quartet from Oxnard, California featuring vocalist Jeremy Palaszewski

Nonpoint: Alternative rock/rap quartet from Miami featuring Elias Soriano

Now It’s Overhead: Rock quartet from Athens, Georgia led by vocalist Andy LeMaster

Orgy: Electro-rock quintet from Los Angeles led by vocalist Jay Gordon

The Pale: Rock trio from Bellingham, Washington led by vocalist/keyboardist Gabe Archer

Pedro The Lion: Alt-folk-rock trio from Seattle led by vocalist/guitarist David Bazan

Grant-Lee Phillips: Singer/songwriter from Stockton, California; founder of Grant Lee Buffalo

Pink Grease: Glam-rock quintet from Sheffield, England, featuring vocalist Rory Lewarne

The Prodigy: Techno collective from Braintree, England, led by composer/producer/DJ Liam Howlett

Project e.l.f.: Bay Area electronica duo Roach and Brain

Psapp: Carim Glassman & Galia Durant, glitch-pop duo from London

Rainstick Orchestra: Baku Tsunoda & Naomichi Tanaka, electronica duo from Tokyo

Raising The Fawn: Alt-rock trio from Toronto led vocalist John Crossingham

Random Factor: Pseudonym of Carl A. Finlow, Paris-based electronic musician and producer

The Reputation: Rock quartet from Chicago led by vocalist Elizabeth Elmore, ex-Sarge

Rogue Wave: Alternative rock trio from San Francisco led by vocalist Zach Rogue

Savath & Savalas: Spanish-language electronic pop project of producer Scott Herren

Peter Searcy: Rock singer/songwriter from Louisville, ex-Squirrel Bait

Secret Machines: Alternative rock trio from Dallas featuring vocalist Brandon Curtis

Ron Sexsmith: Singer/songwriter from Niagara Falls, Ontario

Sixtoo: Instrumental hip-hop artist/producer from Halifax, Nova Scotia

60 Channels: Los Angeles drum-and-bass/downbeat electronica collective led by producer The Angel

Roni Size: Seminal drum-and-bass composer and producer from Bristol, England

Skalpel: Marcin Cichy & Igor Pudlo, nu-jazz/DJ duo from Wroclaw, Poland

Slicker: Pseudonym of John Hughes, electronic musician/collagist from Chicago

The Snake The Cross The Crown: Huntsville, AL-formed rock quintet from Santa Barbara, California

Starsailor: Rock quartet from Wigan, England led by vocalist James Walsh

Statistics: Pseudonym of Denver Dalley, electronic-pop artist from Omaha, Nebraska

Stereolab: Multinational experimental/retro-pop quintet featuring French vocalist Laetitia Sadier

Strategy: Pseudonym of Paul Dickow, electronic musician/DJ from Portland, Oregon

Styrofoam: Pseudonym of Arne van Petegam, downtempo electronic musician from Belgium

Telefon Tel Aviv: Charles Cooper & Joshua Eustis, classically-trained electronica duo from New Orleans

The Tragically Hip: Rock quintet from Kingston, Ontario led by vocalist Gordon Downie

The Trashcan Sinatras: Veteran alternative rock quintet from Irvine, Scotland

TV On The Radio: East coast alternative rock trio featuring vocalist Tunde Adebimpe

U2: Seminal rock quartet from Dublin, Ireland led by vocalist Bono and guitarist The Edge

VAST: Pseudonym of Jon Crosby, prodigious Humboldt, California rock guitarist/songwriter

The Velvet Teen: Bay Area alternative pop trio featuring vocalist Judah Nagler

The Walkmen: New York-based rock quintet from Washington, DC feat. vocalist Hamilton Leithauser

Washington Social Club: Coed alternative rock quartet from Washington, DC

Wilco: Roots-rock quintet from Illinois led by vocalist Jeff Tweedy, ex-Uncle Tupelo

Zeromancer: Electro-industrial rock quintet from Oslo, Norway

Zero 7: Sam Hardaker and Henry Binns, London soul/electronica/remix duo

Zwan: Chicago rock quintet led by vocalist Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins); disbanded

 

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