On April 6, 2004, Niki Sullivan died aged 69. He was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, best known as one of the four original members of Buddy Holly’s backing band. In 2012, Sullivan was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” as a member of the Crickets.
Tag Archives: 2004
Architecture in Helsinki: In Case We Die
On April 5, 2005, “Tailem Bend/Inertia” label released “In Case We Die”, the second Architecture in Helsinki studio album. It was recorded June 2004 – January 2005, at “Super Melody World”, and was produced by James Cecil and Cameron Bird.
Personnel:
- Cameron Bird – lead vocals, guitars, percussion
- James Cecil – backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums
- Gus Franklin – vocals, trombone, horns, guitar, drums
- Isobel Knowles – vocals, trumpet, horns
- Jamie Mildren – instrumentation, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, flute, glockenspiel, melodica
- Sam Perry – vocals, slide guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards
- Tara Shackell – instrumentation, tuba, trombone, keyboards
- Kellie Sutherland – vocals, clarinet, melodica, horns, keyboards
Track listing:
- Neverevereverdid
- It’5!
- Tiny Paintings
- Wishbone
- Maybe You Can Owe Me
- Do the Whirlwind
- In Case We Die (Parts 1-4)
- The Cemetery
- Frenchy, I’m Faking
- Need to Shout
- Rendezvous: Potrero Hill
- What’s in Store?
Pepper: In With the Old
On March 30, 2004, “Volcom Entertainment” label released “In With the Old”, the third Pepper studio album. It was recorded September – October 2003, at “The Hive”, and was produced by Zack Barnhorst, Richard Woolcott and Ron St. Germain.
Personnel:
- Zack Barnhorst – vocals, guitar, arrangements, engineer, mixing
- Kaleo Wassman – vocals, guitar, arrangements
- Ronnie King – keyboards
- Bret Bollinger – vocals, bass, arrangements
- Yesod Williams – drums, percussion, arrangements
- Joe Gastwirt – mastering
- Ryan Immegart – design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Zack Barnhorst.
- Back Home
- Are You Down?
- Love Affair
- Use Me
- Seven Weeks
- Ashes
- Border Town
- Wanna Know You
- Keep Your Head Bangin
- Your 45
- Punk Rock Cowboy
- Look What I Found
The Bravery: Same
On March 29, 2005, “Island” label released the self-titled, debut Bravery (The) album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Sam Endicott.
Personnel:
- Sam Endicott– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Michael Zakarin – lead guitar, backing vocals
- John Conway – keyboards, backing vocals
- Mike Hindert– bass, backing vocals
- Anthony Burulcich – drums, backing vocals
- Steven Lourie – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Sam Endicott, except where noted.
- An Honest Mistakes
- No Brakes
- Fearless
- Tyrant – Endicott, John Conway
- Give In
- Swollen Summer
- Public Service Announcement
- Out of Line
- Unconditional
- The Ring Song
- Rites of Spring
Phoenix: Alphabetical
On March 29, 2004, “Source” label released “Alphabetical”, the second Phoenix studio album. It was recorded 2003 – 2004, and was produced by Tony Hoffer, Deck D’Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, Thomas Mars and Christian Mazzalai.
Personnel:
- Thomas Mars– vocals
- Laurent Brancowitz– guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Christian Mazzalai – guitar, backing vocals
- Deck D’Arcy – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
- Alex Locascio – drums, percussion
- Ivan Beck – acoustic guitar
- Pino Palladino – bass
- Jm Mery – additional keyboards
Track listing:
All tracks by Deck D’Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, Thomas Mars, Christian Mazzalai.
- Everything Is Everything
- Run Run Run
- I’m an Actor
- Love for Granted
- Victim of the Crime
- (You Can’t Blame It On) Anybody
- Congratulations
- If It’s Not with You
- Holdin’ on Together
- Alphabetical
Porcupine Tree: Deadwing
On March 28, 2005, “Lava” label released “Deadwing”, the eighth Porcupine Tree studio album. It was recorded March – October 2004, and was produced by Steven Wilson, Gavin Harrison and Richard Barbieri.
Personnel:
- Steven Wilson – vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, hammered dulcimer, bass guitar, mixing
- Richard Barbieri – keyboards, synthesizers
- Colin Edwin – bass guitar
- Gavin Harrison– drums, percussion
- Mikael Åkerfeldt – guitar, backing vocals
- Adrian Belew – guitar
- Paul Northfield, George Schilling – recording
- Andy VanDette – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by Steven Wilson, except where noted.
