Pitchfork Inna (Very Confused) Dancehall Stylee. First things first: Mo Wax’s Now Thing comp. (another timely Pitchfork review) is dub only in the most tangential sense: that it features (mostly) instrumental “versions” of ragga da[…]

Vive La France: Pete and I are off on holiday for a week, hooray! That means we won’t be round here, and it means no Freaky Trigger updates. Unfortunately I am leaving without answering a load of e-mails because my connection’s been down […]

A hip-hop version of The Weakest Link??? What’s next, R&B Celebrity Squares? Except whole new rapping concept albums about how Da Brat should have known the capital of Australia and B-Real’s disgruntlement at being voted off in the t[…]

G-g-g-gareth G-g-g-gates’s website, to all of you WILL HATAS/lunys/nappy wetters: www.ggates.co.uk. Even his WEBSITE is having a laugh at him! (This was pointed out to me via popbitch). I’ve got fcuking Unchained Melody in my head now.[…]

COURTNEY, COURTNEY, COURTNEY: Three articles from the NME website. So much to say, but there’s just not enough time in the day / week / lunar cycle. And now I hear her voice in my head, saying all these stupid stupid things. Calgon, take me[…]

Destiny’s Child — Nasty Girl
Up until now, they have managed to surprise me with every single and – sorry Popistas! – for a popact that’s a whole lot. But the forced demeanor of this particular gem just can’t seem […]

Okay – so the flute thing didn’t pan out (flute – pan – geddit?). Perhaps the big chart sound for the next couple of mintyhs might be the carnival sound. This is not strictly latin or soca, just anything vibrant, strident and […]

AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD – “Source Tags And Codes”
The problem of boredom in alt.rock music is probably just the problem of me noticing boredom in alt.rock music more easily. (That’s the generous interpretatio[…]

Ethan on ILM flailing to describe a condition I’ve been experiencing (and therefore trying to explicate) for some time now. Listening right now to the new(est) Unwound record – and yes, it’s every bit as good as everyone makes it o[…]

SOULWAX – “Push It (Remix)”
The major labels are circling, and if that’s not a writ they’re carrying it’s a chequebook; the clubs are packed so tight you can’t breathe; the papers are racing to be first to si[…]