Old Gold Dreams: a Friday Freaky Trigger update, since I’m having a quiet night in! Here we have a review of Steps’ greatest hits by me, and here the AMG’s Andy Kellman contributes to our C90 Go! feature, writing up a vaguely-themat[…]

Osymyso – pop troublemaker behind “Intro-Inspection” – has his own website, with lots of hidden MP3s and audio-snippets. He was playing at last night’s King Of The Boots, though I didn’t stick aound for his set. No[…]

Duel 2002 Round 1 Match 7

Which Of These Two Bands Is Worse?

The Stereophonics

The Strokes

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A handbag full of tar and a gladrag soaked in chloroform — Jesus, where do you even begin to ta[…]

It’s obvious why this Pitchfork reviewer didn’t like the new Lambchop album – see for instance what he says about their last record, Nixon: “As the band’s makeshift orchestra performed horn and string swoops worthy of a […]

Freaky Trigger Focus Group V: it’s here! Thanks to Mike Daddino for all his hard work (held back by my procrastinating about typing up comments!) and I hope you all enjoy it enormously![…]

DUEL 2002! Round 1 Match 6

Duel! 2002 Round 1 Match 6

Which Of These Artists Is Worse?

Badly Drawn Boy

Spiritualized

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On the subject of these combatants Starry Sarah Clarke sez:
‘Bi[…]

DUEL! 2002 — Round 1 Match 5

Duel 2002 Round 1 Match 5

Which Of These Two Bands Is Worse?

Manic Street Preachers

Gorillaz

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Pete introduces today’s Duel! –
‘One dow[…]

BeatBlog: this is a great idea! But I think in order to be a true ‘blog’ of beats a site would need to stick to a links + commentary format – a ‘link’ could be an existing sample and a ‘commentary’ could be t[…]

Among the maggots: “That dude gave me a four-week-old dead rabbit foetus, man!” Clown booms to me later, by way of explanation. Why? “Because it’s fucking interesting, that’s why! I’m flattered! It’s not gros[…]

DUEL 2002 — Round 1 Match 4

Duel 2002 Round 1 Match 4

Which Of These Two Bands Is Worse?:

Slipknot

Muse

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For the fourth day in a row, the lumpen roar of US nu rock is confronted with […]