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[…]

Charlotte Raven vs Pop: British pop music is rubbish right now, says Charlotte. Hard to disagree with, in many ways. Therefore the British charts are rubbish. Easy to disagree with, that, since American hip-hop, pop and R&B is at a commercial/cr[…]

Is Pitchfork Mail losing its touch?: a highlight of the reading day reduced to pretending to be Limp Bizkit fans in order to provoke indie kids? The mailbag must be running low! Come on readers – help Pitchfork out! Write a letter! Demand more […]

JiffySquid on Sigur Ros: “Is it a powerful experience because the entire package, from the glowing embryonic figure on the cover to the cryptic lyrics, dictates that it must be powerful?”[…]

The International Pop War (a belated mention): while obviously rigged (how come we got the dodgy version of “Stutter”, eh?), Ian’s piece is still a very fun read. The UK charts wouldn’t be any fun, though, if they were all goo[…]