November 2015 - Trebuchet

All in the Pipes: Birds sing the same way we do

30/11/2015

The very same physical mechanisms are at play when a bird sings and a human speaks....

A review of the Eagles of Death Metal 5th November 2015 The Forum, Kentish Town.

The stuff of life (The Eagles of Death Metal)

30/11/2015

A review of the Eagles of Death Metal 5th November 2015 The Forum, Kentish Town. ...

Seismic Surveys Stop Sea Turtles Shagging

29/11/2015

Marine airgun noise could cause turtle trauma ...

Are You Feeling Intimate At The Back? John Grant, Hammersmith Apollo

29/11/2015

Nothing is missed…. Even the silences seem to be musical in their nature. John Grant enthralls Hammersmith Apollo...

Not Painless. Stuart Semple’s ‘My Sonic Youth’ Addresses Male Suicide

28/11/2015

If you're male and under 45, suicide is your most likely cause of death. Stuart Semple's recent project My Sonic Youth addresses the issue....

The Other Dave: The Tory Leader We Could Have Had

28/11/2015

The man Cameron beat to the Tory leadership proves how different things could’ve been...

Art Resistance Journal Third Text Relaunches

27/11/2015

Editor of seminal counter-institutional art journal Third Text announces relaunch....

Make Better Music 79: The Art of Remixing (Part One)

27/11/2015

A luxurious wonderland of musical mystery and adventure that both complements and embellishes...

How Did You Expect to Die, and Did it Involve a Floating Hoover? (Row-Bot)

26/11/2015

Academics at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) have developed the Row-bot, a robot that thrives in dirty water. ...

LTNT: Boss Lady (Video Premiere)

25/11/2015

Video Premiere of the new single Boss Lady by LTNT...

Finding Your Happy Place (with MRI): the Neural Structures of Happiness

25/11/2015

Kyoto University researchers narrow in on the neural structures behind happiness...

Still Not Like Everybody Else: Q&A with Dave Davies (The Kinks)

25/11/2015

Originator of the power riff, Dave Davies answers five questions for Trebuchet...

Loitered Lens: New Order (2015)

24/11/2015

New Order. Photos of Bernard Sumner and Co. at Brixton, November 16 2015 ...

An uncomfortable imbalance. ∆GO (Lilies On Mars)

24/11/2015

Neither too soft to be described as background, or loud enough to be defined as foreground, Lilies on Mars straddle the genres....

Republic of London? Cities Outperform Countries

23/11/2015

The economic significance of cities increases while that of countries falls ...

Attack, Retaliate, Attack. When Will it End?

23/11/2015

If their designs work out as planned, the elite will, as they always have, enrich their already engorged fortunes on the suffering and death of the powerless....

THC, Or Not THC? How Danes Grow Stronger Cannabis

22/11/2015

The concentration of the euphoriant THC in cannabis has tripled in the space of 20 years...

Leaves' Eyes, Islington Academy, 10th November 2015

Loitered Lens: Leaves’ Eyes

22/11/2015

Leaves' Eyes bring their army, as well as symphonic metal from Stavanger, Norway and Ludwigsburg, Germany....

Reduce Racism with this Seven Minute Miracle

21/11/2015

Seven minutes of meditation can reduce racial prejudice, study finds ...

A Human Instinct for War? Sociologist Hugh Gusterson Explains

21/11/2015

Terrorism is a tactic. You usually ﬁght war against a constituent. It’s hard to ﬁght a war against a tactic. - Interview with Hugh Gusterson, sociologist ...