RECORD ARCHIVE - records in August 2004
Wire Daisies are a class act. Our music editor Joe Taylor wanted to sign their publishing (in the end Mike...

Wire Daisies
Butterfly
Wire Daisies are a class act. Our music editor Joe Taylor wanted to sign their publishing (in the end Mike...
Brief history of Alexis Strum's career: signed first as a songwriter by Mike Sault at Warner/ Chappell, then as an artist...

Alexis Strum
Bad Haircut
Brief history of Alexis Strum's career: signed first as a songwriter by Mike Sault at Warner/ Chappell, then as an artist...
The buzz on this track is simply too big for us to ignore - thanks to messageboard regular Urban is...

Lethal B
Forward Riddim
The buzz on this track is simply too big for us to ignore - thanks to messageboard regular Urban is...
Fountains Of Wayne are masters of charming, concise, good old-fashioned pop songs as Hey Julie proves once more. This is...

Fountains of Wayne
Hey Julie
Fountains Of Wayne are masters of charming, concise, good old-fashioned pop songs as Hey Julie proves once more. This is...
"Rock at its finest,� and "alternative bliss," raves Rolling Stone. Their sound is an exciting marriage of Motown and pop...

Communique
Cross Your Heart
"Rock at its finest,� and "alternative bliss," raves Rolling Stone. Their sound is an exciting marriage of Motown and pop...
More proof that Finland really rocks, Bitch Alert are incredibly young, great live and impressing all the key rock press,...

Bitch Alert
Monday
More proof that Finland really rocks, Bitch Alert are incredibly young, great live and impressing all the key rock press,...
Here's an exclusive preview of the new R Kelly double album Happy People/U Saved Me which is released on August 23....

R Kelly
Red Carpet
Here's an exclusive preview of the new R Kelly double album Happy People/U Saved Me which is released on August 23....
We almost couldn't believe this was British when we heard it first - it's just too good. A breath of fresh...

Estelle
Free
We almost couldn't believe this was British when we heard it first - it's just too good. A breath of fresh...
Scribe is the most credible New Zealand hip hopper. Not Many is being heard week-in-week-out by millions of British record...

Scribe
Not Many
Scribe is the most credible New Zealand hip hopper. Not Many is being heard week-in-week-out by millions of British record...
We first saw this lot at the Swedish Grammis - they won an award and accepted it wearing monkey masks...

The Knife
Heartbeats
We first saw this lot at the Swedish Grammis - they won an award and accepted it wearing monkey masks...
Oyebanji Adebunmi, or Banji for short, is a poet and songwriter based in Lagos, Nigeria. He's licensing his material in...

Banji
Goodness Me
Oyebanji Adebunmi, or Banji for short, is a poet and songwriter based in Lagos, Nigeria. He's licensing his material in...
No soundclip. We loved Lambchop in the early days but more recently had assumed they were catering to their existing...

Lambchop
Something's Going On
No soundclip. We loved Lambchop in the early days but more recently had assumed they were catering to their existing...
When we last featured Ivory he was unsigned and we described him as Madness to Mike Skinner's Clash. One bidding...

Ivory
Blaze A Trail
When we last featured Ivory he was unsigned and we described him as Madness to Mike Skinner's Clash. One bidding...
Eskimo Joe's A Song Is A City is an excellent rock album with major international appeal and at least three...

Eskimo Joe
From The Sea
Eskimo Joe's A Song Is A City is an excellent rock album with major international appeal and at least three...
You is the essence of new band excitement distilled into under two minutes. Apparently, Thee Unstrung's gigs are the essence...

Thee Unstrung
You
You is the essence of new band excitement distilled into under two minutes. Apparently, Thee Unstrung's gigs are the essence...
This track could prove pivotal in dance music for two reasons. The Shapeshifters track is what we'd call a Southern...

Eric Prydz
Call On Me
This track could prove pivotal in dance music for two reasons. The Shapeshifters track is what we'd call a Southern...
We featured this back in April as it was part of Orange mobile Try campaign. It's now C listed at...

Air
Alpha Beta Gaga
We featured this back in April as it was part of Orange mobile Try campaign. It's now C listed at...
This was the B side of Keane's first ever single (on Fierce Panda), and it was this, more than the...

Keane
Bedshaped
This was the B side of Keane's first ever single (on Fierce Panda), and it was this, more than the...
Claire is 17 year-old singer songwriter from Croydon who will inevitably be bracketed with Avril Lavigne but is clearly rootsier...

Claire Toomey
One Last Look
Claire is 17 year-old singer songwriter from Croydon who will inevitably be bracketed with Avril Lavigne but is clearly rootsier...
Bet you thought you heard all the versions you need to hear of this song, right? Think again, because Allison...

Allison Crowe
Hallelujah
Bet you thought you heard all the versions you need to hear of this song, right? Think again, because Allison...
Kalgren are from Minneapolis and they've been together less than a year. Waiting For You is songwriting of real class...