Amy Booth, Author at Trebuchet

Whip Crack or Bad Craic? (The Bones)

15/09/2015

a smart, catchy sixth album, but rock and roll kinksters The Bones lack the originality to stand out...

Easy on the whiskey now! Cockadoodledon’t (Vinyl re-release)

06/08/2015

Listening to Th' Legendary Shack Shakers feels like swillin' liquor in a Kentucky barn which, if you're very lucky, you aren't sharing with the hogs....

Secret Trade Courts: are the scales TTIPing?

09/06/2015

Tobacco companies could get litigious if a country passes laws to help people quit smoking. Agrochemicals companies could throw the book at governments that block chemicals they consider dangerous....

Goblinballs, Golden Gods, Gowns.

13/05/2015

The crowd are jubilant, golden-faced and shiny-eyed, there to dance until they can dance no longer....

If Blastbeats could Kill : [Throes]

11/05/2015

Throes have crafted this album with meticulous attention to texture, a welcome relief in a genre that can make the error of equating creativity with technical wizardry. ...

Death Metal is a Serious Business [Dawn of Azazel]

29/04/2015

The relentless hammering and visceral roars will keep their core audience happy – but it leaves you wondering what they'd come up with if they let go of their single-minded obsession with brutality...