Club Freaky Trigger is back and the site will relaunch on the same day (August 6th).[…]

Futurism seekers look away — this is a lovers’ jam with sticky-tape and eggbox backing. Not that it won’t get you moving — the ‘Grippas’ rhythm Rupee rides bumps most addictively — but its cheapo vibe (those […]

John Otway plays every year at Glastonbury in the Cabaret tent, but no one ever goes to see him. He had a novelty hit single called ‘Cor Baby That’s Really Free’ in the late ’70s and has reputedly been living off that in a rat[…]

Beyonce Knowles- Crazy in Love
Everything about the new Beyonce video seems to be cribbed from Madonna: the burning car and the black saints that recall Like A Virigin (with a new meta level added by the fact that Beyonce is dating the saint in real […]

The publog vs CAMRA: a battle which is inherent in our very core. They believe the ale is the thing, we beg to differ – it is all about the pub. It is even more nebulous and subjective to judge the atmosphere of a venue than even the taste of a[…]

Gorky as in Gorky Park – scene of terrible crime (and a pretty terrible film though I always had a soft spot for the book which has long passages about the solace in vodka.)
Zygotic as in the Zygons – a particularly bad Doctor Who villain from th[…]

TOM’S TOP TWELVE
LADY SAW – “Let’s Go Party”
THE DARKNESS – “Get Your Hands Off My Woman”
RAGGA REYES – “Te Traigo El…Papichulo”
ELEPHANT MAN – “Nah Lick”
EURYT[…]

Tanya fans look sharp: the archives to I Hate Music have finally been sorted out courtesy of NYLPM mainstay Pete Baran. Tomorrow afternoon Pete, myself and a number of other reprobates will be putting the final touches on the Freaky Trigger Revival a[…]

They may well never have met, let alone shared studio air but Blu and Sean have still crossed the line separating “featuring” from “duet”. The two-hander has Blu saying she’ll go and Sean telling her no, and plays exquis[…]

The Guardian on Amy Studt. If there was ever a red rag to a NYLPM bull it would be this subheading: “The latest pop phenomenon is 17, stunning, and managed by the Spice Girls’ Simon Fuller. But Amy Studt’s unique selling point, say[…]