- Deadwing
- Shallow
- Lazarus
- Halo – Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson
- Arriving Somewhere but Not Here
- Mellotron Scratch
- Open Car
- Start of Something Beautiful – Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson
- Glass Arm Shattering – Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson
Eric Clapton: Me And Mr. Johnson
On March 23, 2004, “Reprise” label released “Me and Mr. Johnson”, album by Eric Clapton consisting of covers of songs written and originally recorded by Robert Johnson. It was recorded in 2004, at “The Town House” in London, and was produced by Simon Climie and Eric Clapton.
Personnel:
- Eric Clapton– vocals, guitar, slide guitar
- Andy Fairweather-Low– guitar
- Doyle Bramhall II– guitar, slide guitar
- Jerry Portnoy– harmonica
- Billy Preston– organ
- Chris Stainton– piano
- Nathan East– bass
- Steve Gadd– drums
- Pino Palladino– bass
- Jim Keltner– drums
- Alan Douglas – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by Robert Johnson.
- When You Got a Good Friend
- Little Queen of Spades
- They’re Red Hot
- Me and the Devil Blues
- Traveling Riverside Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- Stop Breakin’ Down Blues
- Milkcow’s Calf Blues
- Kind Hearted Woman Blues
- Come on in My Kitchen
- If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
- Love in Vain
- 32-20 Blues
- Hell Hound on My Trail
The Vines: Winning Days
On March 23, 2004, “Capitol” label released “Winning Days”, the second Vines (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Bearsville Studios” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Rob Schnapf.
Personnel:
- Craig Nicholls- vocals, guitars, percussion, Moog synthesizer
- Ryan Griffiths- guitars
- Patrick Matthews- bass guitar, piano, keyboards
- Hamish Rosser- drums, percussion
- Doug Boehm- engineer, mixing
- Rob Schnapf- mixing
- Susanna Howe- booklet photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Craig Nicholls, except where noted.
- Ride
- Animal Machine
- TV Pro
- Autumn Shade II
- Evil Town
- Winning Days
- She’s Got Something to Say to Me
- Rainfall
- Amnesia
- Sun Child
- T.W
Augie March: Moo, You Bloody Choir
On March 11, 2006, “Sony BMG Australia” label released “Moo, You Bloody Choir”, the third Augie March studio album. It was recorded November 2004 – June 2005, at “Sing Sing” and “Woodstock Studios” in Melbourne, “Hyde Street Studios” in San Francisco, “Second World Studios” in Victoria, and was produced by Eric Drew Feldman, Paul McKercher, Glenn Richards, Edmondo Ammendola, Adam Donovan, Kiernan Box and David Williams.
Personnel:
- Glenn Richards – vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Adam Donovan – guitar, keyboards
- Kiernan Box – keyboards
- Edmondo Ammendola – bass guitar
- David Williams – drums, percussion
- Julien Wilson – tenor saxophone
- Ben Gillespie – trombone
- Chris Tanner – clarinet
- Eugene Ball– trumpet
- Miki Tsunoda, Andrea Keeble, Matthew Tompkins – violin
- Esther Michel – sleigh bells
Track listing:
All tracks by Glenn Richards
- One Crowded Hour
- Victoria’s Secrets
- The Cold Acre
- Stranger Strange
- Mother Greer
- The Honey Month
- Just Passing Through
- Thin Captain Crackers
- Bottle Baby
- Wellington Reverie
- The Baron of Sentiment
- Bolte and Dunstan Talk Youth
- Clockwork
- Vernoona
Jack Johnson: In Between Dreams
On March 1, 2005, “Brushfire Records” label released “In Between Dreams”, the third Jack Johnson studio album. It was recorded in October 2004, at “The Mango Tree” in Hawaii, and was produced by Mario Caldato, Jr. The album was certified 4 x Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, 3 x Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 3 x Platinum in Denmark by “IFPI Denmark”, 2 x Platinum in Ireland by “IRMA”, 5 x Platinum in UK by “BPI”, and 2 x Platinum in US by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- Jack Johnson- vocals, guitars
- Sam Lapointe – lead guitar
- Simon Tessier – bassoon
- Zach Gill- piano, accordion, melodica
- Merlo Podlewski – bass guitar
- Adam Topol – drums, percussion
- Johnald Hernandez – backing vocals
- Zachary Von Wilkenstein – backing vocals, sound producer
- Mario Caldato, Jr.- engineer
- Robert Carranza– engineer
- Thomas Campbell, Dave Homcy – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Jack Johnson; all music by Jack Johnson, except where noted.
- Better Together
- Never Know
- Banana Pancakes – Steven Harang
- Good People
- No Other Way
- Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
- Staple It Together – Jack Johnson, Merlo Podlewski
- Situations
- Crying Shame – Jack Johnson, Adam Topol
- If I Could
- Breakdown – Jack Johnson, Dan Nakamura, Paul Huston
- Belle
- Do You remember
- Constellations








