August 2014 - Trebuchet

Loitered Lens : Rival State

31/08/2014

Up close and personal at The Garage, Rival State get near enough to spritz the punters with a mist of high-octane rawk perspiration....

In Gaza : Yesterday Pregnant, Today Dead

30/08/2014

Die, slowly and forgotten inside the world’s largest open prison – or push for freedom? Gaza's choice. ...

Brompton World Championship

29/08/2014

The Brompton World Championship is a serious endeavour. Fun and colourful yes, but also earnest and limit pushing....

In Gaza : ‘They Gassed Us in Our Beds’

28/08/2014

F-16s roar across the sky, drones buzz, and the deep thud of shelling can be heard....

Henley Business School Music Industry Grants

28/08/2014

A UK Grant available to support SME owners to study an MBA at Henley Business School...

Cambridge Rock Festival [Part One]

27/08/2014

The brother of Jimi Hendrix fails to impress, but the rest of Cambridge Rock Festival comes up shining....

They Shot My Baby Dead in My Arms : Gaza

26/08/2014

“We will not anymore live like animals. Let us live in dignity, or die with honour.”...

Machine People at The Sticky Frog

25/08/2014

They grabbed the audience from the first chord and refused to let them go, playing only original material and building a set that couldn’t terminate without some random violence...

Nicole Atkins Live in Ladbroke Grove

24/08/2014

A live video and interview of Nicole Atkins performing Red Ropes and It's Only chemistry. 2014 ...

Steve Rothery : Live in Rome

24/08/2014

Rothery's playing has always been about melody and textures rather than technical showing off....

Evy Jane : Closer [EP]

23/08/2014

Evy Jane are the cake that must be eaten, but with the crème placed in one of those naughty places that only a tongue can remove. ...

Hey Preston! [Festival]

22/08/2014

Hey Preston! is an all-day indoor music event coming to Preston’s finest live venue 53 Degrees on Saturday 20th September...

Neal Morse : Songs from November

21/08/2014

This is quite explicitly a singer-songwriter record, with straightforward songs rather than multi-part prog epics...

William Burroughs : Animals In The Wall

20/08/2014

Animals In The Wall will feature 40 original William S Burroughs art works...

Loitered Lens : Dead Kennedys

20/08/2014

The fathers of American punk showed the kids at Koko (and their parents) that there is still plenty to be angry about....

Bloodstock 2014

19/08/2014

Whereas most crowds will sing the words to a song, Megadeth’s break from tradition a little bit by singing the riffs. ...

Présence Autochtone: Montreal First Peoples Festival

18/08/2014

Présence Autochtone, Montreal First Peoples Festival, celebrates the cultural heritage of the Americas' aboriginal nations through film, music, dance and other visual arts....

Loitered Lens : Umphreys McGee

17/08/2014

Photos of Umphreys McGee live at the Brooklyn Bowl...

Yung Lean : The Garage [Live]

16/08/2014

Security looked like they were bricking it a bit, But Yung Chan delivered a sweat-soaked performance at the Garage to be proud of....

Umphreys McGee : Interview

14/08/2014

I think this is when we let it all out. Don’t leave an ounce of anything that we haven’t already used. ...

Why Guardians of the Galaxy Sucked

13/08/2014

They’ve made a successful film; the least they can do is follow up with a good one....

Tricky : Adrian Thaws

12/08/2014

Adrian Thaws, Tricky’s new album, is accessible, and at points even memorable....

Return to the Source 21st Anniversary

11/08/2014

Everyone swore that this was, if not the greatest rave ever, probably the best event they been to since 2001...

Developer [Interview]

11/08/2014

I'm more a DJ for sure but I have truly fallen in love with producing. You can call it a double marriage if you want....

Cambridge Folk Festival

10/08/2014

Cambridge Folk Festival has a fete-like atmosphere that swells and sweats music from every pore...

Moebius [Film]

09/08/2014

Castration and rape, incest and heavy emphasis on some decidedly unconventional masturbation are far from mainstream viewing topics...

Thunder on the Left : The Garage

08/08/2014

Set to release their debut single, this gig was Thunder On The Left's moment to shine and firmly hammer their tousled blonde stamp on the rock scene....

Automatic Art : Human & Machine Processes Make Art

07/08/2014

A historical overview of computation systems, the symbolic basis of process thought....

Tolkien, Art & Metal: Paul R. Gregory Interview

06/08/2014

This year Bloodstock is summoning visions of the dark lord through an onsite exhibition by Bloodstock festival founder and painter Paul Raymond Gregory....