Pay To Play: expose of radio plugging practises which generally manages to exchange nostril-flared outrage for dry factuality and is the better for it. Except for that odd little intro: “Does radio seem bad these days? Do all the hits sound the[…]

Welcome aboard, Nanette! I notice though that you do not mention the video, which has Destiny’s Child prowling about an island in shipwrecked-cavewoman gear. It’s very artistic. Oh yes.
Judging from what I heard watching the video on CD:U[…]

Reorganisation creep…gone is the top ten (look to your right), though it will return in a fairer and more democratic form. What replaces it? Well, often at Freaky Trigger we get messages along the lines of, hey, you are nasty to so much music, […]

Am I Cool Or Not?: five “Fool” verdicts in a row – can this week’s subject buck the trend? Find out now.[…]

Top Of The Pops To Move: of note mostly because it disses Borehamwood, the hometown of a notable Freaky Trigger contributor who I expect to respond to this with the requisite ire. Also the producer’s assertion that they want the audience to be […]

And speaking of hooks….: Rolling Stone review the new Daft Punk album. Most entertaining is the journalist’s scrabbling for some kind of resistance or subversive content in “One More Time”.[…]

Just to get you in the mood for Daft Punk fever…: here are the sites of two more rule-shattering French artists.[…]

Greetings From Pub Paradise…aka Edinburgh. Actually this is a misnomer. It is paradise in one way only, i.e. it offers a sneak preview of the (hopeful) future of London drinking in that the boozers stay open late. This, as everyone knows, alter[…]

1981 vs 2000: Charlotte Raven’s hypotheses put to the test by FT scientists![…]

Glenn McDonald on Breadth and Depth: I’ve got a bit to say about this and it may well involve quoting. Glenn does The War Against Silence and is probably the most individual voice reviewing records online. I generally only read it when it&#8217[…]