Archive - Trebuchet

Sound Helps You See!

08/12/2011

This story is for anyone who ever ducked their head in the cinema. Even unconsciously, sound helps us see "Imagine you are playing ping-pong with a friend. Your friend makes a serve. Information...

Panic Room: Live Review

08/12/2011

Panic Room have come a long way since their first live appearances back in 2008. The band emerged from the ashes of the first incarnation of celtic proggers Karnataka, with that band's...

The Wedding Present: BACK!

07/12/2011

“I never really enjoy New Year’s Eve!” With those fateful words David Gedge set into motion a train of events that has culminated in the “Seeing Out 2011 With The Wedding...

Into the Unknown: Death in Vegas

07/12/2011

Death in Vegas – Your Loft my Acid After listening to a regularly reliable machine based radio show The Electronic Tonic there it was: The return of Death in Vegas. We all know what happens to...

Fool’s Gold Gets Valuable

06/12/2011

Pyrite, those flecks of shining 'gold' you see in river gravel, might not be as worthless as once believed. Clean, cheap energy. Bring it on. Just don't tell the petrochem baddies!...

It’s Called Viral for a Reason

06/12/2011

In the relative blink of an eye, we have culturally swallowed a crazy idea: that the capacity to grab people’s attention is more important than what is being done to grab their attention. We...

Earth: Angels of Darkness/Demons of Light, plus tour dates

05/12/2011

The second half of Angels of Darkness/Demons of Light is at hand and Earth are ready to unveil it on the highways and byways of the UK and EU. The line-up again consists of Adrienne Davies on...

Sly and Reggie: Middle Class Dub (Vol.2)

05/12/2011

Pity the middle classes. Despised and reviled most vehemently by themselves, condemned by popular opinion to the dull political and personal flabbiness of the middle – in class, in attitude, in...

Loitered Lens: Glasvegas [Pics]

04/12/2011

Glasvegas demanded that the NME stop printing lies about them. Or did they? It’s doubtful. The soulful Scottish band have moved from heights to heights with their uplifting music and critical...

Bobsled runs—fast and yet safe

03/12/2011

Making bobsleigh runs safe for bobsleighs seems to be taking the fun out of thing a bit, no? Ice-monitoring, friction levels, materials and mechanics. Everything is taken into account. Just as well...

Horror Films Warp Your Mind!

03/12/2011

Horror films a cause of stress? Not half as much as the queue at the chipshop afterwards. Acute stress, like the kind brought on by watching violent movies, changes the way the human brain functions,...

The Police State Makes Its Move

03/12/2011

Retaining One's Humanity in the Face of Tyranny For days now, we have endured demonstrably false propaganda that the fallen soldiers of U.S. wars sacrificed their lives for "our...

Scientists Discover Method for Beer-Locating

02/12/2011

Oh the irony! Research on beer done by Spaniards. As the glacially-old joke used to go: Why is Spanish beer like making love in a canoe? They're both f**king close to water…. Anyhow,...

Living Room Songs (Olafur Arnalds)

02/12/2011

One song each day for a week. Written, recorded and performed live online in October 2011 Olafur Arnalds. ...

Motley Crue to tour with Tommy Lee’s 360 Drum Rollercoaster.

01/12/2011

Motley Crue to tour with Tommy Lee's 360 degree Drum Rollercoaster....

10 Years of Free Museums!

01/12/2011

The shadow of Red Ken lingers in the London air. Red Ken – the ex-mayor. Not Redken – the haircare range. Although it depends on which part of London you happen to be in. Anyhow, it's...

Cass McCombs UK Tour

01/12/2011

Cass McCombs will be touring the UK in March 2012. The four date tour will see him performing in Manchester, Glasgow and Liverpool as well as a Union Chapel show in London on March 9th. This is the...

Wino and Conny Ochs – Heavy Kingdom

01/12/2011

Scott ‘Wino’ Weinriich is a pretty heavy guy, he makes most metallers seem plastic. Plastic however is both versatile and happy. St Vitus rate as one of the most influential bands in the...

Kids in Glass Houses – Interview

30/11/2011

Kids in Glass Houses, as their names suggests are obviously not the sort of band that you’d expect to be particularly forthcoming or vitriolic on any topic. Not least because they appear to be a...

Plastic Flowers: Strange Neighbors

30/11/2011

Florida! Are you sure they're from Florida? Sounds more like Manchester, but it's undeniably sweet. The band is Plastic Flowers, the track is 'Strange Neighbours'. They're on the...

Steve Lawler Single

30/11/2011

Steve Lawler announces his new single alongside Detlef titled "Audition"; his first release since last year's "Gimme Some More". Sand Drawing video produced by: VERVUE Steve...

What is a Trebuchet?

30/11/2011

What is a Trebuchet? Trebuchet is a deadly siege weapon that hurls an object by using a counterweight. ...

Burning Love sign to Southern Lord records.

30/11/2011

Southern Lord proudly announce the signing of Ontario-based BURNING LOVE, as the label prepare for the release of the unit's anticipated upcoming sophomore full-length in early 2012. Following...

Driven to Distraction: An Academic in Africa

30/11/2011

The rage has been building. For the last few days I have been incapable of driving here without the stupidity of it all getting to me. This morning, for example, I was genuinely nearly...

Film Review: Guilty of Romance

29/11/2011

Sono's Hate trilogy fizzles out with a whimper...

NASA Launch Mars Probe

29/11/2011

Trebuchet has published a couple of articles about NASA's latest Mars mission already, so it's a pleasure to report that the comparatively huge (car-sized) Mars rover got off to a successful...

Make Better Music 68: Words and Music

29/11/2011

Writing music comes easily to me for the most part, I’ve usually got a surplus of ideas, so the only the most interesting actually get worked on. The more derivative and unimaginative ideas get...

That Razorlight Press Shot

28/11/2011

Form an orderly queue, ladies. Well, somebody certainly knows how do generate a buzz. Earnest landfall-indie rockers Razorlight released a new promo picture today. In promotion of something or other,...

Fingertip music picture by Freeditigalphotos.net/Ambro

Everything Looks Like a Nail: The “Social Music” Fallacy

28/11/2011

I was listening to an album on Spotify the other day when I heard an ad between tracks that was promoting Spotify itself, focused on how “social” the service is. Because after all, as the ad...

Black Tusk: Set the Dial

27/11/2011

Savannah chooglin metallers Black Tusk put some grind into their sludge grunt. Black Tusk have a shared history along with bands like Baroness and Kylesa apparently they’re mates and have...

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