The first night of Noise Pop 2004 began with a VIP party at the venerable 16th Street establishment Thee Parkside. I was all set to attend, but then I made the mistake of taking a little early evening ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Over the past months, Noise Pop has been posting bits and pieces of the 2004 edition of it's six-day San Francisco-area fest. Finally, the entire lineup is online. The fest, which includes ...

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, ...

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 ...