Archive - Trebuchet

Doss Blockos: Oz Beer goes Underground

06/04/2011

Doss Blockos have created something special, a street culture inspired brewery hidden in amongst the urban snorescapes of Melbourne. Pretty much epitomising everything Trebuchet admires; righteous...

Fire Folkers: Van Susans

06/04/2011

Sofia Ilyas spoke to Van Susan, a popcore rock band fast on the rise and about to make some noise in your direction, about now and the shiny future. Trebuchet: Can you tell me about the band,...

Make Better Music 38: Work on your weaknesses

05/04/2011

Make Better Music 38: Work on your weaknesses. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Felix’s Machines

04/04/2011

Sofia Ilyas speaks to Felix Thorn of Felix’s Machines about his unique performance which sees him attaching his laptop to instruments in the newest way yet. Trebuchet: Tell me about your...

Agoraphobic Nosebleed/Despise You (Split) – and on and on

04/04/2011

Pressing play on a record like this is like activating an electric death chair with chainsaws for legs. Despise You are Hardcore. Not so much genre defining but genre defined; every note they...

Politics in Imperial Nigeria

03/04/2011

Last night I was invited to a dinner hosted in Debare’s honour, to celebrate the opening of the university. The meal was arranged by his friends and associates, all of roughly the same...

Quones by Global Goon

02/04/2011

In terms of a modern musical fantasy it’s hard to beat the idea of sharing a house at one point with both Richard James (of Aphex Twin fame) and, Mr Squarepusher, Tom Jenkinson. Aside from what...

Lost in New Jersey 11: Signifiers

01/04/2011

Photographic Series: Lost in New Jersey 11: Signifiers - Matt Coleman...

Prostitutes in Nigeria

01/04/2011

After a few days here, despite all the doom-laden warnings, I was fairly confident that spotting Nigerian prostitutes wasn’t going to be much of a problem. The Grand Mirage – a kind...

Polly Borland – Smudge

30/03/2011

Entering Polly Borland's Smudge exhibition is like entering a nightmarish Studio Ghibli theme park...

Day Of Rage: Diary of a Female Protester

29/03/2011

On a day when thousands took to the street and hundreds took up arms against capitalism, one woman marched, chanted and ran alongside them. I recorded my journey through the streets of London, where...

Make Better Music 37: Truthful Creating, Truthful Listening

29/03/2011

Make Better Music 37: Truthful Creating, Truthful Listening. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham....

The Mark Inside

28/03/2011

Joseph Beuys And Coyote meet "Humanitarian" Bombing Campaigns. In Berlin, Germany, in early 1939, at Friedrichstrasse railway station, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War,...

Measuring optimism: ‘Arch’ InterContinental bar launch

28/03/2011

Desolation Row. Bar launches have become rare occurrences in these recession heavy times. It used to be that every day of the week (excluding Fridays and weekends) was filled with the backlit...

To Hell with Centrism: We Must Reclaim the Inspired Edge

27/03/2011

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. – George Orwell I don’t want to be part of your revolution if I can’t dance. – Emma Goldman...

Amnesia As A Way Of Life: WikiLeaks Amid The “Careless People”

26/03/2011

As many wags have noted, the disclosures of Wikileaks have subjected the US Empire and its operatives to a full-body scan. Turnaround is fair play, because, until now, in the US, the powerless masses...

Lost in New Jersey 10: Free Energy

25/03/2011

Lost in New Jersey 10: Free Energy - Photographic Series by Matt Coleman...

Tennis – Carpe Diem, Cape Dory!

24/03/2011

During the summer months, we've all taken off to find that elusive something. Some of us collect trinkets, others snaps – and some record an album. When “Tennis”, husband and...

Brahma: From the Cradle to the Rave

23/03/2011

Psychedelic visions combined with a skill for geometry and a lexicon that owes more to mathematics than romanticism, Bramha’s exhibition brings rave culture into the light. But can his work...

Make Better Music 36: Exploit All Parameters

22/03/2011

Make Better Music 36: Exploit All Parameters. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham....

Syd Barrett – The Art is in the Letters

21/03/2011

Barrett's mythologised life finally comes down to earth in the first major exhibition of his art and letters. But is he a little too human? January 1968. Crammed into the back of a van, Pink...

Obscura – Omnivium

21/03/2011

If Earth were to be invaded by an alien race the scene could be imagined as smaller bombers strafing the surface being coordinated from a mother ship. Much like, say, the US Air Force or Navy...

Magic Bullets – ‘Magic Bullets’

20/03/2011

Sunshine and tears… Boy, do these Californians love their Orange Juice. Not, however, the golden state’s fruity elixir, but the Scottish variety. Despite their San Franciscan base and...

Daedelus – Bespoke

19/03/2011

An album full of bespoke pieces as layered as his choice of fashion, does Daedelus retain full control of his creation or does he challenge our ears with a note too far? After a splurge of LP...

Lost in New Jersey 9: Perpetual Transformation

18/03/2011

Lost in New Jersey 9: Perpetual Transformation. Photographic series by Matt Coleman...

Scanners – Submarine

17/03/2011

This London born band has the right mix of feminine wiles, indie charisma and soft punk sensibility to win any listener over. Let’s all get depressed. No, let’s get angry. No, cheerful....

Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love

16/03/2011

When the going gets weird… Once or twice in the space of an aeon, something or someone enters the musical multiverse that is so completely bizarre that you’re not sure whether it’s...

Make Better Music 35: Your Music as a Burger

15/03/2011

Make Better Music 35: Your Music as a Burger. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Syn Ze Sase Tri – Intre Doua Lumi

14/03/2011

Dark Symphonies from the Black Metal heart of Romania. Roughly translated the band’s name means,“I’m with triple 6”. After some brief thought and armed with the knowledge that...

Hunx and His Punx – Too Young to Be in Love

13/03/2011

The Hunx and His Punx's new album “Too Young to Be in Love” gives 1960s pop a queer twist, but did the Hunx forget to pack before racing to the past? You've seen the film. Marty...

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