April 2012 - Trebuchet

UK ISPs Ordered to Block Pirate Bay

30/04/2012

UK internet service providers must block access to The Pirate Bay, a High Court ruling has pronounced today. Destined to be a very unpopular move with internet users, the ruling will nevertheless be...

A berry-rich diet key to retaining memory skills

30/04/2012

A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital found that certain berries may delay memory decline in older women. A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) finds that a...

Black Sabbath announce intimate Birmingham show

30/04/2012

Trebuchet loves the Sabbath. So Much. This is going to be very cool. Read what our writers have had to say about Sabbath in the past. Birmingham's loudest sons Black Sabbath...

Acclaimed poet Brendan Cleary in cult magazine relaunch!

30/04/2012

Like the lust of my midnight phoenix bad poetry seems to die and be reborn every three years. There'll be some event, movie, appointment that brings it into the public eye and...

Slimey Guys and Cuddling Homophobes: An Academic in Africa

30/04/2012

'when she walked out she did so limping heavily and ostentatiously, when she’d walked in not limping at all'. Things get a bit 'domestic' in Nigeria. In other news, Julius has...

Tricky, Maxinquaye: Live – Manchester

29/04/2012

“I drink ‘til I’m drunk”. Maybe we all have something in common. Warrington, I missed my stop. Luckily I met a nice pair of ladies in Lizzy and Jenni (note. A soft Scottish...

Tackling Weight Problems with Hormonal Stimulants

29/04/2012

A drug that can make you skinny? Didn't we already have that one? Ask Iggy Pop…. New drug to tackle fat problems Medical researchers at the University of Sheffield have defined the...

The Bermondsey Joyriders: Noise and Revolution

28/04/2012

The Bermondsey Joyriders’ Noise and Revolution is a detoured route through the cultural backroads of pre-revolutionary London. A journey that comes with a large dose of rootsy musical knowledge,...

Onefest – The Coldest Festival of the Season

28/04/2012

Onefest. First Festival of the Year, or Coldest Festival of the Year. The festival season kicks off in mid-April with Onefest, which claims to be the first festival of the year, or could be the...

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Living Beyond the ‘Folded Lie’: Part Two

28/04/2012

Wall Street is again flush with the electronic facsimile of the stuff once known as money. But this is a Botox Recovery Both economic depression and so-called psychological depression are engendered...

Drop the big weights. Lower resistance leads to better muscle growth.

27/04/2012

Lifting less weight, more often, leads to better muscle growth. It's hardly the established approach, nor does it lend itself as well to the post-workout bragging sessions about how many kilos...

Hannah Cohen: Child Bride

27/04/2012

Hannah Cohen’s debut album Child Bride seems a fitting April/May release for those of us that are struggling through transition of the awkward weather and mishaps of general life, but should you...

Roadrunner Records to Close Europe Office?

26/04/2012

Industry sources say that seminal metal label Roadrunner is to close its Europe Offices. Speaking to Trebuchet earlier today it was revealed that Roadrunner records is to close it's Europe...

Location/existence of the g-spot scientifically confirmed

26/04/2012

It's a glacial process, for women, having the realities of their sexual health determined and documented. The mere existence of clitoris or orgasm have only been annotated by western physicians...

Musicians from Isis and Deftones form new band – Palms

26/04/2012

Musicians from Isis and Deftones form new band - Palms...

Tribalism is a luxury

26/04/2012

Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize this very week, Lisa Ansell brings a very personal set of convictions to her writing. More than simple commentary, Ansell's own circumstances imbue her politics...

Chocolate Beats Heart Disease

25/04/2012

Sweeeet! San Diego, CA— Chocolate, considered by some to be the "food of the gods," has been part of the human diet for at least 4,000 years; its origin thought to be in the region...

Avaaz petition: Jeremy Hunt Must Go.

25/04/2012

As the Leveson inquiry continues, depressing a nation by holding a mirror up to it's own moribund fascinations with celebrity reproduction, new and startling revelations arise. Sometimes...

Anna Calvi to perform at Somerset House

25/04/2012

Anna Calvi to headline Summer Series at Somerset House on Thursday the 12th of July 2012. This July will see the much anticipated return of one of London’s must-see events of the festival...

Simian Ghost [Live]

25/04/2012

'a loungy, laid back world of observations and occurrences' Trebuchet's Samantha Chamberlain reviews Simian Ghost live at Surya. Simian Ghost, Suraya, Kings Cross. 10th April. Sebastian...

Surgical ‘light saber’ developed in Austin, Texas

24/04/2012

Medical scientists have developed a laser scalpel capable of working on a cell-by-cell basis. It's already being referred to as a 'surgical light-saber' That's nice, of course. Whilst...

Trace Elements: Happy?

24/04/2012

Throughout jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald’s extraordinary career, awards and applause acclaimed her talent. What Ella really wanted to hear though – was that she was beautiful. Problem was,...

Spiritualized – Announce UK Tour

23/04/2012

Jason P and crew are bringing the hard style electric guitar vibe to the hipster London Elite. Spritualized – UK TOUR ANNOUNCED! Spiritualized, whose new album ‘Sweet Heart Sweet...

I Ching – the Changing sound of electro indie

23/04/2012

I Ching – release their new video! It's me It's fun and it's a Monday. A promising band from England… with starry ambitions and relevant noises. I predict that the transient...

Sam Sparro – release several million remixes and a video

23/04/2012

Sam Sparro – 'I wish I Never Met You' – New single released 4th June 2012 Pop crooning and magical realism. It's as though Gabriel García Márquez...

Baroness announce album release ‘Yellow and Green’

23/04/2012

Baroness 'Yellow and Green' Confirm for July 16th Release The band that has given the world some of the most amazing band shirts is rising up to delivery for crushingly groovey metal. ...

George Harrison: Early Takes Volume One

23/04/2012

'a light hand on production, a closeness and immediacy, and a simplicity that is utterly seductive', George Harrison's Early Takes reviewed. An accompaniment to the DVD release of Martin...

Background TV Found Damaging to Kids

22/04/2012

At least they didn't say 'Background TV is damaging your kids. Turn them around so they can see it properly'. American children exposed to high amounts of harmful background TV Children...

Emma Sywyj: Italy [Photos]

22/04/2012

'There isn’t much to do there other than walk around, play cards and soak up the sun.' Emma Swywj captures some rural Italian life This town was built essentially at the top of a...

NASA Put Rubber Chicken in Orbit

21/04/2012

NASA photograph a rubber chicken in space. We have no idea why. She's called Camilla. We have no idea why. See more of Camilla's space adventures here Image: NASA Trebuchet MagazineThe aim of...

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