MERCURY REV – “The Dark Is Rising”
1998 seems terribly far away, though. I would not have guessed that the shiver of life between 25, when I heard Deserter’s Songs and wanted to cry, and 28, when I heard this and wanted to wri[…]

SUM 41 — “Fat Lip”
CAKE — “Short Skirt Long Jacket”
SUGAR RAY — “When It’s Over”
A Brief Discussion Concerning Modernism (Loosely Interpreted) In Three Parts
I.
“[One device of moderni[…]

The Power Trio: The “metal triumvirate” of Chuck Eddy, Martin Popoff, and Deena Wozniak chat about Ozzfest. Most interesting comment – Wozniak’s suggestion that the visual barrage and musical high-speed change-heavy jerkiness […]

Trick Daddy – Take It 2 Da House
Time was when being a ‘thug’ was all about the absolute rejection of style: the ‘keeping it real’ ethos taken to its repellant-but-compelling extreme. Funny then how nearly all the big na[…]

New Article – Fred Solinger talking about the Beta Band’s Hot Shots II.
This is also a good opportunity for me to apologise to you all for the lack of updates and upkeep on the site. A crisis of faith in pop writing and a number of deligh[…]

0: I Will Regret This
I discovered today I have a thousand songs on my hard drive. They last sixty-six hours, thirty minutes, and thirty seven seconds, and take up a bit over three gig.
This page is a documentary of my listening to them, no repeats, […]

And now, we interrupt the usual intelligent pop discourse for yet another MuchMusic testimonial, proving unequivocably that MuchMusic (USA or Canada) is the only video/music channel worth a damn. As if the obvious superior aspects of the channel are[…]

It’s funny that Ned should post an article on summer festivals past, given that I was attending a summer festival of my own this past weekend. The Siren Music Festival (sponsored by the Village Voice and various folks) offered the usual festiv[…]

Freaky Trigger updates — this time around, you get to put up with me rambling on about Tool’s Lateralus and summer festivals, while Mark Sinker considers Simon and Garfunkel. Enjoy, and let me know what you think![…]

No, not Nirvana. I could talk about it, but you know, no. In the cold light of history “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is a dividing line for better or for worse, though NWA’s chart-topping feat with Efil4Ziggan or Dr. Dre’s smash […]