May 2016 - Trebuchet

Manami Mogg’s Moggy Metal Mix 2 (Wo Fat, Interment, Death Angel, Regret)

31/05/2016

With the suburban bliss of both Primary and Secondary Feeders shattered by the horticulturalists next-door, Manami Mogg reviews the month's metal releases...

Deeper Into the Hepatitis Bathtub

30/05/2016

A booksigning followed by dinner should be simple. In newly-cleansed Manhattan, it's anything but...

Loitered Lens: Eagulls

29/05/2016

Photos of Eagulls at Islington Assembly Hall, May 2016...

Make Better Music 82: Monetizing Music (Part Two)

27/05/2016

Working musician Simon Laffy ponders the recurring problem of making music pay...

Musicians Wanted: Singer. What Lies Beneath (Mike Kershaw)

25/05/2016

Heading up a supergroup of sorts, prog rock keyboardist Mike Kershaw releases What Lies Beneath. Review...

Like circuit bending, but with more control: Interview (Weightausend)

24/05/2016

Weightausend discusses hijacking obsolete digital sound modules, hash-induced panic attacks, and Doctor Who ...

Notable for its Collaborators (Faulkner)

23/05/2016

Interview with Dimitri Farougias from US Pop band Faulkner. ...

Loitered Lens: The Fall

22/05/2016

Photos from The Fall playing live at The Garage, Islington...

Tracing Mescaline Lines (Eric Yanez / Dubeejunk)

21/05/2016

A nod to European fin de siecle visuals, and another to 1960s psychedelia inform Dubeejunk's striking graphics. Profile...

An Ominous and Unsettling Ambience: #1 (Daghraven)

20/05/2016

Intricately constructed and spanning the gap between melancholy and tragedy, Daghraven makes for brooding archeological listening...

Loitered Lens: The Dead XIII

19/05/2016

Horror metal from straight outta Catacombs, The Dead XIII morgue Islington up. Photos ...

Me Generation, not Re-Generation. (The Treatment, Islington Academy)

18/05/2016

The Treatment breathe some new life into UK rock at the Islington Academy...

A Capella Invasion: Pentatonix UK Tour

18/05/2016

The first wave of the summer's a capella surge hits with the Pentatonix UK tour...

In New York City with the Hepatitis Bathtub

18/05/2016

En route to NYC for a NOFX book signing, Scott Laudati takes the Red Sox and racism trail...

Technical Brutality for (nearly) a Gravenous Hour (Katalepsy)

17/05/2016

Blasting their way to the top of the Death Metal scene, Russia's Katalepsy release album number two. Review...

Killer Hillary or the Lumpentrumpetariat; On Choosing the Lesser of two Evils

16/05/2016

A presidency headed by either Donald Trump or the Clinton Cartel will make the world a more dangerous place. Essay...

God Shave the Queen for the Art Bastard Show

15/05/2016

West country wit and the sharp lancet of satire converge on the world of conceptual art. The Art Bastard show launches on YouTube...

Loitered Lens: Sumo Cyco

15/05/2016

Sumo Cyco exhort the Camden Underworld crowd to a filthy frenzy. Photos...

The incomprehensible and the incomparable. (The Fall)

14/05/2016

A review of The Fall, Monday 25th April 2016 at The Garage, Islington...

Meshuggah European Tour 2016

13/05/2016

Extreme tech-metal messiahs Meshuggah announce Winter 2016 European Tour...

Sever spawned a Monster’s Ball (Sumo Cyco live at The Underworld)

13/05/2016

A kerosene cocktail of sparky lust and punk metal power - Sumo Cyco raise the temperature at the Underworld. Review...

Loitered Lens: Massive Wagons

12/05/2016

Massive Wagons leave their London fans feeling dirty and used. In a good way. Photos...

Misplaced Childhood, Live in London (Fish, Islington Academy)

11/05/2016

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcap o mark last year’s thirtieth anniversary of Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood, Fish played an extensive sold-out tour...