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Hanging Offence : Large Glass

What do you dislike most about art? That it can get away with it…!...

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Getting Blind on Jailhouse Wine

Went to a party in the county jail, threw my spleen up in a rusty pail....

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NOISE & whispers : GV Art

Produced partly in response to open call for sound works dealing with the interface between art and science, the show gives an overview of some of the main tendencies in contemporary sound art...

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Max Richter – Memoryhouse revisited

Vinyl release of Max Richter's memoryhouse and a rare Barbican performance on Jan 24 of this masterwork. ...

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Mlada Fronta : Every Thing

Every Thing really does do what it says on the tin: the set includes every track, every remix, every video and even digital versions of all the artwork, press and live photos from the last two...

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Novelty : Asylum Chapel

Is an artwork good just because it exhibits newness?...

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Nils Frahm Releases Video of ‘More’

Loo brushes ahoy! Nils Frahm and Erased Tapes records release live video of Frahm at the keyboard....

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Painting Now : Tate Britain

“The state of painting now” is a tired topic. The premise – that painting has lost its lure because of new media, which in their very newness enable their users to conquer new territory in the...

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The Princely Treasures of Liechtenstein

My senses did register the location as a slightly jarring combination of old and new, however my impressions were still that of awe and gilded opulence. ...

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Aesthetics and the Art of Audio Field Recording

'What is the artistic element of so seemingly ‘passive’ an activity as pointing a mic and pushing the record button?' Steven Miller teaches us how to record, and how to listen....

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Burton Morris : Poptastic

When I paint a coffee cup it is because it represents the coffee shop culture as a whole. Something that is very much a part of my daily life....

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Brighton Dome : earsthetic

Meshing together visual art, new electronic music and experimental soundscapes, the programme of events aims to celebrate artists who break new ground with their symbiosis of sound and visuals....

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Sean Molloy [Interview]

The area I live in, in a way, motivates me to work on ways to overcome its inherent ugliness. ...

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We’re masochists (Imperial Teen)

'We're not in a gay band, we're just in a band. On the other hand we're not NOT in a gay band, I just think 'who cares?'' Imperial Teen interview....

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Hanging Offence : Arebyte Gallery

'We intend to make Arebyte a space dedicated to research and the practice of New Media and Performance arts.' Nimrod Vardi talks to Trebuchet...

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Dad Rock : How Music Taste Changes

As we settle down and middle age begins to creep in, the last musical age, as identified by the researchers, is dominated by 'sophisticated' – such as jazz and classical – and 'unpretentious' –...

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Liu Xiaodong at Lisson Gallery

There is a modesty and complexity in the self-aware theatricality of his approach that eschews any defined categories or cultural heritage...

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These Hidden Hands [Album]

Here the nostalgia isn't simplistically or naively wistful, but darker and tenser....

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Hanging Offence : Vitrine, Bermondsey Street

There is nothing better than entering an artist’s studio and just knowing that by collaborating with this person something amazing can be created...

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Luna Rossa : Interview

'The Sleeping Pills & Lullabies title was an idea of mine. It was the idea of two different ways of falling asleep…'...

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Martin Bedard : Topographies

Anyone seeking innovative and forward-thinking electronic music need look no further; the energy and imagination displayed in this collection puts many younger producers to shame...

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The Archive : Obsession, Festivals and Time

There are so many regulations. I think the way the UK is policed these days it would be very difficult to do free festivals...

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Important podcasts to Improve Your Life.

In podcasts alternative media has become truly democratised: anyone with a point of view can reach an audience (and by repeating the process achieve fame) with little technical knowledge and less...

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Breed 77 / Fozzy : Sub 89 [Live]

This is the first time I've seen bras thrown at the band; you don't get that at prog gigs....

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Mass Observation : This is Your Photo

Spender’s camera is wielded with a candid humour and instinctive eye for capturing what Cartier Bresson refers to as ‘the moment’ of a photographic image....

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Seamus Heaney RIP

Few Nobel laureates make visits to state schools to discuss poetry. Heaney did....

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Sarah Sense : Weaving Water

Photography in Weaving Water acts as a political statement, and stands for the social and technological integration of different cultures. ...

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Somaticae : Catharsis

A totally distinctive set of odd atmospheres, abrupt gear shifts and unique combinations that sticks in the mind...

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A dormant thread in old blues (Vintage Trouble)

'All bullshit aside, these are bands that are taking the road that we've taken, which is real raw recorded music'. Vintage Trouble talk. ...

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Hanging Offence : Giulia Demichelis

'I often see hesitation in trusting the professionalism of the art business.' Independent curator Giulia Demichelis answers Trebuchet's questions...

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