November 2013 - Trebuchet

Marriage? Trust Your Gut (Not Tinder)

30/11/2013

"If they can sense that their gut is telling them that there is a problem, then they might benefit from exploring that, maybe even with a professional marriage counselor."...

Man on Bench copyright Carl Byron Batson

Boris Johnson’s Plans For Unaffordable Housing

30/11/2013

Londoners should brace for themselves for an influx of toffs whilst the poor sleep on the streets if Boris Johnson’s latest Housing Strategy goes ahead...

Killer Australian Beaches. Not in a Good Way.

29/11/2013

Rip currents claim more lives in Australia on average each year than bushfires, floods, cyclones and sharks combined. But probably fewer than funnelwebs, crocs, snakes r disgruntled 'Bra Boys....

OvO : Abisso

29/11/2013

Abisso is not a happy place, it’s an amoral rather than immoral landscape of survival and death. It also sounds a bit like glam rock and Goblin. ...

Max Richter – Memoryhouse revisited

28/11/2013

Vinyl release of Max Richter's memoryhouse and a rare Barbican performance on Jan 24 of this masterwork. ...

I think it sounds a bit commercial but that wasn’t done on purpose (Phil Collen)

28/11/2013

'In Def Leppard, I’m a guitar player and here I’m a singer. I’m playing a completely different instrument.' Phil Collen of Man Raze (and Def Leppard) explains his most recent project....

A picture of a washing machine drum by Freedigitalphotos/Darren Robertson

Spindoctors. The Hypnosis of Whirling Dervishes

27/11/2013

'it was the presence of a Coriolis force that was essential in the formation of the different patterns'...

A picture of surfers walking on a beach in the sunset. By Sean Keenan

Ride the Wild Surf

27/11/2013

California is quite simply projecting the dreams of a dying Sun God into the ether...

Hank Ray : I Walked With A Holy Ghost Cowboy

26/11/2013

The sound of someone blowing large smoke rings up the ass of Psychobilly and it’ll truly make you happier than a dead pig in the sunshine....

Mlada Fronta : Every Thing

26/11/2013

Every Thing really does do what it says on the tin: the set includes every track, every remix, every video and even digital versions of all the artwork, press and live photos from the last two...

The Broken Circle Breakdown [Film]

25/11/2013

The Broken Circle Breakdown is truly a moving piece of work at points, its expert direction neatly sidestepping the possibility of melodrama...

A screengrab of Detroit from Google Maps

Detroit : Just how bad is it really?

25/11/2013

How did Detroit go from industrial behemoth to Mad Max-inspired wasteland? Does it really play host to a secret race of mole-people? Just how bad is it really?...

Sport Will Kill Ya

24/11/2013

Too much weekly sport seems to be as bad as too little for teen wellbeing....

Loitered Lens : Reef

24/11/2013

'like Rival Sons with a tad more originality and minus the bullshit. Oh and they packed out Koko on a school night' Photos of Reef at KOKO....

A pictue of hedgewars by Aalto University

Gaming makes you samey.

23/11/2013

'the more competitive the gaming gets, the more in sync are the emotional responses of the players'. Computer game research suggests gameplayers become more like each other....

A picture of the US flag by freedigitalphotos.net/Nixxphoto

No Collective Mission. Why Occupy Struggled?

22/11/2013

An overestimation of the group's collective identity may be why Occupy Wall Street struggled...

A picture of Aeons of Satan's Reign by Satan's Wrath

Satan’s Wrath versus Obliteration [Review]

22/11/2013

Since awesome cover art is 50% of the metal experience, perhaps we should call this one a draw? ...

Engage! Analytics for Musicians and Creatives

21/11/2013

Smart use of analytics can help music companies justify every penny and cent invested in marketing campaigns by identifying who their fans are...

Sawlin & Subjected [Interview]

21/11/2013

We do this kind of music to do something, what you don't expect. More experimental and trippy stuff. Sawlin & Subjected talk to Trebuchet's Codex Europa. ...

A picture of World of Sex by Carl Byron Batson

Substances, Condoms and Women don’t get on.

20/11/2013

'when a woman has been dating a romantic partner for three months or more, marijuana use may increase the risk of unprotected sex'...

A picture of Picasso and Truth by TJ Clark

TJ Clark : Picasso and Truth

20/11/2013

Clark interprets Picasso’s output in the 1920s as a time marking the end of intimacy and proximity – the end of ‘close-ups’ to things one knows in daily life. ...

CoOrdinate Photo/Gear Bags [Review]

19/11/2013

Having had the usual alcohol and urine christenings, been stuffed into numerous cramped spaces, slid all over concert venue floors and successfully bashed its way through drunken crowds, the Ranger...

Pelican : Forever Becoming

19/11/2013

Huge yetis pound and penis dragons as Vikings traverse heavy seas towards dimension holes guarded by bong-sucking Freudian anachronisms. Pelican deliver the music, you add the narrative....

Novelty : Asylum Chapel

18/11/2013

Is an artwork good just because it exhibits newness?...

Nils Frahm Releases Video of ‘More’

18/11/2013

Loo brushes ahoy! Nils Frahm and Erased Tapes records release live video of Frahm at the keyboard....

A picture of Spritwo , Primitive Twinship

Spiritwo release Primitive Twinship

18/11/2013

'a pop infused dance-hall groove in a hard rock framework' Spiritwo release Primitive Twinship ...

Gillian Carnegie Prince 2011–12 © Gillian Carnegie courtesy the artist and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

Painting Now : Tate Britain

18/11/2013

“The state of painting now” is a tired topic. The premise – that painting has lost its lure because of new media, which in their very newness enable their users to conquer new territory in the...