Archive - Trebuchet

Oil: Edward Burtynsky’s Narrative of Society’s Fuel Source

28/09/2011

That one substance which is at once both everywhere and yet nowhere to be seen is the subject of Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky’s most recent exhibition, entitled Oil. Through over 50...

Make Better Music 60: Automation and the Human Form

27/09/2011

On the plus side, a new generation (one that has grown up with remarkably powerful music tech tools) will do things with music software that are incredible, ground breaking, ear-catching and mind...

Cults announce UK tour

26/09/2011

“David Lynch goes dreampop” – Guardian Guide “11 hook-laden lullabies to be lured in by, all underpinned by a sultry menace that’s impossible to ignore”...

Macks Faulkron – Friends EP

26/09/2011

As much as sixties psychedelia has been artlessly plundered by last month's media darlings, Best Coast, it seems only logical that the 90s re-visioning of that movement be picked over in the...

Into the Unknown: Radiohead – Good Evening Mrs Magpie

25/09/2011

There’s one thing about dance music and that is it tends to divide people. Dance music is seen by some as a lesser ‘Techno Techno’ form of music, devoid of intellect and not up to...

Hevy festival 2011 – review

24/09/2011

Starring Dillinger Escape Plan, Architects, Funeral for a Friend, and Bouncing Souls, the third year of Hevy proves that festivals are an astounding musical democracy. Set near the Folkestone...

Creative Journey: How to Curate Abroad

21/09/2011

Creative Journey: How to Curate Abroad...

Make Better Music 59: It’s not what you put in, it’s what you get out

20/09/2011

One of the joys of music is that it always has something to say that’s worth listening to, even in tracks that you have heard a hundred times. There’s a richness and enough ambiguity of...

The Deer Tracks – The Brevity Interview

19/09/2011

Sweden’s Deer Tracks are one of those bands that are nigh-on impossible to pin down. The dynamic duo of Elin Lindfors and David Lehnberg are purveyors a magical, colourful swirl of melodies,...

Supersonic Festival 2011 – Update

15/09/2011

Its time for the day tickets/line ups to be announced for this year's festival (though the exact times have yet to be released). Additionally, Supersonic have announced two more musicians to the...

Pure X – Pleasure

14/09/2011

Summer echoes… Don’t you just loathe the term shoegaze? As far as categorisations go, you can’t get much lazier than trying to sum up a band’s entire raison d’etre by...

MOGWAI – ‘Earth Division’ EP released today

13/09/2011

Arch weirdos MOGWAI release their latest quizzical opus. Having thus far enjoyed a monumental year, with a sold out world tour and the release of the superb and critically acclaimed 7th studio...

Make Better Music 58: Go Where the Barriers Are

13/09/2011

The idea is simple - things that are easy to do can be done by more people than things that are hard. You want to make your music available as a “self release” via a service like bandcamp? Go for...

Summon the Crows – One More For the Gallows

09/09/2011

Growling through concrete Norsk pounders test the rope. 'One More For the Gallows' is the second full-length album by the Norwegian band Summon the Crows. The album contains 10...

Winter – Into Darkness

08/09/2011

A fingernail through the cellophane, Winter lets out the night. Originally released in 1990 and widely considered to be a cult classic, Into Darkness from New York outfit Winter is now being...

Talvihorros – Descent Into Delta

07/09/2011

Hypnotic? Delta guitar driven purges by ascending maestro. The term 'hypnotic' is one that is bandied about far too often in music reviews, a kind of catch-all term for any number of...

Bong – Beyond Ancient Space

06/09/2011

Beyond Ancient Space is the most recent release from Psychedelic Minimalist Doom band Bong. Many people believe a bands name should be a reflection on their music and with Bong, you can pretty...

Our-Merica 5: Imaginings of America

02/09/2011

"Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected." – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Images By Our Bartlett....

Gauntlet Hair’s Free download! Top Bunk.

31/08/2011

Gauntlet Hair's Self-Titled Debut Due October 17. Download Free MP3 For "Top Bunk". Over the last year and a half, Gauntlet Hair has seen its noise-pop anthems released on 7"s...

Stateless – I’m on Fire EP

31/08/2011

Symphonic electronica and beguiling voices – 'I'm on Fire' feeds the spirit. There really is a lot of range on this five-track EP. Hell, there's more range in each one of the...

Make Better Music 57: Counterpoint

30/08/2011

I regard writing fine counterpoint as a bit of a lost art. In some ways it’s largely redundant in todays music, where single ideas right up front are generally king. This is not any kind of rant...

Sonisphere, UK 2011: Giant Slayer Or Fish Out Of Water?

26/08/2011

This years Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, boasted one of the greatest line-ups I have ever seen at any British music festival. With their highly anticipated first ever visit...

Our-Merica 4: Imaginings of America

25/08/2011

"I believe America's best days are ahead of us because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear." – John Kerry Images By Our Bartlett....

Ultra-Thatcherite Ultra-Violence

24/08/2011

As even Britain's kleptocratic party leaders have now been forced to admit, various modes of corruption and anti-social criminality are not confined to gangs or underclasses. Context There's...

Bloodstock 2011

24/08/2011

Blinded by the righteous black Bloodstock 2011 gathers the tribes. ...

Make Better Music 56: Celebrating the Old

23/08/2011

I wonder how it feels to be making music after fifty or even sixty active years. Some people have gone on even longer - Elliot Carter is about to turn 103 and is still an active composer - what can...

The Deer Tracks- The Archer Trilogy Part 2

23/08/2011

When is Pop not pop? Swedish duo The Deer Tracks are an unusual proposition, blending hook-laden, high-gloss pop with glitchy folktronica and esoteric sonic constructions. Though crafting tunes that...

Jono McCleery – There Is

19/08/2011

Jono McCleery delivers a classic album in There Is. SBTRKT, Jamie Woon, hell, even Radiohead. The fan of beguiling male vocals set against beats is suddenly well-catered for. Jono McCleery's...

David Lynch threatens to release whole album

19/08/2011

Visionary filmmaker David Lynch will make his solo debut as a musical artist this fall with Crazy Clown Time. With his previous efforts being rather shaky it's a wonder what this latest grouping...

Our-Merica 3: Imaginings of America

18/08/2011

"This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do." – Jack Kerouac, On the Road Images By Our Bartlett. http://www.ourbartlett.co.uk...

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