September 2015 - Trebuchet

David Sinclair Jazz Photography, Royal Albert Hall

30/09/2015

Retrospective exhibition of one of Europe’s most highly collected jazz and music photographers...

Gallic Charm and Gypsy Jazz at the 100 Club (Florence Joelle)

30/09/2015

Allo, allo? Exuding Gallic je ne sais quoi at the 100 Club, Florence Joelle regrets nothing...

Southern Gothic, Magic and Voodoo: Lose Control (Chantel McGregor)

29/09/2015

On Lose Control, Chantel McGregor puts the emphasis on riffs, and takes a less-is-more approach when it comes to soloing...

Wildhearts at Shepards Bush Empire. 2015

Loitered Lens: The Wildhearts

28/09/2015

Photos of The Wildhearts 25th September – London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire...

Loitered Lens: Hang the Bastard

28/09/2015

Thunderous doom and mighty riffage, Hang The Bastard at The Underworld...

Power, Protest and Resistance (Molly Crabapple)

27/09/2015

Portrait of Truthful Artist, Illustrator, Broadcaster, Journalist Molly Crabapple. ...

Mighty and Thunderous grooves at Camden Underworld (Hang the Bastard)

26/09/2015

The word of Hang The Bastard was both mighty and thunderous...

The Drifters vocal master class

25/09/2015

Scoring a top 20 album in 2015, vocal band The Drifters are allowing UK singers a chance to learn the secrets that have kept them in demand for over half a century....

Guilt, loss and blame in smalltown America (Little Accidents)

25/09/2015

A bleak smalltown film, centred around a tragic mining accident...

Love being dirty. Loving sounding dirty (Mother’s Cake)

24/09/2015

Austria's hardest rockers talk to Trebuchet after their clamorous European support slot with Limp Bizkit...

Touching Down at the 100 Club (Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys)

23/09/2015

Bringing twenty-five years of swinging Western tunes to the UK, Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys...

TV at its most cynical. The Magician’s Apprentice (Doctor Who)

23/09/2015

Audience figures for Saturday night’s mess are the lowest ever for a Who series opener. You’d think they would have got the hint....

Hitting the Key, or Falling Flat? (Operation: Mindcrime)

22/09/2015

Geoff Tate's voice, once a magnificent lead instrument, is a shadow of what it once was. ...

SuperBrand to SuperFan

21/09/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphe entertainment industry is a sprawling animal of celebrity, sober lust and enthusiastic deceit. ***rescheduled to oct 7th***...

Delighted! On Bernie Sanders Congratulating Jeremy Corbyn

21/09/2015

Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn may use a similar rhetoric, but there it stops....

Great Band, Shame About the Crowd (The Heartless Bastards)

20/09/2015

Interview and review of The Heartless Bastards. The Borderline, London. 1st September 2015 ...

Sex, Slashing and Suffrage: The Rokeby Venus (Diego Velasquez)

19/09/2015

Mary Richardson's ‘vandalism’ of the Rokeby Venus has become part of the story this painting tells, not something which detracts from its beauty. ...

Deep thrills: Amenra & High on Fire (Damnation 2015)

18/09/2015

Damnation festival: 7th November 2015. Leeds University Union. ...

Renaissance Hit or Folk Flop? All Our Yesterdays (Blackmore’s Night)

17/09/2015

About as much in common with actual renaissance music as Dungeons and Dragons has with medieval history...

I want to party hard, but you won’t let me (Best Friends. Sebright Arms)

16/09/2015

Where is the quirky charming genius of 'Surf Bitches', 'Nosebleeds', 'Happy Anniversary'? I want to party hard tonight but you won’t let me. Best friends...

Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters. 100 Club Gig

15/09/2015

AGMP.co.uk presents LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY & the Upsetters - in concert...

Whip Crack or Bad Craic? (The Bones)

15/09/2015

a smart, catchy sixth album, but rock and roll kinksters The Bones lack the originality to stand out...

Alan Parsons ‘Sleeve Notes’ Talks at Abbey Road

14/09/2015

A fascinating insight into technical and personal experiences at Abbey Road Studios....

I, for one, welcome my new machine overlord (The art of Russell MacEwan)

14/09/2015

Interview with artist Russell MacEwan on the creation of the artwork for Author & Punisher's Melk En Honing....

Make Better Music 77: The Recording Process (Part Two)

12/09/2015

Style should transcend technique, but it cannot replace it...

Calling Dirtbags! Wheatus UK Tour (Playing Debut Album in Full)

11/09/2015

At least one band from before the days of iTunes & Spotify have found a way forward. Wheatus tour....

Septic September Metal Mania (The Sword, Cattle Decapitation, Ahab)

11/09/2015

Album reviews whilst throwing a basket of kittens into an industrial shredder in the name of Hamas and Communism...

Not in it to Win it – Calling Out The Bernie Sanders Bluff

10/09/2015

The barriers that Sanders cannot overcome involve the manner in which the Democratic Party primary system is devised...

Staying Classy Whilst Skirting the Edge of Cheese (Praying Mantis)

09/09/2015

Praying Mantis play polished twin-guitar hard rock, more AOR than metal. It's a long way from NWOBHM, although they were always on the melodic side...