Archive - Trebuchet

John Squire – Celebrity Stars

23/06/2011

What do you get when you mix modern celebrity with traditional Islamic design? Faceless stars? Or celebrity with depth? This isn't a joke by the way. John Squire needs little introduction....

Anna Calvi releases ‘Desire’ Video

23/06/2011

Desire – new video for single released this week Performs 5 tracks ‘Live From Abbey Road’ on Channel 4 tonight Anna Calvi is excited to present...

Lol: Fat substitutes linked to weight gain

23/06/2011

Synthetic fat substitutes used in low-calorie potato chips and other foods could backfire and contribute to weight gain and obesity, according to a study published by the American Psychological...

Into the Unknown: Jamie XX – Far Nearer

23/06/2011

I tried to avoid it again this month, the semi big name, the rising star that everyone’s watching, but sometimes the masses are right. There’s been rumblings that he’s ripping off...

Science News: ‘My dishwasher is trying to kill me’

22/06/2011

New research finds harmful fungal pathogens living in dishwasher seals. A potentially pathogenic fungus has found a home living in extreme conditions in some of the most common household appliances,...

A Casual Bombing in Nigeria

21/06/2011

On the 16th of June there was a bomb blast in Abuja, at the police headquarters. At the time of writing this they had not released the figures for the number of dead yet, except to confirm that...

Wiley – 100% Publishing

21/06/2011

'East London grime credibility or West Coast glamour, who cares? Just PICK ONE and get on with it!' ...

Emptyset feat. Corneileus Harris – All Together Lost Remixes EP

21/06/2011

Emptyset live up to their name with the sparse minimalism of 'All Together Lost' 'All Together Lost' is innocuous and inoffensive trancey, minimal house music, but what else is there...

Energy drinks linked to substance use in musicians, study shows

21/06/2011

Frequent use of energy drinks is associated with binge drinking, alcohol-related social problems and misuse of prescription drugs among musicians, according to researchers at the University at...

Science News: The myth of the ‘queen bee’: Work and sexism

21/06/2011

Female bosses sometimes have a reputation for not being very nice. Some display what's called "queen bee" behavior, distancing themselves from other women and refusing to help other...

Make Better Music 48: Putting Out – Production

21/06/2011

Make Better Music 48: Putting Out - Production. Getting people together to work on something as a group is forever getting harder, whilst making music via the computer (where so many of us spend so...

High Voltage Announces Further Acts For 2011

20/06/2011

Following the launch of the UK’s new prestige rock festival, in 2010, High Voltage returns in 2011 with exclusive performances from headliners Judas Priest and Dream Theater, UK festival...

The Black Dahlia Murder – Ritual

20/06/2011

For their fifth studio album, Detroit heavy weights The Black Dahlia Murder have remained true to what they do best. Namely blasting out high energy, heavy and powerful melodic death metal. The album...

On “The Issue Of Character” And Empire

20/06/2011

Late last month, poet, musician, and self-termed "bluesologist," Gil Scott-Heron exited the hologram and returned to the source…to begin chanting, eternity will not be televised. In...

Plant Plants – Plant Plants EP

19/06/2011

First growth bears sweet fruit… Skimming through titles, you might suspect that ‘Plant Plants’ indicated gardening instructions for absolute beginners. Though their name is...

King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – Union Chapel

18/06/2011

Acoustic unions in an electric chapel, I beheld the evolution of folk music and it was divine. Rocking it was not. Communion. A series of flashbacks occurred as I walked down an aisle of the Highbury...

Wolf People – Steeple

18/06/2011

Is originality everything? I only ask because, throughout contemporary music history, there is very little that has been created without some sort of precedent. This is not to say that the quality of...

Mastodon Unveil New Album Title

17/06/2011

Progressive heavy metal (or hard rock) band Mastodon have revealed the name of their new album today. While still in the process of being finished "The Hunter" is said to contain the...

Ducktails – live photos 31st May

17/06/2011

It's weird that photographers spend years or even a whole lifetime, trying to capture moments that added together, don't even amount to a couple of hours. – James Lalropui Keivom...

Kurt Gluck Speaks ‘Ohm Resistance’

16/06/2011

Anger fuelled techno label Ohm Resistance have described their sound as “the price of revolution”. So with this rebellious streak in mind, Trebuchet Magazine interviewed owner and...

NASA’s Voyager Probe Edges Closer to Interstellar Space

15/06/2011

Surprising observations from NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft raise questions about the radial extent of the heliosheath — the heated outer shell of our sun’s sphere of influence —...

Savage Nomads, Don’t Wait Animate, White Powder Gold – Live

15/06/2011

The constant hybridisation of music is the fuel that drives innovation. The problem is that decontextualising sounds and themes from other genres can make them meaningless or seem weakly pastiche,...

Alice Cooper to Play intimate show at 100 Club

15/06/2011

ALICE COOPER Live At The 100 Club June 26th 2011, 100 Oxford Street, London PLUS – HALLOWEEN NIGHT OF FEAR OCTOBER SHOWS + NEW YORK DOLLS *( 27-31 OCT ONLY) WANTED:...

Master Musicians of Bukkake – Totem 3

15/06/2011

The Pacific Northwest meets the rest of the world… strange things happen… Before I commence, I feel I ought to issue an important warning – be VERY careful if trying to Google...

Amon Tobin – Surge EP

13/06/2011

Amon Tobin simultaneously alienates and intrigues....

Charity Event: PD James and Ruth Rendell in Conversation

13/06/2011

Trebuchet Supports: PD James and Ruth Rendell in Conversation Leading crime writers PD James and Ruth Rendell, both Members of the House of Lords and admired and read by millions, are appearing at an...

David J Roch – Skin and Bone

12/06/2011

Colliding the wonderment of tragedy and the bewildering virtue of romantic love, these songs are not lullabies. They are raw emotions straight from your nerve endings. Every so often an album comes...

Rival Consoles – Kid Velo

11/06/2011

Rival Consoles' Kid Velo has the beats and builds of anthemic house, but it's more Paul Hardcastle than Paul Oakenfold. Now that GaGa has got her hands on sidechain compression and synth...

Magnetic Bubbles Reside at Solar System Edge

10/06/2011

NASA's Voyager probes are truly going where no one has gone before. Gliding silently toward the stars, 9 billion miles from Earth, they are beaming back news from the most distant, unexplored...