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 AngelRoni 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 OrleansThe 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/songwriterThe 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