2004 | MTV2 | Subterranean

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January 2, 2004Blue October
January 11, 2004Atmosphere
January 18, 2004host Jim Shearer
January 25, 2004host Jim Shearer
February 1, 2004The Crystal Method
February 8, 2004Starsailor
February 15, 2004Death Cab For Cutie
February 22, 2004Dizzee Rascal
February 29, 2004Beck
March 7, 2004The Von Bondies, Subterranean UK
March 14, 2004The Strokes
March 21, 2004Stellastarr*
March 28, 2004The Darkness (repeat)
April 2, 2004The Polyphonic Spree, British Sea Power
April 9, 2004The Stills, Pretty Girls Make Graves
April 16, 2004Sam Roberts, Modest Mouse
April 23, 2004Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol
May 2, 2004Air
May 9, 2004Peaches
May 16, 2004Secret Machines
May 23, 2004The Features
May 30, 2004Bumblebeez 81
June 6, 2004Sonic Youth
June 13, 2004Ben Kweller
June 20, 2004Ambulance Ltd.
June 27, 2004PJ Harvey
July 4, 2004The Fire Theft
July 11, 2004The Streets
July 18, 2004The Walkmen
July 25, 2004The Hives
August 1, 2004Muse
August 8, 2004TV on the Radio
August 15, 2004The Veils
August 22, 2004Jesse Malin
August 29, 2004Secret Machines (repeat)
September 5, 2004Shortlist Music Prize #1
September 12, 2004host Jim Shearer
September 19, 2004Snow Patrol
September 26, 2004Sam Roberts
October 3, 2004Shortlist Music Prize #2
October 10, 2004Keane
October 17, 2004Interpol
October 24, 2004Rilo Kiley
October 31, 2004Clinic
November 7, 2004The Dandy Warhols
November 14, 2004French Kicks
November 21, 2004Shortlist Music Prize #3
November 28, 2004Razorlight
December 5, 2004Dogs Die In Hot Cars
December 12, 2004Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
December 19, 2004Le Tigre
December 26, 2004Best of 2004
 January 2, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Blue October
Album: History For Sale
 January 11, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Atmosphere
Album: Seven's Travels
 January 18, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: None
 January 25, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: None
 February 1, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: The Crystal Method
Album: Legion of Boom
 February 8, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Starsailor
Album: Silence Is Easy
 February 15, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Death Cab For Cutie
Album: Transatlanticism
 February 22, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Dizzee Rascal
Album: Boy In Da Corner
 February 29, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Beck (being interviewed through a TV screen)
Album: Sea Change
 March 7, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: The Von Bondies
Album: Pawn Shoppe Heart
Zane opened the show by saying, "Happy New Year! Albeit 3 months late. Yes, London is still standing."
 March 14, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: The Strokes
Album: Room on Fire
 March 21, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Stellastarr*
Album: Stellastarr*
 March 28, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: The Darkness (repeat)
Album: Permission to Land
This show was technically a repeat (the segments originally aired November 21, 2003), but the videos were updated, except I Believe In A Thing Called Love.
 April 2, 2004
Location: South by Southwest (SXSW)
Host: Jim Shearer
Guests: The Polyphonic Spree, British Sea Power
 April 9, 2004
Location: South by Southwest (SXSW)
Host: Jim Shearer
Guests: The Stills, Pretty Girls Make Graves
 April 16, 2004
Location: South by Southwest (SXSW)
Host: Jim Shearer
Guests: Sam Roberts, Modest Mouse
 April 23, 2004
Location: South by Southwest (SXSW)
Host: Jim Shearer
Guests: Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol
 May 2, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Air
Album: Talkie Walkie
 May 9, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Peaches
Album: Fatherfucker
Subterranean premiered exactly one year before this week's show, on May 9, 2003.
 May 16, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Secret Machines
Album: Now Here Is Nowhere
 May 23, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: The Features
Album: The Beginning
 May 30, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Bumblebeez 81
Album: The Printz
 June 6, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: None
Sonic Youth Video Dose
(a 30-minute special with excerpts from the DVD)
 June 13, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Ben Kweller
Album: On My Way
 June 20, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Ambulance Ltd.
Album: Ambulance Ltd.
 June 27, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: PJ Harvey
Album: Uh Huh Her
 July 4, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: The Fire Theft
Album: The Fire Theft
 
July 11, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: The Streets (Mike Skinner)
Album: A Grand Don't Come For Free
 
July 18, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: The Walkmen
Album: Bows & Arrows
MTV2 added an interesting "Subtext" feature while going to one of the commercial breaks, that explained a quick fact linking Thursday and Onelinedrawing. Reminds me much of old 120 Minutes.
 
July 25, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: The Hives
Album: Tyrannosaurus Hives
 
August 1, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Muse
Album: Absolution
 
August 8, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: TV On The Radio
Album: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
 
August 15, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: The Veils
Album: Runaway Found
 
August 22, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Jesse Malin
Album: Heat
 
August 29, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Secret Machines (repeat)
Album: Now Here Is Nowhere
This show was technically a repeat (the segments originally aired May 16, 2004), but the videos were updated.
 
September 5, 2004
Shortlist Music Prize special
 
September 12, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: None
 
September 19, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Snow Patrol
Album: Final Straw
This playlist is for the Monday night repeat of the September 19th episode, which featured the correct videos. Interpol's new video was not played on Sunday night.
 
September 26, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Sam Roberts
Album: We Were Born In A Flame
 
October 3, 2004
Shortlist Music Prize special #2 (finalists)
 
October 10, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Keane
Album: Hopes and Fears
 
October 17, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Interpol
Album: Antics
 
October 24, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Rilo Kiley
Album: More Adventurous
 
October 31, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Clinic
Album: Winchester Cathedral
 
November 7, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Courtney Taylor-Taylor of The Dandy Warhols
Album: Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000)
 
November 14, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: French Kicks
Album: The Trial of the Century
 
November 21, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guests: Shortlist Music Prize finalists, including Nellie McKay, Dizzee Rascal, TV On The Radio, and more
 
November 28, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Razorlight
Album: Up All Night
 
December 5, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Album: Please Describe Yourself
 
December 12, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Album: Shake the Sheets
 December 19, 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Guest: Le Tigre
Album: This Island
 December 26, 2004
Best of Subterranean 2004
Host: Jim Shearer
Top 10 videos as voted on MTV2.com. MTV2 ran out of time at the end, so they didn't play the #1 video. What a way to end the year! See you all in 2005, when hopefully at this time of year, Subterranean will still be on the air.

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