Archive - Trebuchet

Frank Tovey – Fad Gadget (2006) – Mute

18/10/2010

It’s been said that the clearest sign of genius is to be unappreciated in your own time. Eighties musical pioneer Frank Tovey (as alter ego Fad Gadget) managed the twin feat of alienating...

Roots Manuva – Alternatively Deep (2006) – Big Dada

18/10/2010

The resurgence of British hip-hop in recent years has revelled in rebelling against current trends across the Atlantic. Personal aggrandizement and brand championship has been a consistent element of...

The Vines – Vision Valley (2006) – EMI

18/10/2010

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia: The Vines are an Australian garage rock band notable for producing a raw musical hybrid of 60's rock and 90's alternative; the band being popularly...

Squarepusher – Hello Everything (2006) – Warp

18/10/2010

Ten albums in ten years: is Squarepusher the most prolific electronic artist of his generation? Maybe, but quantity does not equal quality and recent efforts have felt kinda lost in a sea of...

I’m From Barcelona – Let Me Introduce My Friends (2006) – EMI

18/10/2010

This is possibly the catchiest record ever released. If you are anything like me that may sound like a turn off, but bear with me. Now usually an album of such infectious pop-indie songs would have...

Animal Collective – Hollinndagain (2006) – Mutante-inc

18/10/2010

Music worth a damn? We look at the Animal Collective's Hollinndagain to get a better read on the situation. ...

AMETSUB – The Nothings of the North

18/10/2010

AMETSUB – The Nothings of the North Mille Plateaux (2010) Inspired by his trip to Iceland this is the second release for Ametsub and one of the first for the newly launched Mille Plateaux...

Anita Maj – Out of Control

18/10/2010

Heading mainly for the teen rock audience, this debut single by upcoming South London-based “feisty rock soul diva” Anita Maj combines lyrics lamenting the hot boy laden crush,...

Clicks & Cuts 5.0 – Paradigm Shift

18/10/2010

Clicks & Cuts 5.0 - Paradigm Shift...

Did you have to be there? 21st Century Adventure Cinema

18/10/2010

Adventure Cinema...

Lebowski Fest UK

18/10/2010

Lebowksi fest : The Big Lebowski a film festival, travelling roadshow and life beyond the celluloid. Trebuchet visit the land of bowling and white russians to 'take it easy' and fucking the eagles....

Hormonauts, Jetlag, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti: The Italian Job

17/10/2010

Review of Hormonauts, Jetlag, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti: The Italian Job...

Bubba Bubble Toil and Trouble

13/10/2010

George Soros has created the concept of reflexivity to describe the process of feedback and interaction between perceptions and reality....

Marcel Theroux: A Blow to the Heart

17/09/2010

Marcel Theroux is the son of a travelling writing behemoth (Paul), and older brother of TV’s dissembling clown (Louis). He has said in the past he’d like to be known in his own right. I’ve...

Idealistic Escape : Womad 2010

14/09/2010

Womad 2010 : Partly ecological fayre, part activistic showcase, part global awareness program a lot more goes on around the stages than is commonly publicised....

Bloodstock: UK’s Legendary Metal Festival Returns

14/09/2010

Bloodstock 2010: A heavy metal festival. Oh god the teenage years wasted with headphones on have come rushing back! ...

Howard Marks: Senor Nice

14/09/2010

Howard Marks, ex-dope-dealer extraordinaire and veteran of America’s toughest penitentiary, is tonight treading the boards at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, joint in hand and sounding lethargic....

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999 Emergency

07/09/2010

999 Emergency...

Censorship: Desert Island Disclosures

06/09/2010

censorship has been operating under spectacular circumstances. There is no point pretending that censorship in the 21st century is over...

All or Nothing: Interview with Matthew Devereux

06/09/2010

Matthew Devereux and Trebuchet’s Kailas Elmer caught up in conversation to discuss his hypertextual novel on risk, structure, relationships, war...

G20: No Charges Over Ian Tomlinson Demo Death

22/07/2010

About the cause of death, which led to three post-mortem examinations being conducted on Mr Tomlinson....

Teenagers Are Getting Digitally High From Downloaded Music

21/07/2010

Teenagers Are Getting Digitally High From Downloaded Music. They put on their headphones, drape a hood over their head and drift off into the world of ‘digital highs’....

‘Age Lie’ Former Miss Cornwall Takes Plymouth Title

20/07/2010

A teacher stripped of a beauty queen title for lying about her age and where she lived has won another competition in a neighbouring county....

David Cameron Launches Tories’ ‘Big Society’ Plan

19/07/2010

David Cameron: "I think we're onto a really big idea, a really exciting future for our country" David Cameron has launched his "big society" drive to empower communities, describing it as his...

If You Can’t Get a Job Start a Business

17/07/2010

Great idea: If You Can’t Get a Job Start a Business...

Will Ashon: Binaries and Dichotomies

22/10/2009

Will Ashon made a name for himself as the founder of UK record label Big Dada, the revolutionary hip hop offshoot of the influential Ninja Tunes label. Concurrent to running the label Ashon is also...

Sight and Sound

22/10/2009

PLASA 2006 PLASA is a yearly trade show for lighting, sound, rigging, and staging professionals looking to spend four days having a good drool over the latest hardware and software for their...