The A.V. Club has had a lot of fun looking back at the year 2004 this week, and more broadly, bringing back our annual retrospective package. Now, as is customary, we’re capping off the week with a ...

Franz Ferdinand hits in America: A Scottish quartet that's not afraid to dress up, play loud and sing about bisexual nookie? It's about time. Lollapalooza canceled: How hard could it have been to ...

The good, the bad, the bizarre, the befuddling , This wasn't just a good year for pop culture. It was an absolutely brilliant year. Sure there are easy jokes to be had at the expense of the likes of ...

The final three days of the 2004 Noise Pop Festival were filled with a plethora of solid shows, too many, in fact to choose from. Yet between myself, David Adams, and Gabe Mirlin, we attempted to ...

I had actually decided to take Wednesday night off from Noise Pop. Technically the second day of the annual San Francisco off-kilter rock oriented festival, the 25th of February was in most respects ...

Usher owned 2004 from front to back with one of the great album eras of the entire 21st century. By Ross Scarano (In 2018, the Billboard staff released a list project of its choices for the Greatest ...

Music critic Ken Tucker gives us his top picks in pop for 2004. He runs down his 10 best albums, and then talks about some trends of 2004, such as the return of punk, the year of the hip-hop producer, ...

There are many potential nominees, including, but not limited to, Howard Stern becoming a Bush-basher, “Fahrenheit 9/11,” the shocking popularity of “Desperate Housewives,” and even the murder of Dime ...