Oceansize’s debut album Effloresce was released on 29 September 2003 on Beggars Banquet . The album spawned the singles “Catalyst”, “One Day All This Could Be Yours” and “Remember Where You Are”, each of which featured a music video. The album garnered considerable critical acclaim, with music critic Ben Hogwood…
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Results May Vary was released on September 23, 2003, and received largely unfavorable reviews. AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine panned the album, writing, “the music has no melody, hooks, or energy, [and] all attention is focused on the clown jumping up and down and screaming in front, and long before…
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Muse’s third album, Absolution , produced by Rich Costey , Paul Reeve and John Cornfield was released on 15 September 2003. It debuted at number one in the UK and produced Muse’s first top-ten hit, ” Time Is Running Out “, and three top-twenty hits: ” Hysteria “, ” Sing…
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With Nille Perned again producing, the band released Before & After in 2002 in Scandinavia through the National record label and on 8 September 2003 in the UK on Cooking Vinyl records (who also handled distribution for the rest of the world). The album featured the singles “Skin”, “Disko” and…
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In the following year, along with the release of a third full-length album, KisÅ , Dir En Grey gave their first performances abroad, touring China, Taiwan, and South Korea. Back in Japan, the last dates of the lengthy Rettou Gekishin Angya tour were already in support for the band’s second…
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Jet entered the Sunset Sound Studios , Los Angeles with Dave Sardy producing their debut album Get Born (September 2003). Sardy had produced work for Marilyn Manson and the Dandy Warhols . The Australian quartet used Billy Preston on keyboards for two tracks. Get Born ‘ s title references a…
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2003 saw the release of their fourth album, titled You Gotta Go There to Come Back . In September 2003, drummer Stuart Cable was sacked. According to reports, it was because of his lack of commitment to the band. Cable, at the time, presented a TV show called “Cable TV”…
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After spending many years as a local band with different line-ups, recording three EPs and multiple demos. Story of the Year signed a deal with Maverick Records in 2002, then recorded and released their first album, Page Avenue in September 2003. The first single from that album was “Until the…
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In September 2003, Suede played five nights at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, dedicating each night to one of their five albums and performing an entire album per night in chronological order, with B-sides and rarities as encores. In October 2003, Suede released a second compilation album, Singles…
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Vertical Horizon’s next album, Go , was released in September 2003. Go was released while RCA was going through a major restructuring and as a result, the album received little support from the label. The album’s first single, ” I’m Still Here “, peaked at number 17 on the Adult…
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