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Aerosmith - Honkin' On Bobo

By Steve LaBate on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Aerosmith might have lost you in a sea of bad production and even worse songs during the last 25 years... read more

Prince - Musicology

By Nick Purdy on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

By the time you read these words, you’ll likely be sick of hearing about “Prince’s second act.” A slobbering fan of his music since the early ’80s... read more

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

By Tim Porter on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

The demise of South African Apartheid stands as one of the most inspiring and hopeful events in modern human history... read more

The Go - The Go

By Steve LaBate on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Holy Electric Warrior. Ultra-fuzz guitars blasting out of the gates, Detroit-based band The Go kicks it with glam-bubble-gum/trash-rock bravado... read more

Statistics - Leave Your Name

By Matt Fink on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

The first full-length release by Desaparecidos guitarist and Conor Oberst confidant Denver Dalley, Leave Your Name is perfectly produced indie-rock drama... read more

Jen Chapin - Linger

By Andy Whitman on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Yes, she’s Harry’s daughter, but don’t expect the long, folky story songs her old man perfected... read more

Dada - How To Be Found

By Bud Scoppa on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

L.A.-based dada—which saw a modicum of success in the ’90s before falling off the back of the major-label bandwagon—is a throwback to a time before multiple formats and myriad subgenres... read more

Laterna: Lanterna - Highways

By Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

At first blush, Henry Frayne’s echoic, Joshua Tree-inspired guitars—layered over percussion and tape effects—sounds dangerously akin to the music accompanying open-road, luxury sedan commercials... read more

Todd Sterling: Tom Russell

By Todd Sterling on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Good singer/songwriters understand which emotional buttons to push in order to please audiences. Great singer/songwriters, however, coax listeners deep into another world... read more

Clemente - Teeth Measure the Need

By Bud Scoppa on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

This may be the first recorded example of a new sub-subgenre I’ll call emo-alt.country. Jefrey Siler, frontman of Athens’ Clemente, writes miniature narratives that sound like half of an overheard cell-phone conversation... read more

The Veils - The Runaway Found

By Tim Sheridan on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Like the new kid at school eager to make an impression, The Veils over-indulge a bit in the atmospheric noodling that’s proven so successful for classmates like Coldplay and Travis... read more

Matt Pond PA - Emblems

By Dave Sims on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Matt Pond PA is a band, not a guy, thank you very much, although the bandleader’s name—coincidentally—happens to be Matt Pond. Funny, that... read more

CocoRosie - La Maison de Mon Reve

By Tara Flanagan on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

The history of rock is full of sibling collaborations: the Everly brothers, the Davies brothers, the Wilson sisters, Jack and Meg White (actually, scratch that last one)... read more

Audio Learning Center - Cope Park

By Grant Shellen on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

The 30 seconds of light falsetto vocals and soft piano chords that kick off Audio Learning Center’s second album are a bit misleading... read more

Blanche - If We Can't Trust the Doctors...

By Bill Clifford on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Blanche’s Dan Miller and The White Stripes’ Jack White shared the spotlight in a short-lived Detroit band... read more

Mirah - C'mon Miracle

By Tara Flanagan on 12:00 AM on June 1, 2004

Whither the female singer/songwriter who relies on craft and lyrical prowess rather than on her own precious little-girl voice? There’s no doubt Olympia, Wash.’s Mirah has a beautiful voice but, unfortunately, it’s a voice with very little to say... read more