I was always closer to rock´n roll (Nils Frahm)

Interview with Nils Frahm 2011...

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Invisibility Paint. Just be sure to remember where you left it.

Cloaking technology, stealth paint, fancy eyeliner. The applications are endless. A carbon nanotube coating developed at the University of Michigan acts as a “magic black cloth” that...

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King Mob and Bermondsey Joyriders: Live

Punkemon: elusive punks finally sighted and captured. 17/11/2011 – 229 Portland Street. There is a section of the punk community, born too late to see any of the bands in their prime (and in...

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Open Letter to the Winter Patriot

We can't claim any credit for this story, it was written by Mitch Green for New Economic Perspectives Nevertheless, it's worth reprinting here. In his own words, Green is 'an Army...

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Johnny Foreigner release “You vs Everything” poster single

Johnny Foreigner release “You vs Everything” poster single 5th December Johnny Foreigner follow up the release of their third album (with their highest ever first week sales) and two...

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The Other Art Fair

Seduced by art: From art virgin to art collector It sparks off debates, encourages us to take a look at topical issues, delves inside the subconscious, and allows us to have a laugh at the world and...

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Savage Messiah allow free album download!

British shred-heavy modern-day metal band SAVAGE MESSIAH have released their highly-anticipated new album, PLAGUE OF CONSCIENCE, as a completely free download, which is available now at...

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Kitty, Daisy and Lewis: UK Tour

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis – The '50s throwbacks you're allowed to like (hint: Lana Del Rey is the one you're not) The trio would like to announce to their ever-expanding legion of fans...

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COALESCE:  Premiere Track from ‘Give Them Rope’

Trailblazing hardcore band COALESCE has released a digitally-remastered version and a special, remixed version of the track “Did It Pay The Rent” via Lambgoat at this location....

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Make Better Music 67: Raw Power and Sophistication

For some, measured, intelligent songwriting skills are the pinnacle of musical enjoyment, for others it can be the antithesis of what music is there for - the expression of raw emotion....

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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will be returning to the UK

Live Nation are thrilled to announce that Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will be returning to the UK in 2012 for 3 very special headline performances at Sunderland Stadium of Light,...

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David Lynch – Crazy Clown Time

With Crazy Clown Time David Lynch presents us with an unusual set of terms that defy non-emotional comprehension....

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Peter Broderick: Music for Confluence

The somewhat fantastical world of Erased Tapes record making continues with Peter Broderick's Music for Confluence. After the happy accident in which Nils Frahm's efforts not to wake the...

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3D Printing – The (ab)uses are limitless

Science fiction can be spot-on sometimes. Sometimes it can be miles off too. The issue isn't exactly that sci-fi writers actually fail to predict the technology we'll be using in the future,...

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Loitered Lens: Her [Pics]

Images by Carl Byron Batson 2011. ...

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Crass – The Last Supper

In 2007, I got a call asking me if I wanted to play at a punk festival in the North of England.  I didn't even have a band at the time, hadn't played a gig in ages. It took me totally by...

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Shifting Sands of Mars

Mars – so close yet so far. As reported elsewhere in Trebuchet, NASA's plans to land a car-sized exploration vehicle on the planet will soon, all things going to plan, provide details on...

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Denial and Addiction

Punching a Hole in Bubbles of Denial and Addiction: Late Capitalism and Its Discontents of the American Autumn The global designs of the neo-liberal agenda have met the living architecture of a...

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Acid Mothers Temple – special acoustic show

Last minute announcement!  Tomorrow night – Saturday 19 November – we will host the first ever acoustic set performed outside of Japan by legendary Japanese psych-rock ensemble ACID...

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Francois & The Atlas Mountains – Les Plus Beaux single preview

Live dates announced for early 2012 & Free download of Piscine remix from Outer Limits Recordings Les Plus Beaux will be released as the second single from Fránçois & The...

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The Kinks in Mono – Retrospective

Ten albums' worth, in mono. Is a Kinks retrospective more to do with to expiry dates on 1960s publishing contracts than with rediscovering lost classics? Because nobody needs to rediscover The...

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Dance Music Distributor Removes Catalogue from Spotify

Musicians love to present a 'everything's fine, we're only in it for the music anyway' face to the public. It saves them from the accusation of being money-grubbing and, by the mere...

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Orienteers – Album Review

Sometimes simplicity is bliss. Orienteers are the heavy-lidded lords of a sweet, sleepy land of achingly pretty melodies, peaceful reflection and fuzzy warmth. They seem to need very little to create...

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Dirty Cash for the Dull Stuff, Plastic for the Fantastic

People who pay cash focus on different aspects of products than people who use credit cards, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Although previous research has already...

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Monkey Kung Fu Fights – An Academic in Africa

“So who would win, a man who knew kung fu, or an adult male chimp?” “The chimp would kill you.” “Even if the man knew kung fu?” “It would not matter if he...

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Occupy Wall Street Evictions – Live Feed

Who knows how long this guy will be able to broadcast, but whilst he's still going, it's worth watching. The most lucid and least sensational of the #OWS footage so far: Free desktop...

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Make Better Music 66: Embrace the Chaos

In the midst of a vast YouTube binge the other evening (I’ve got a thirst for seeking out to interviews with musicians I like, and seem to be hopeless at turning YouTube off), I happened to come...

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She Don’t Want No Scrub – Sexytime for Spiders

How very pleasant. Female spiders, not only famous for killing and eating their hapless male counterparts after sexual congress, also demand payment for the pleasure. The better the present, the...

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Opeth – Live, Brixton Academy

Sweden's Opeth have come a long way in the past twenty years. Starting out playing death metal with growling vocals on the heaviest songs, their ambitious music mixed light and shade from the...

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Photo Essay – Judith Scott at Museum of Everything

Museum of Everything showcases outsider art and people not usually recognised as artists. I loved the Judith Scott exhibition, and especially intriguing were the x-rays of the...

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