October 2013 - Trebuchet

A picture of Daniel Silver's Dig, at Artangel

Drifting through Frieze

31/10/2013

Checking out Dürer, Richard Serra and Richard Silver, Trebuchet's art correspondent finds much to interest her outside of Frieze....

A picture of the Jesu Album Every Day I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came

Jesu : Every Day I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came

30/10/2013

Is the success of 'The Great Leveller' enough to elevate this release? More of an EP with filler than an album, so arguably not....

Brighton Dome : earsthetic

29/10/2013

Meshing together visual art, new electronic music and experimental soundscapes, the programme of events aims to celebrate artists who break new ground with their symbiosis of sound and visuals....

A picture of a sunset by Carl Byron Batson

Applied Carpe Diem : Perspectives on Dying.

29/10/2013

How would you live your life, if you knew there wasn’t much life left to live?...

Top Ten Rappers Who Produce

28/10/2013

The rap game is hard to break into. Ask any "lyricist" trying to make it in the music business today - it's much harder to be successful as a rapper than it was 20 years ago. ...

Sean Molloy [Interview]

28/10/2013

The area I live in, in a way, motivates me to work on ways to overcome its inherent ugliness. ...

The Savage Nomads : Reunited Lovers [Interview]

27/10/2013

It is quite shocking how much people take for granted these days; how easy it is record songs by yourself so quickly. Embrace it!...

Tory Scum and Proud

26/10/2013

Tory Scum and Proud: The Show You Won't See on Channel 5...

A Magnificent Haunting [Film]

25/10/2013

Not quite detailed enough to create a true immersion in the blending of fantasy and reality it attempts, but as a piece to lightly charm, A Magnificent Haunting is recommended....

Peter Van Hoesen : Life Performance

25/10/2013

This was a very spirited performance. It has the sound quality of a studio recording but the energy and sudden shifts of a live set...

A picture by Albrecht Durer, Courtesy of the Courtauld Gallery

The Young Dürer : Courtauld Gallery

24/10/2013

It is through drawing the figure, that the Young Dürer became the highly celebrated Dürer. Review...

Bring to Light/Supersonic

23/10/2013

The inaugural Bring To Light event presented by Supersonic Festival shall commence this weekend (25-27 October) at the recently launched, new Library of Birmingham. ...

The Presence LDN : Interview

23/10/2013

I won’t use a computer to make music ever again. Those things lead to a shiny but soulless place in the heart....

A picture of Imperial Teen by Kailas Elmer

We’re masochists (Imperial Teen)

22/10/2013

'We're not in a gay band, we're just in a band. On the other hand we're not NOT in a gay band, I just think 'who cares?'' Imperial Teen interview....

Lux Lives – Long Live Lux Interior

21/10/2013

We raise a large glass in honour of Lux coming into this world and into our lives. Long live Lux Interior. One very important message from the scriptures of Interior is to love life, live with a...

Hanging Offence : Arebyte Gallery

21/10/2013

'We intend to make Arebyte a space dedicated to research and the practice of New Media and Performance arts.' Nimrod Vardi talks to Trebuchet...

London Film Festival : The Lunchbox

20/10/2013

Review of the London Film Festival choice The Lunchbox...

Let The Liberals Drink Tea

20/10/2013

The liberal tradition has always been to place property rights above human rights...

London Film Festival : Short Term 12

19/10/2013

Short Term 12 is an impressive, emotive film that indicates some good material to come from Cretton....

Black History Month : Interview

17/10/2013

There is a tension in Black history that makes it all the more interesting.That is to say, it highlights the many struggles and centrality of people of African descent in making the modern world....

Drugstore : The Best of Drugstore

16/10/2013

Maybe it's musical Marmite, inspiring only deep devotion or outright contempt. Drugstore are not static enough to pin a genre upon....

London Film Festival : Computer Chess

15/10/2013

A film that will likely appeal to only the film aficionado. But for that aficionado it is a quietly hilarious little gem....

Obelyskkh : Hymn to Pan

15/10/2013

What we have here is a doom sound with strong prog and alt rock influences. Also, fucking squirrels. ...

Liu Xiaodong at Lisson Gallery

14/10/2013

There is a modesty and complexity in the self-aware theatricality of his approach that eschews any defined categories or cultural heritage...

A picture of London Tattoo Convention by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered Lens : London Tattoo Convention

13/10/2013

Loitered Lens reports from London Tattoo Convention...

These Hidden Hands [Album]

12/10/2013

Here the nostalgia isn't simplistically or naively wistful, but darker and tenser....

Thatcher's funeral invite by Carl Byron Batson

Thatcher: I’m Glad She’s Dead

12/10/2013

On Thatcher's birthday weekend, we look back on her demise...

London Tattoo Convention

11/10/2013

From the plain-skinned first-timers curious to dip a toe in the ink to those who embrace tattoos as an integral part of their life, there is much here to catch the imagination and stimulate the...

Portraits of American Bikers [Interview]

11/10/2013

It's about people keeping their word, helping one another when in need and always showing a certain amount of respect for individualism, without judgment....