Speaking of Simon R, his hugely entertaining Blissblog has been digging around for the roots of the ‘rave-punk’ idea he’s been pushing. He links to a Hyperdub piece – meanwhile ILX’s Dave Q was pushing So-Solid/Pistols c[…]

I went to the ICA last night and found myself at the bar. The first time I went there was in ’95, I think – Alex and I had found some night listed in The Wire and we called them up. “Is it a jungle night?” “It’s br[…]

Michaelangelo Matos goes out to dinner and hears some music there.[…]

XZHIBIT – “Choke Me, Spank Me (Pull My Hair)”
X’s paean to rough sex fails because a)the hump-thump beat is strictly missionary-position; b)X sounds far too polite about it (and isn’t creepy enough to work that to his ad[…]

Whirlybird: a familiar and pleasing aesthetic – wonder who’s behind it? Great to see Mike Jones’ Boris Becker piece get an online airing, too![…]

It Makes No Difference…: it’s a music weblog we haven’t linked yet! Olav loves his music and writes a lot about it – sorry Olav for the most generic description over but it’s 9.25 PM and I’m still in the office. Do[…]

Hey, do you remember when R&B used to get called “man-hating” all the time? That was a strange one. Songs about useless boyfriends are a barnacled pop tradition, but strap them onto platinum beats and suddenly masculinity is under sie[…]

Calling All NYLPM/FT Contributors! – and regular readers too, actually! The end of the year is upon us and once again Freaky Trigger is going to attempt some year-in-review thing. What I’d like you to do if you’ve got a moment is se[…]

Charles pulls pint in a new village pub: aka the Poet Laureate in Poundbury, Charles’ own postman-pat styled heritage village. Making the Poet Laureate possibly the most expensive theme pub in the world. Ananova declines to answer certain impor[…]

Freaky Trigger has a new logo! for the first time in eleven months! And there’s more Al Action with the return of TARKUS! Look for a more article-based update very soon…[…]