Word: underground
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...this I had heard more of the formidable buzz than of the band itself, at the show the three Scots seemed nothing but incredulous at the audience’s thrilled reaction to their music. In months to come, their fame would explode, with appeal not only in the underground, but also as far-reaching as MTV, where their video for “Take Me Out” could be seen alongside Modest Mouse’s “Float On.” The other moment came when I returned to school from the summer, and suddenly...
...like, say, personality and good songwriting—will inspire record labels to demand higher artistic standards in their other acts. And lest we forget, 2004 also had lots of great rap albums. Madvillain, the brainchild of emcee MF Doom and producer Madlib, broke out of the underground with a relentlessly unique Lo-Fi collaboration. The absurdly gifted young producer Kanye West picked up the microphone and silenced his doubters, proving himself a witty and charming new voice. Eminem returned from a two-year break with—well—something completely different, a record that sometimes seemed unfocused...
Honorable mentions go to Franz Ferdinand, the Arcade Fire and the Kings of Convenience, wrapping up a year in rock that may go down to some as the year indie broke, but to others just another solid year in underground music...
...RELEASED. LIU JINGSHENG, 50, Chinese pro-democracy campaigner and co-founder of the underground magazine Tansuo (Explorations); after 12 years in prison for counterrevolutionary activity; in Beijing. Liu, who participated in the 1978 Democracy Wall movement, was arrested after he helped establish the China Freedom and Democracy Party following the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Human-rights activists called Liu's release two years before the end of his sentence a conciliatory gesture to the international community by the Chinese government...
It’s hard to find fault with the underground credentials of Vancouver-based punks The WPP. Vocal duties osciallate between all four members, who all play instruments as well, smashing any notions of rock deityhood. To top it off, their most recent album, He Has the Technology, was written in an actual basement and put out by the obscure Hollywood label Satellite City. Punk rock, indeed...