Freaky Trigger is an Internet publication and e-zine that focuses on popular culture with topics varying from music to cinema.
It was founded by the music critic Tom Ewing in 1999 and features Pete Baran and Mark Sinker as editors.
[5] Freaky Trigger was featured in OC Weekly's list of "10 Crucial Music Websites"[6] and one of its reviews, Eminem's “Stan” by Tom Ewing, was referenced on the list of "The Best Music Writing of 2015" by the Complex.
[7] The Guardian have also referred to Freaky Trigger articles, one time on the Freaky Trigger piece "The Strange Death of the UK Charts",[8] and one time on an Ewing piece on Cliff Richard.
[10] The NYLPM blog was notably eulogized by Pitchfork in early 2006, following the suspension of its publication.