Archive - Trebuchet

Drugg – Shackled EP

12/03/2011

Choosing a band name is always a fraught business and in the case of London garage act Drugg one I’m not sure from this first outing whether they’re the real thing or merely an inert lump...

Madame Butterfly – Royal Albert Hall

11/03/2011

Puccini's tragic opera, beautifully performed by the soprano lead. Madame Butterfly's focus is misplaced devotion; the drama of the opera is used to effectively convey the utter hopelessness...

Lost in New Jersey 8: Abnormal Behaviour

11/03/2011

Lost in New Jersey 8: Abnormal Behaviour. Photographic series by Matt Coleman...

Belong – Common Era

11/03/2011

Uncommon pleasures… The shoegaze revival that many thought could never happen is still in the process of snowballing as it rolls onward through yet another decade. From ambient meanderings to...

Wagon Christ – Toomorrow

10/03/2011

Toomorrow is Luke Vibert’s first outing as Wagon Christ since Sorry I Make You Lush in 2004 and if you needed a masterclass in sample transmutation, this is it. From the intro onward Toomorrow...

The Cave Singers – No Witch

10/03/2011

A lot of this album rides on close vocal harmonies - but don't expect sweetness and light from the Cave Singers, No Witch...

Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo

09/03/2011

An album that was given all the breaks yet provided none of the greatness. As a musical mid-life crisis goes, this one is the equivalent of a red sports car and a blonde twenty-two year old...

Trappings, Friezes and Being Female.

09/03/2011

Kleio Gizeli, Lisa Holden, Martha Parsey, Carol Robertson, Susan Gunn, Rana Begum. Crossroads, Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill, March 2011 – June 2011. UK Female Artists...

Make Better Music 34: Quantisation Death Ray

08/03/2011

Make Better Music 34: Quantisation Death Ray. One of the problems I have with electronic music is that missing “human element”. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with robotic music, or...

Attack of the Stereotypes

07/03/2011

Attack of the Stereotypes In a dark, dark town there was a dark, dark street, And on the dark, dark street there was a dark, dark building And in the dark, dark building were… BRIGHT JAPANESE...

Ultraphallus- Sowberry Hagan

07/03/2011

A doom metal album recorded in just four days, on a farm,with Oxbow . Am I meant to be impressed? Well good, because I am. Ultraphallus are an equally abrasive and bewildering quartet from Leige,...

Bonded by Blood – Exiled To Earth

06/03/2011

Profligate the Pain When I saw the name Bonded by Blood my heart leapt into my mouth. "I get to review Exodus' debut, awesome!" so imagine my surprise/disappointment upon seeing an...

Black Label Society – Colston Hall

05/03/2011

A few years ago (2007) Black Label Society, headed up by guitarist and singer Zakk Wylde, booked a March date at London’s Brixton Academy, well in advance following only a handful of appearances on...

Lost in New Jersey 7: No Convenient Division

04/03/2011

Lost in New Jersey 7: No Convenient Division. Photographic series by Matt Coleman...

The Centrifuge

04/03/2011

With all this Dubstep flying around Acid may seem like a vague memory well wake up as it’s very much alive and kicking! I ♥ Acid, The Centrifuge, and Complex Sound Sagacity presents to...

Spokes – 3, 4, 5

03/03/2011

An alt-indie group seems like a pretty unlikely choice for the Ninja Tune roster but with their talent for structured orchestration you wonder why Spokes weren't snapped up sooner. Since winning...

Miranda Donovan – The Home Unleashed

02/03/2011

Miranda Donovan - The Home Unleashed - Lazarides Gallery, 24th Feb – 23rd March 2011...

Make Better Music 33: Re-labelling and Pattern Shifting.

01/03/2011

Make Better Music 33: Re-labelling and Pattern Shifting. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham....

Venetian Snares – XOYO

26/02/2011

Ecstatic breaks and camaraderie, Venetian Snares rocks London. XOYO, Old Street, 23/2/11...

Lost in New Jersey 6: Approaching Life

25/02/2011

Lost in New Jersey 6: Approaching Life. Photographic series by Matt Coleman...

The Death Set – Michel Poiccard

24/02/2011

It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to… Ok, before we begin, I feel I have to issue a health warning. This review contains considerable traces of rap-rock. In fact, a hell of a...

And Hell Followed With – Proprioception

23/02/2011

Should they exercise their own proprioceptive sense? The word ‘proprioception’ means having an understanding of the world around you and your place within the Universe. At least this the...

Make Better Music 32: Losing your internal music player?

22/02/2011

Make Better Music 32: Losing your internal music player? Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

FluiD – Duality

21/02/2011

Crawl through the dark spaces and grind out body locking moves with this Dubstep Metal infusion. Often a record comes around that elicits both excitement and mild contempt. FluiD’s unrestricted...

Evile Machinations

21/02/2011

Guitars being hammered so skillfully by dudes in black and constantly hidden behind a blaze of swirling hair, living every thrasher’s dream. Sundays aren’t generally my favourite days for...

Small, Medium or LRG

20/02/2011

Ten roller girls, one oval track, a load of gum shields and a desire to do damage. Turning up at Earls Court I still had Rollerball in my head… I expected to see James Caan covered in blood,...

Oceano – Contagion

19/02/2011

Oceano describe themselves as, “the heaviest, most pissed off band on the planet.” Their claim of being the heaviest could be rightly justified after one look at a picture shows them to...

Mono/Poly – Manifestations

18/02/2011

The slow and sexy presets of Mono/Poly 's Manifestations represent smart funk at its unique best....

Lost in New Jersey 5: Unconscious Factors

18/02/2011

Lost in New Jersey 5: Unconscious Factors. Photographic series by Matt Coleman...

Raspberry – Oval Theatre.

17/02/2011

A bunch of misfit spectres led by a cockney guardian angel. Peculiar and wise Raspberry doesn’t tell the tale, it screams it at you. The Oval Theatre is a tiny place, filled with the promise of...

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