Archive - Trebuchet

Spirituality? More than 20% of atheist scientists are.

06/05/2011

Scientists think spirituality is congruent with scientific discovery, religion is not....

NASA Selects Investigations For Future Key Planetary Mission

06/05/2011

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars' interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial sea on...

Outliers in Emotion: Enduser

06/05/2011

"I think Dubstep is something that just got out of hand creatively and now it's just a bunch of people ripping each other off" Trebuchet’s love affair with Breakcore continues...

Why Are Americans So Easily Conned?

06/05/2011

Our blind optimism allows us to live in comfort zones, but it turns vast spaces of the world into death zones. The technologies that inflicted upon the world the ongoing tragedies in both the Gulf of...

Dutch Uncles – Cadenza

05/05/2011

So NME accuse this album of 'musical incompetence' and being 'baffling', whilst The Fly go with 'one of 2011's most exciting prospects'. Things are already juicy....

SLASH: Announces UK Headline And Festival Dates

03/05/2011

Gunners star announces UK Headline And Festival Dates Single: “Starlight” Release date: 25th July 2011, taken from the critically acclaimed album “Slash” Exclusive...

Kasabian Announce Intimate Warm Up Shows

03/05/2011

London 3rd May 9am 2011 – In what will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of 2011, Kasabian announce an intimate UK warm up Tour in June ahead of festival season. The multi – platinum,...

Make Better Music 41: Tempo, Rhythm & Time

03/05/2011

Make Better Music 41: Tempo, Rhythm & Time. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

//Tense// – Escape or Soundscape?

01/05/2011

“Your official diagnosis is schizophrenic psychosis…” drones a machine on the title track of Escape, the new EP from Tense. Sounds cool. Sounds ominous. But am I tense? Words mean...

The Rewards of Doing ‘Something’

30/04/2011

People don't really care what they're doing—just as long as they are doing something. That's one of the findings summarized in a new review article published in Current Directions...

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis – Bull and Gate

30/04/2011

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis promote their new album 'Smoking in Heaven' at the Bull and Gate. I found the Bull and Gate by following a trail of polka dot skirts, red lipstick and rockabilly...

Among the Ciphers of a Declining Empire

29/04/2011

Among Ciphers, Barn Burners and Confidence Artists: A Comb-Over Treatment for Declining Empire. Like postmodernist architecture, in which the aesthetic criteria of a structure's exterior often...

Public Enemy performing Fear Of A Black Planet

28/04/2011

Public Enemy performing Fear Of A Black Planet Perhaps the most infuential of all hip-hop groups return to the UK to perform one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, 'Fear Of A Black...

Motivation plays a critical role in determining IQ

28/04/2011

Penn research demonstrates motivation plays a critical role in determining IQ test scores. PHILADELPHIA — New psychology research at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a...

What can movie stars tell us about marriage?

28/04/2011

Movie stars: Is there anything they can't tell us? According to a study published in the Spring issue of the Journal of Human Capital, marriages among movie stars can help unravel the reasons why...

The Fall – KOKO 1st June.

28/04/2011

Iconic 70s Post-Punk band THE FALL performs for THE PLAYGROUND at an exclusive London show here at KOKO. THE FALL Of all the late-'70s punk and post-punk bands, none are said to be longer-lived...

TOKiMONSTA engulfs with dreamy texture.

28/04/2011

TOKiMONSTA has odd and beautiful dreams, apparently. Brace yourself, as she treats us to a musical retelling. According to L.A. Weekly, Jennifer Lee (aka TOKiMONSTA) is Los Angeles' premier...

Roger Daltrey to Perform “Tommy”

27/04/2011

ROGER DALTREY TO PERFORM THE WHO’S LEGENDARY “TOMMY” ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH THE SET WILL ALSO INCLUDE A VARIETY OF THE WHO’S CLASSICS AND MORE ...

On the Brink of Democracy

27/04/2011

Nigeria is a confusing country for the stranger, and the situation only gets worse when you start looking at politics. As such I’m not going to try and give you a nicely crafted or...

Collective Conservation Efforts Boosted Rhino Population in Nepal

26/04/2011

Chitwan, Nepal – After three rigorous weeks of conducting the National Rhino Census in Nepal, new data on the population of greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) was formally...

Make Better Music 40: Music as an Evocation

26/04/2011

Make Better Music 40: Music as an Evocation. Lessons in music composition, song writing, artistic motivation and making better music from David Graham. ...

Alternative Voting Referendum in the UK

24/04/2011

It seems like the two opposing side on the issue of Alternative Voting are becoming more vociferous in their pleas to the electorate however a TNS report has shown that the NO camp has a 10 point...

New battery produces electricity where freshwater meets saltwater

24/04/2011

Scientists are reporting development of a new battery that extracts and stores energy produced from the difference in saltiness at the point where freshwater in rivers flows into oceans....

Amon Tobin – Isam

24/04/2011

Recreational users beware: claustrophobic and frustrating, is the new Amon Tobin album worth the risk?...

Deaths from drug overdose decline 35 percent after the opening of supervised injection site

23/04/2011

April 18, 2011 – Illicit drug overdose deaths declined dramatically after the establishment of North America's first supervised injection facility located in Vancouver, Canada, according to...

Scotland’s first marine reserve already producing benefits

23/04/2011

Scotland's first fully protected marine reserve, and only the second in the UK, is already providing commercial and conservation benefits, according to new research. After only two years in...

“The Problem With Nigeria…”

23/04/2011

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”K/dropcapeith and I have decided that the problem with Nigeria is the finish. Or, as Peter would put it, the last ten percent. Now, I (to...

Free Fleet Foxes Poster with Helplessness Blues Pre-orders!

23/04/2011

Free Fleet Foxes Poster with Helplessness Blues Pre-orders! We’re going to keep this one simple: on May 3rd, Helplessness Blues, the new and second album from Seattle's Fleet Foxes...

Franz Ferdinand to release Covers EP

22/04/2011

Following its release on coloured 12" vinyl as part of the Record Store Day celebrations, Domino is happy to announce the full release of Franz Ferdinand – Covers...