Archive - Trebuchet

The 45s Carlisle / Bitter Strings [Live at The Garage]

09/05/2014

A complete sticky lather. ...

The Sonics : Koko [Live]

08/05/2014

Instrumentally and vocally The Sonics still have it and boy oh boy, do they give it to you. ...

On Twitter, Birdsong and Bards

08/05/2014

The Mistle Thrush reminds us not to be beguiled by outward display but to see through to what, if anything, lies beneath....

Welcome to Iraq : South London Gallery

07/05/2014

The attempts made to create safety and security for the Iraqi home have been staged. Just like the space in South London Gallery, they represent the crippled reality of political impotence....

Rush Vinyl Competition

06/05/2014

Sign up to our newsletter for the chance to win Rush's legendary debut on limited edition vinyl with loads of extras....

The Sonics : KOKO

06/05/2014

Original garage rockers, The Sonics, blast the plaster off KOKO's roccoco firmaments in a rare London gig tonight....

Haken [Live, The Garage]

06/05/2014

Despite the obvious virtuosity of the whole band there was relatively little in the way of soloing; the strength of their music is in the composition. ...

Geoff Thompson : The Caretaker

05/05/2014

Were it not for occasional cultural references or linguistic signposts, The Caretaker could indeed be mistaken for an established liturgical text....

Loitered Lens : Bruce Foxton’s From The Jam

04/05/2014

Entertainment, Going Underground, Beat Surrender and an outstanding version of Town Called Malice all fixed a look of pure ecstasy onto the audiences middle-aged faces, and a glint of nostalgia in...

Shafting the Welfare State

03/05/2014

The reality of social enterprise hides behind opaque language and mysterious ‘third sector’ jargon that alludes to volunteerism and good intentions. The key word is ‘enterprise’. They are run...

Felix Kubin : Interview

02/05/2014

I don't want to be a pop underground star when I'm sixty on stage. I love the genre of pop but it's just one of many genres....

Make Better Music 72 : Music Theory

30/04/2014

Music theory is way of labelling sounds and ideas in a way that highlights the relationships between them...

Shamate : China’s Secret Family

29/04/2014

Something purposeful and stubbornly cryptic is obviously gathering pace inside the communist walls of the Middle Kingdom....

Sendai : A Smaller Divide

28/04/2014

There's a very interesting and productive tension between chaos and order and light and dark running through the album....

Loitered Lens : Amund Maruud

27/04/2014

Imagine the King, frenzied and fuelled up on booze and bop pills whilst performing the main dance sequence of Jailhouse Rock - that was the show that blurred before us...

Venetian Snares, Luke Vibert and Red Snapper 24 May

25/04/2014

Venetian Snares, Luke Vibert and Red Snapper 24 May - Soundcrash...

Sleepy Sun : Corsica Studios [Live]

25/04/2014

With each album Sleepy Sun are moving further away from their garage-folk roots and further into straight ahead psych-pop. Moreover, they’re just getting better at being musicians. ...

Bugle Boy : The Glenn Miller Story [Musical]

24/04/2014

Den Stevenson's Bugle Boy which, having charmed the West End (a full house standing ovation at the Garrick, for one), now heads out on another tour of the UK....

Tori Amos : Unrepentant Geraldines

24/04/2014

Striking a balance between vivid imagery and staying the right side of the absurdity barrier. Her lyrics might be colourful, but they are never lurid....

James Narh (XXL Streetdance) : Interview

23/04/2014

Street dance has to sit within contemporary culture to stand the test of time, and not end up as a fad that disappears after a session or two....

Polar Bear : XOYO

22/04/2014

This was jazz, but it was jazz with the raw energy and ferocious intensity of a rock show....

D S C R D : Interview

21/04/2014

Some people react more poetically, have nice abstract or artistic concepts, create an imaginary world or whatever. We do not have any of this....

Loitered Lens: The Spitfires

20/04/2014

Photos of The Spitfires, A Watford based 3 piece who have been together since September 2012...

Kelis : Food

19/04/2014

An album that keeps its powder dry, thrills and teases, and on vocal performances such as 'Biscuits n' Gravy', enthrals. Kelis, Food. Review...

Gallon Drunk [Interview]

18/04/2014

In the late afternoon, on the last day of winter, James Johnston and Trebuchet’s Kailas caught up to talk over the reinvigoration of Gallon Drunk and the ghosts of the past....

Cutting his Way to Freedom: Henri Matisse

18/04/2014

Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs is a must-see for so many different reasons. The Tate director, Nicholas Serota, claims it will be “the most evocative and compelling show that London has ever seen”....

Riverside : O2 Islington

17/04/2014

An ideal band for the many people still missing Porcupine Tree, but on the basis of performances like this, they're far, far more than that....

Art Belongs to the People : Ashmolean Museum

16/04/2014

A show focussed on a previously overlooked dynamic between the grandfather of the post-war avant garde, Joseph Beuys, and his politically mobilized student at the Dusseldorf Academy: Jörg...

Welcome to Iraq : South London Gallery

15/04/2014

Live event, featuring a talk, a performance and traditional Iraqi food...

Sebastian Bach : Give ‘Em Hell

15/04/2014

Compared to previous Sebastian Bach albums, there is an increase in vocal harmonies, and some of the effects used give a sense of an alternative or electronic sound at times....

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