Punishment Park

23/01/2012

As the UK slips further towards the more and more real prospect of a police state — some, myself included, would argue we’re already there — this 40th anniversary Blu-ray edition of Peter...

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Ringo Starr Announces Album

23/01/2012

'I'd like to be Under the sea In an octopus's garden, In the shade'. Ringo's BACK! Celebrating the 50th anniversary of joining The Beatles, the man described by John Lennon as...

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Introducing Ronin (ITA)

23/01/2012

This band is awesome. Big bio… BIG bio. See em tonight for elements of Leyland Kirby, Fennesz and Godspeed. /
 
£6 in advance / £8 on the door

The Vortex
11 Gillett Square, London...

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Interesting Times: SOPA

23/01/2012

Politics has rarely concerned itself with the intelligent. The art of persuasion is neutered by the intelligent person's demands for data. Where will the money for schools, libraries, hospitals...

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The Legendary Shack Shakers UK Tour

23/01/2012

Holy shoot, you scumbags, possibly the most righteous band currently kicking several shades of satan out of your ass hits town in April.  Th' Legendary Shack Shakers.  This band sums up...

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One Hit Wonder? You’ve Got 3.95 Years

22/01/2012

Just under four years of public profile for a one-hit wonder? So how come 'Shaddap a' Your Face' is still stuck in my head after thirty-odd years? DENVER – A detailed analysis of...

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Savage Nomads. Carl Batson

Loitered Lens: Savage Nomads

22/01/2012

The Savage Nomads are a great London band that have been doing good things and making the right sort of noise. Our man Carl Batson likes these kids. He knows their habits, he watches their styles...

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The Many-Faceted Beauty of the Flying Street Rat

21/01/2012

Yeah, maybe they're cute, fluffy and of great scientific interest. Bet you wouldn't eat one though…. Your standard street pigeon might seem like a bore, but pigeon fanciers well know...

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Sturqen: Praga

21/01/2012

Some artists have such an innovative and distinctive sound that they define a whole area of sonic activity. The recently mothballed Finnish duo Pan Sonic will always be associated with raw analogue...

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Matthew Bourne Performances Video

20/01/2012

Matthew Bourne Performance Videos Released The clips were filmed just before Christmas at Leeds College of Music, and give a sense of Bourne's remarkable technique. The pieces include...

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Anonymous Issue Video ‘Don’t Mess With Us’

20/01/2012

Anonymous video...

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Errors: Have Some Faith in Magic

20/01/2012

'we had the idea to put vocals in the music a while ago but we always intended that they should be treated as another instrument. We’ve used them in a way that sits really...

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Graham Coxon Returns with new album A+E

19/01/2012

Graham Coxon returns to Parlophone for his new album titled A+E, which will be released on 2nd April. A+E is Coxon’s first release since the acclaimed, acoustic-driven The Spinning Top. Coxon...

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Eyvind Kang: The Narrow Garden

19/01/2012

The fine folded pressures of the lidless eye. Renowned through his collaborations with John Zorn, Mike Patton, and Trey Spruance, Eyvind Kang has become the go-to violin guy for a certain strain of...

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Avaaz SOPA petition – share this!

18/01/2012

Hey Trebuchet readers. This is really important. You know this internet that you all love. Well a lot of it is memetic and based on pop culture. SOPA and PIPA will curtail the satire, the references...

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Meshuggah on tour 2012

18/01/2012

Meshuggah are very special band for Trebuchet writers and indeed many of our readers.  The hyper rhythmic tour de force Meshuggah has become an institution and despite low record sales for...

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Anthrax joined by Diamond Plate for UK shows

18/01/2012

Chicago thrashers DIAMOND PLATE have confirmed three UK shows, marking the first time ever that the band will have played outside of North America. DIAMOND PLATE are due to support thrash metal...

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Plaster: Platforms

18/01/2012

Plaster is a duo of Gianclaudio Hashem Moniri and Giuseppe Carlini founded in Rome in 2008 with two previous album and EP releases on the Ukrainian label Kvitnu. The press release states that they...

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Abbey Road Studio to become Fairmont Hotel

17/01/2012

So the Fairmont Hotels group is to open a hotel in the Abbey Road studios. Deny all you will the nefarious influences of filesharing and piracy on the fortunes of the music industry – and those...

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The Wedding Present announce new studio album and tour

17/01/2012

The Wedding Present anounce new studio album – Valentina – and tour  The Wedding Present will be releasing their much-anticipated eighth studio album Valentina on March 19th,...

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S.C.U.M. Announce UK Tour Dates

17/01/2012

S.C.U.M announce a series of UK dates, including Bush Hall in London on 24 February, their first in the UK since 2011’s NME Radar Tour.   UK TOUR DATES 21 Feb – Brighton, Green Door...

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English Wikipedia to turn off the lights in SOPA protest

17/01/2012

Today, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at WED 05:00 UTC.  In an unparalleled show of web solidarity...

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Trace Elements: Off Course

17/01/2012

I used to live across the street from Hamburger University, where McDonalds teach staff the innermost secrets of the McMuffin, Happy Meals and Going Large. Unusually for a seat of learning, it was...

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Pulled Apart By Horses: New Single/Album

16/01/2012

Bad jumpers, bubbles and blooded stumps. The video has a certain clunky charm at least. Pulled Apart By Horses are excited to announce the release of a brand new single, ‘V.E.N.O.M’ today...

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Double Hammer: The Scarlet Blade and The Brigand of Kandahar

16/01/2012

Out today, making their world DVD premieres, are these two Hammer classics, The Scarlet Blade (1964) and The Brigand of Kandahar (1965). Both tales of conflict written and directed by John Gilling,...

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Loitered Lens: Motley Kunst [Pics]

15/01/2012

Sometimes you just can’t help the hawtness of stereotypical gender roles, they constrain and oppress us all. Day in, day out. in. out. in. out. in… Anyway, Motley Kunst are an awesome All...

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Yayoi Kusama Obliteration

Yayoi Kusama: An Explosion of Stickers

14/01/2012

Installation views of The obliteration room 2011 as part of ‘ Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever’, Brisbane Gallery of Modern Art, 2011 ...

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Helmet – play ‘Meantime’

12/01/2012

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their iconic second album ‘Meantime’, the mighty Helmet will play the album in full, as well as other classics, on a UK tour next year including...

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Planets. How Many? 100 Billion?!

12/01/2012

It seems like only days ago that we were all getting excited about the proof that there are other planets out there. NASA's Kepler mission proposed that there were at least two planets in other...

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Pirate Power Metal – Alestorm

11/01/2012

Sometimes things just feel right.  In this case pirate shirts, pirate-based drinking and pirate-themed metal. It's salty and juvenile insert analogy here and could just be thing to blow away...

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