RECORD ARCHIVE - records in December 2004
Staff picks 2004 - James Barton writes: We've supported three tracks from Headland in the last 12 months and this...

Headland
Sick Man
Staff picks 2004 - James Barton writes: We've supported three tracks from Headland in the last 12 months and this...
2004 staff picks - Paul Scaife writes: Back in June we wrote "we're actually beginning to think it's one of...

Shapeshifters
Lola's Theme
2004 staff picks - Paul Scaife writes: Back in June we wrote "we're actually beginning to think it's one of...
2004 Staff Picks - David Balfour writes: Take Me Out debuted way back in January and it's shown the kind...

Franz Ferdinand
Take Me Out
2004 Staff Picks - David Balfour writes: Take Me Out debuted way back in January and it's shown the kind...
Wherein R Kelly proves himself to be the only worthy successor to Marvin Gaye (all nu soul artists should hear...

R Kelly
Happy People
Wherein R Kelly proves himself to be the only worthy successor to Marvin Gaye (all nu soul artists should hear...
This was the track that first turned us on to The Dawn Parade. They were supposed to play SXSW last...

The Dawn Parade
Caffeine Row
This was the track that first turned us on to The Dawn Parade. They were supposed to play SXSW last...
In the last year or so of his life, John Peel championed this band more than just about any other....

The Dawn Parade
Hole In My Heart
In the last year or so of his life, John Peel championed this band more than just about any other....
Another track we discovered via CD Pool's excellent Radio CDs, and what a discovery. It's the halfway point between Minnie...

Ric-A-Che
Coo Coo Che
Another track we discovered via CD Pool's excellent Radio CDs, and what a discovery. It's the halfway point between Minnie...
This was the lead single from Hanson's new album in America, which quickly became one of the most successful self-released...

Hanson
Penny & Me
This was the lead single from Hanson's new album in America, which quickly became one of the most successful self-released...
This Birmingham five piece were the first unsigned band to be playlisted on Kerrang! 105.2fm. They're supporting Stereophonics on their...

Casino
Fallen Out Of Love
This Birmingham five piece were the first unsigned band to be playlisted on Kerrang! 105.2fm. They're supporting Stereophonics on their...
Canada has always produced an extraordinary numbers of musical legends and massive career artists. Recently it has produced a few...

The Golden Dogs
Birdsong
Canada has always produced an extraordinary numbers of musical legends and massive career artists. Recently it has produced a few...
We heard about My Luminaries first through Drowned In Sound. Now lots of people are talking about them. They're a...

My Luminaries
A Man Without His Phone
We heard about My Luminaries first through Drowned In Sound. Now lots of people are talking about them. They're a...
There's a big and growing buzz on this track, and no wonder. It's that rare thing - a wonderful, intelligent...

Willy Mason
Oxygen
Grandma's Basement/ Radiate/Virgin
There's a big and growing buzz on this track, and no wonder. It's that rare thing - a wonderful, intelligent...
A girl-fronted rock band from the label that brought you The Weekend, with a co-writing credit for Michael Gray himself....

Portobella
Viva La Difference
A girl-fronted rock band from the label that brought you The Weekend, with a co-writing credit for Michael Gray himself....
Donavon is a professional surfer, like Jack Johnson who co-produced and guested on his album. We are suspicious of surfers...

Donavon Frankenreiter
It Don't Matter
Donavon is a professional surfer, like Jack Johnson who co-produced and guested on his album. We are suspicious of surfers...
This is one of the biggest street records of recent times and it will be fascinating to see whether it...

Lethal B
Pow
This is one of the biggest street records of recent times and it will be fascinating to see whether it...
39 Flavours is more than a song - it's an explosion of melody, with more hooks than most bands' albums....

Atomica
39 Flavours
39 Flavours is more than a song - it's an explosion of melody, with more hooks than most bands' albums....
You'd have to confess, with a ten year recording career, a best of album and Grammy awards behind them, you...

The Chemical Brothers
Galvanize
You'd have to confess, with a ten year recording career, a best of album and Grammy awards behind them, you...