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Loitered Lens: Joel Sarakula [Pics]

08/01/2012

Hipster Folk and laid back dirt rave, gypsy funk with a grow-mo pomo comb-over… Vicariously talented wunderkind Joel Sarakula has been a collectors item for a number of years...

Dillinger Escape Plan and Mastodon UK Tour

07/01/2012

Seriously intense music is heading this way! Mastodon have released wagon burning, World or Warcraft Psych-rock masterpiece after masterpiece! Dillinger Escape Plan are in a rare league of...

Woods of Ypres frontman David Gold was tragically killed

07/01/2012

Woods of Ypres frontman David Gold was tragically killed in a road traffic accident on 21st December, outside Barrie, in his home country of Canada. In accordance with the wishes of David's...

Lubomyr Melnyk’s Debut UK Performance

07/01/2012

Continuing their eclectic and frankly fascinating programme of musical events, London's Cafe OTO hosts superfast 'continuous music' pioneer Lubomyr Melnyk in his debut UK performance. A...

OWS 2012: Still Resisting

07/01/2012

In my opinion, when people opine that the OWS movement is about — or should be about — the airing of this particular grievance or that it must bandy this or that particular demand —...

Nano-Wires, Quantum Electrics

06/01/2012

Quantum-scaled nano-cables. Pretty nifty, no doubt whatsoever. But until someone figures out how to make a molecular plug, socket, or screwdriver, the applications are somewhat murky. Enough...

The Free Music Mirage

06/01/2012

Putting an End to a Persistent Illusion Steadily, over the course of the last 10 years, the idea that recorded music "has" to be free has been transformed from a radical stance taken by...

Multitasking Bats

04/01/2012

Driving whilst listening to a partner yelling instructions? Hardly ideal. Luckily, bats are pretty good at it. Although perhaps not the one in the video…. Washington, D.C. – Imagine...

Cockroaches, Clubs and Clocks: An Academic in Africa

04/01/2012

I have missed being here, and it is good to be back. I think I have missed the life and the people rather than the place itself though. The familiarity which has made it so easy to settle...

Wobble and Levene Team up to perform Metal Box!

03/01/2012

In perhaps the best news we've heard in a while it seems that P.I.L founder Jah Wobble and Keith Levene are teaming up to perform Metal Box in Dub in Tokyo. For many this may mean close to...

Trace Elements: Screamer

03/01/2012

Back in the sixties, teenage girls in their thousands would cram into concerts given by The Beatles and scream hysterically from first note to last. The songs were seldom heard. Those teens could...

Pulling Faces to Survive

02/01/2012

If you've spent any of the last few days with family, or a partner's family, you've very likely had to resist the urge to pull faces. You've probably also had to resist the urge to...

Loitered Lens: Intense [Pics]

01/01/2012

UK Metal's Ronseal Band… Intense struggle against adversity and finally give the audience what they want: Drama and penicillin. Reading through the history of the band it becomes...

Bloodthirsty! What attracts mosquitoes?

31/12/2011

Ever noticed how some people get chewed to shreds by mosquitoes, whilst others aren't even touched by the blood-sucking pests? New research looks like it might have a reason for that....

Idiot Wind: The Eternal Politics of the 1970s

31/12/2011

Unpopular wars drag on, gas prices erratically rise and inexplicably fall, as clouds of cynicism, dark as Richard Nixon’s perpetual five o’clock shadow, brood over the length of the U.S....

Simian Ghost Release ‘Wolf Girl’ EP

30/12/2011

Choose your own level of excitement to react to Simian Ghost's upcoming EP Wolfgirl. Out on January 16th on Heist or Hit Records the Stockholm art-pop act combine sharp beats with icy top-end...

Trailer Trash Tracys: Ester

30/12/2011

Painful though it may be to recall, it was summer once. Cool drinks were sipped at pavement cafes, flesh was bared and balding scalps reddened and peeled in the light of the now-forgotten sun....

The 27 Club. Does it exist?

29/12/2011

Is 27 really a dangerous age for famous musicians? The list of well known musicians who have died at age 27 may look like more than a coincidence – Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix,...

Epilepsy and Violent Crime are Not linked

28/12/2011

Having epilepsy is not linked to committing violent crime Despite public opinion to the contrary, having the neurological condition epilepsy is not directly associated with an increased risk of...

The Tyranny of Novelty

28/12/2011

We hear it over and over again (even though it is not yet precisely true): people don’t want to pay for recorded music. And what is recorded music? Music that has been thoughtfully written and...

Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh – If You Can Find It

27/12/2011

Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh. Trees that produce frankincense – used in incense and perfumes across the world and a key part of the Christmas story – are declining so dramatically that...

Trace Elements: Workaholic

27/12/2011

During a party thrown to celebrate my 2nd birthday, apparently, my Grandma asked me the big question “Where’s Daddy?” I’m told my response was to point over to a framed photo...

Salt policy makers eat too much salt at work

26/12/2011

Salt policy makers in the Netherlands are consuming more than the average daily recommended salt intake of 6 grams in one hot meal at their work canteens, finds a study in the Christmas issue...

Happy Christmas from the Stars

25/12/2011

No, it's not a bunch of z-list celebs wishing you seasons greetings in aid of their favourite charidee. It's an actual angel in the stars. What better news item for all at Trebuchet Magazine...

Loitered Lens: Inmoria [Pics]

25/12/2011

Inmoria bring a new level of power and confidence to power metal. It's all in the wrist and the jaw. There is a metal tendon that joins both appendages (and in true metal the jaw is not...

Do you hear what I hear? Noise exposure surrounds us

24/12/2011

Nine out of 10 city dwellers may have enough harmful noise exposure to risk hearing loss, and most of that exposure comes from leisure activities. Researchers at the University of Michigan found that...

“By Imbeciles Who Really Mean It”: Lost Verities and Dirty Hippies

24/12/2011

Regardless of the dissembling of corporate state propagandists, free market capitalism has always been a government subsidized, bubble-inflating, swindlers’ game, in which, psychopathic...

What’s Your Poison?: Which Kills You Quicker – Wine or Beer?

23/12/2011

Title of the press release: 'Are there differences in mortality among wine consumers and other alcoholic beverages?' Um, doubt it. Not unless Chateau Lafitte has spme hitherto undiscovered...

Candytree: The Cathode Rain

23/12/2011

Candytree have consistently released album for what seems like decades. They exist as something emblematic of persistence. The Cathode Rain is startling is so far as they sound completely rejuvenated...

Yeah Boyeeeee! Language Learning through hip-hop

22/12/2011

Well, there is a certain logic to this. Flava Flav's perennial cry of 'What time is it?' could be useful. Language learning through hip-hop music Listeners can learn new vocabulary...

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