Author: Trebuchet Magazine

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. - Aristotle

Balloon and Needle: Cafe OTO

29/01/2011

As Avant-Garde as all that: Korean sonic collective Balloon and Needle distort the medium. Cracked electronics, chin stroking and a serious aversion to anything fun, Avant-garde music can be a real...

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How do I look: Robert Mapplethorpe?

27/01/2011

Glossy photographs in glossy frames create the perfect environment for glossy fashionistas in Alison Jaques gallery. ‘Curated by Scissor Sisters’. Need the gay fashion pack know more?...

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RadioSeed – There Has To Be More

26/01/2011

Happy, clappy ambience is one thing but There Has To Be More. Hence why RadioSeeds’s soft electronic debut is something of a mixed bag. An album with enough foresight can really give you an...

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Stateless – Matilda

24/01/2011

Who are Stateless? Do they even know? Just how much can be crammed into a band’s sound? Can anyone try to cover, absorb and assimilate everything in their lives, minds and playlists while still...

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Couslon resigns as phone tapping case continues

21/01/2011

Andy Coulson the UK PM's director of communications has resigned today over increasing allegations regarding phonetapping while he was editor at News of the World. In a statement released today...

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Wagon Christ – Manalyze This

18/01/2011

Wagon Christ AKA Luke Vibert taking globally warming into account has prognosticated that this summer is going to be blistering. Releasing this fun and fair hearted dance floor filler early enough to...

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Sunken Foal – Mother of God

16/01/2011

Progressive releases have shown a development of much of the same from Sunken Foal, competent and well produced genre records. His version of electronica while technically interesting doesn’t...

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Forget the Art World in the Oubliette Art House

14/01/2011

Art house squatters the Oubliette transform a Soho ex-nightclub into an emporium of delights. The Oubliette is a curious initiative. When I first encountered it two years ago it was in an old embassy...

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AXXONN – Let’s Get It Straight

13/01/2011

Break me off some! AXXONN releases the happiest electro-doom record ever. Resplendently retrorama, Let’s Get It Straight mounts cathedral sized melodies with the light touch of heavy industry....

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Bees Poisoned by Drugs Giant Bayer

12/01/2011

The petion to stop chemical manufacturer Bayer selling Clothianidin, A.K.A 'Poncho' is gaining momentum as the the link between the use of the pesticide and it's effect on Bee populations...

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Rose Kemp – Golden Shroud

11/01/2011

As everybody recovers from their Christmas overindulgence, I recover from the musical overdose that is Golden Shroud. Nothing this depressing has ever made me so jovial, Rose Kemp has devoured my...

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Climate Change Trial Collapses as Undercover Officer Testifies

10/01/2011

The trial against six climate change protesters collapsed today when a former undercover officer who had been with the group for a number of years testified for their defense....

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To Cast A Shadow – In Memory Of

10/01/2011

To Cast A Shadow - In Memory Of...

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Stateless – Assassinations

06/01/2011

A review of Stateless – Assassinations...

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Henry Rollins: Student Protests Are Great

05/01/2011

Henry Rollins talks to Trebuchet about politics and protest ...

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RIP Pete Postlethwaite (1946-2011)

03/01/2011

On the 2nd of January 2011 Pete Postlethwaite lost his battle with cancer and fans of great acting lost a boundless source of wonder.    Since the 70s Postlethwaite has performed a wide...

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You are Here – Dutch Art

30/12/2010

As snow blizzards down in Bloomsbury, a bunch of Dutch art devotees gather for mulled wine and muffins in a miniature white cube style gallery. With such extreme weather outside, viewers gaze on...

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UK Government to Back Online Petitions

28/12/2010

The UK government is to look into online petitioning which would allow the public to propose topics of discussion for parliament the government and intends to shut down the e-petitions part of the...

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Beyond Histrionics: Film Heroes with Epic Attitude

24/12/2010

Who crushed Leonardo's balls? Made Jackie Chan cry? Let Angelina watch her husband die? These questions and more will be answered. This week, due to thoughts of not providing an answer to last...

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Spokes – Everyone I Ever Met

23/12/2010

Is it me, or is music getting bigger by the year? Now we have completed another decade, it is staggering to look back and realise just what seismic shifts we have experienced. The first half of the...

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Chromagain – Any Colour We Liked

22/12/2010

Electronic and experimental dark disco from Italian rogues, but do they still have what it takes? Oh synth, synth, synth! How I love thee. Let me count the ways… except I had trouble counting...

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Protest: People with learning disabilities take part in ‘Activity and Action’

20/12/2010

People with learning disabilities take part in ‘Activity and Action’ day to help Westminster City Councillors to understand the effect of their services being ‘reclassified’....

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Small is Beautiful

19/12/2010

Small is Beautiful XXVII and Gyunel Rustamova in Cork Street galleries, Dry the River and Clare Maguire at The Social. 14th December One small step for artists but a giant leap for free arts...

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Wikileaks: Full Allegations against Assange

18/12/2010

The Guardian has published what it claims are the full set of allegations against wikileaks Assange....

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Mr Oizo – Moustache (Half A Scissor) re-release

18/12/2010

Originally released on the renowned F.Com records in 2005 this album has achieved a sort of notoriety as the reason that Mr Oizo (Quentin Dupiex) left the label. Six years later Flying Lotus’s...

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Andreya Triana – Far Closer

17/12/2010

Mixes by Mr Scruff and Tokimonsta Ninja Tune, 7th Feb 2011 Bonobo’s soul-songstress-for-hire and the voice that brings Flying Lotus down to earth, Andreya Triana has attempted to place herself...

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Boy Mandeville – Mo Skrib, Launch Party

16/12/2010

Boy Mandeville – Mo Skrib, Launch Party. Three unsigned bands plucked, strummed and beat this EP launch party into a well intended frolic of Shoreditch posers. ...

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Trouble with Curating?

15/12/2010

Ben Street’s Gifted at the Josh Lilley Gallery answers the ICA’S question; why do we need curators? December 2010. Outside the great student fees debate rages. Placards set to one side, a...

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The Macho Synchronicity of Film Trends

15/12/2010

So you’re sitting down, your phone’s on, you never know who might send an interesting text/email/twitter or perish the thought, actually ring you up; you’ve put the DVD in and...

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Wikileaks : Assange Released on Bail

14/12/2010

Wikifever is back on track with the release of Wikileaks spokesperson Julian Assange on bail despite pressure from Swedish government indicating that Assange might prove to be a flight risk....

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