Sound Archives - Trebuchet

Nick Cave Signs East: Live Review APE

04/10/2022

After a Covid-enforced haitus from live performing, and on the heels of a short post-lockdown tour with his long time musical partner, Warren Ellis, Nick Cave finally hit the stage with his backing...

Black Sabbath Rest: Heavy Metal’s Creation Myth

14/07/2022

Black Sabbath, the heroes of non-music....

The Discipline of Inspiration: An Interview with Samuel Andreyev. Part Two

27/06/2022

An interview with composer and educator Samuel Andreyev. Part two....

The Discipline of Inspiration: An Interview with Samuel Andreyev

20/06/2022

An interview with composer and educator Samuel Andreyev....

The Unquenchable Fire of Killing Joke

23/05/2022

Refusing defeat, Killing Joke conquer Hammersmith. Live Review 9th April 2022. ...

Billy Strings, Islington Assembly Rooms, 26 march 2022, © Kailas Trebuchet

A Band Beyond Definition: Billy Strings

08/05/2022

A review of Billy Strings, Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK. 26th and 27th March 2022....

Midnight Oil 2019 London Photographer Awais Butt_small

Cultural Messengers: Midnight Oil Keep Burning

05/05/2022

Moods stretch from the wilderness reverie of ‘Tarkine’ and the poignant ‘Lost At Sea’ to the anthemic protest celebration...

Music from Weird Masses: Jarboe

26/04/2022

Experimental icon Jarboe remasters and rereleases her 1986 record Blood Women Roses. ...

Richard Thompson, Guitar/Vocals, Album Cover

New Folk for Old Tunes: Richard Thompson

07/04/2022

A review of the rerelease of Richard Thompson's 1976 collection of rare and unreleased material (Guitar/Vocal)...

Fire and Guitars: The Undertones

05/04/2022

Punk Rock and Roll. A review of legendary band The Undertones at the Electric Ballroom...

Cinematic Horror’s Punk Revival: Bunuel

22/02/2022

Bunuel’s Killers Like Us as an exploration of evil through dissonance, unpredictability and dark poetry. ...

The Serenely Uncanny Sound of Destruction: Foster Neville

25/01/2022

How do fake folk memories and an uncanny set of influences inform a new electronic music release? Alexei Monroe reviews Foster Neville's The Edge of Destruction on Bibliotapes....

The Wind, Bells, Falls of Lee and Bertucci

13/01/2022

Lea Bertucci and Robbie Lee's highly explorative and improvisational album renders reality with the weird. ...

Guitarist Bossk at the Garage London by Kailas

Chanting Guitars and Dusk Distortions: Bossk

15/12/2021

Photos and review of underground post-metal band Bossk as they deliver sermons from the electric mount at London’s Garage (15.12.21)...

Velvet Layers of Sound: DVNE

15/12/2021

DVNE have a timely title for their band and having perfected their prog-metal sound have gained recognition from a global metal audience. Featuring intricate melodies, catchy riffs and solid...

Walking Jazz in Soho

24/11/2021

Club crawling in the heart of Soho...

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Black Sabbath Hate Witches

23/11/2021

Black Sabbath's unfounded prejudice against magical traditions and the friendly witches of our community...

Ferocious Dog, Nells, London, 21st October 2021

Loitered Lens: Ferocious Dog

23/10/2021

Carrying the tradition of English folk-rock... with grit and bite...

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jnr

01/10/2021

Alt-rock godfathers Dinosaur Jnr are given their due in a familial look at their awkward but sublime artistry. Review of Freakscene - The Story of Dinosaur Jnr...

Nick Cave and Warren Ellie by Charlie Gray

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ Gospel Carnage

09/09/2021

A review of Nick Cave & Warren Ellis' Carnage performance at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury. Sept 2021 Carnage UK Tour....

Special Interest: New Orleans Noir

23/06/2021

It may be a cold passion, but it’s one that marks them out from the hordes of less spirited and complacent groups...

Musical Adventures for an Opening 2021.

04/06/2021

Trebuchet’s subjective musical round up looks at releases by Divide and Dissolve, Memoriam, Stone Giants/Amon Tobin, LNZNDRF, Kaktus Einarsson, Melvins, Ya Tseen, Tomahawk, DJINN, Godspeed You...

Neunau: Sound Art from Ancient to Modern

24/05/2021

Neunau is a connection between worlds that might seem distant from one another, this allows me to work on various levels...

Slithering Through Self-Discovery with Leon Vynehall

11/05/2021

A herpetological review of the Leon Vynehall's 2021 Ninja Tune Release 'Rare, Forever' ...

History Remixed to a New Beat

24/02/2021

Belgian New Beat fuelled a perfect storm of moral panic on a French TV report about the scene. Yet like punk, condemnation made it more successful. ...

Isles, The Electronica We Needed This Pandemic

22/01/2021

Isles by Bicep : the perfect album for the pandemic, for moments of reflection and isolation. It is made for listening at home, alone....

Holiday Song: Jim Sclavunos Supports Endangered Venues With Masterpiece.

04/01/2021

Renaissance musician Jim Sclavunos hints at a solo album with the single Holiday Song....

Black, Indigenous, and Loud

18/11/2020

Powerful and political Maori and Cherokee experimental group Divide and Dissolve provides a soundtrack for collective resistance. ...

Photography, Light and After Love

13/11/2020

An interview with The Heat Inc.'s Jon Dodd about the power of photography and the eternal light of Rock & Roll. ...

Uncomfortable Music

24/10/2020

Pushing beyond warm nostalgic genres, Trebuchet guides you through the autumnal mental fog to a more mysterious place. Featuring: Mr Bungle, Napalm Death, Ricinn, Penny Rimbaud and Bunita Marcus...