March 2016 - Trebuchet

Rearrange the Deck Chairs and PLAY ON! Titanic Mass (Dynazty)

30/03/2016

Dynazty's technically-profuse Melodic Scandinavian Metal album is as huge as you'd expect. It even has a power ballad....

‘More alike than we are different’. noeverything I AM (Interview)

29/03/2016

Their music blends innovative electronics, pop-influenced sweetness, and spiritual elements. Codex Europa interviews noeverything....

Hanging Offence: Jo Melvin (Director of the Estate of Barry Flanagan)

28/03/2016

Dr Jo Melvin, Director of The Estate of Barry Flanagan expounds on curation, controversy and the responsibilities of maintaining an artist's legacy....

Loitered Lens: Jesus and Mary Chain (Forum, 2016)

27/03/2016

Photos of the Jesus and Mary Chain live at Kentish Town Forum, March 11 2016...

Celebrating the A&M Years with Monster Magnet

26/03/2016

Reviving material from their years with A&M, Monster Magnet's only UK show of 2016...

Playing Out Desire’s Magic Theatre (Purson)

25/03/2016

Psych-rockers Purson treat the 100 Club to some oldies, as well as new material from their Desire's Magic Theatre album...

Hillary’s Hair-Trigger Partisans Versus Trump’s Smalltown Nostalgists. A Zero Sum Game

24/03/2016

In a battle between Trump and Clinton, should it come to that, no-one wins. Essay...

Make Better Music 81: Monetizing Music

23/03/2016

Doing it for the love will only last so long. What happens when you have to eat? How to make better music, and make money doing so....

Music rooted in a landscape, yet unapologetically synthetic. (Avalon Emmerson)

22/03/2016

Avalon Emmerson musically evokes her home state, without reducing it to Marlboro man cliches...

Shawn Klush’s Elvis, With the King’s Original Band Members (Watford Colosseum)

20/03/2016

Fronting an act featuring members of Elvis Presley's own band, Shawn Klush brings the King to the Colosseum...

Loitered Lens: Stiff Little Fingers (The Forum, 2016)

20/03/2016

Never tired, never complacent, Stiff Little Fingers revved the Kentish Town Forum to the redline. Photos...

Feel the Bern if it Makes You Happy, but Don’t Hope For a Fairytale Ending

19/03/2016

Sanders as president is a dream too far, writes Phil Rockstroh from New York...

Post Punk Drone and Cultural Imperialism. (Wire)

18/03/2016

Wire - A band so good they named both a cult TV series and a snotty music magazine after them. Live review...

Search Deep Inside Yourself (Surgeon)

17/03/2016

The continuing evolution of Surgeon's techno sound is apparent in a futuristic new EP. Review...

Freshly Polished, Forever Stomping: Stiff Little Fingers (Forum, 2016)

16/03/2016

Snapping the jumpleads to the zombie corpse of punk rock, Stiff Little Fingers sparked the Forum's assembled masses to a beer-lobbing froth....

Peeled & Raw in Los Angeles (Dani Dodge)

15/03/2016

The clash of global ideologies and armed response infiltrate the sanctity of the domestic living room in Dani Dodge's Peeled & Raw...

Vomit, Velour and Quizzical Quips at Islington Assembly Hall (Barry Adamson)

14/03/2016

Fresh from collaborations with luminaries as bright as Nick Cave and David Lynch, Barry Adamson blends the genres onstage in Islington. Review...

Loitered Lens: Greg Coulson

13/03/2016

Live at the 100 Club, Greg Coulson raged rampant across the stage at the iconic London venue. Photos...

Losers, Lawnmowers and The Grave of Jack Kerouac

12/03/2016

Hitting the road for the birthday of Jack Kerouac, Scott Laudati wends a weary way to the writer's graveside...

Genocide By a Thousand Tory Cuts. (Employment and Support Allowance Slashed)

11/03/2016

Make no mistake about it: Persistent Tory cuts to disability benefits are a gradual, unglamorous, and barely reported-upon genocide. Essay...

Stoner Riffing from Sunrise to Sundown (Spiritual Beggars)

09/03/2016

Hammond organ, heavy riffs and stoner haze - Sunrise to Sundown is what death metallers do to relax...

Your Band is Awesome Live, So Ban the YouTube Fan Footage

08/03/2016

Well-meaning YouTubers could be wrecking your band's reputation. Maybe it's time to take control. Essay...

Hanging Offence: Sophia Contemporary Gallery

07/03/2016

Building bridges between Middle Eastern and Western cultures by showing what they have in common rather than what divides them. Sophia Contemporary Gallery interview...