Category: Sound

Without music, life would be a mistake. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Loitered Lens: Andreya Triana

Photos of Andreya Triana supporting Macy Gray at KOKO, December 2012...

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The most surreal science article ever.

transposable elements, or jumping genes, which are largely idle in mammals...

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Interview: Reptile Youth

'if you have a country where the same old guys have been in power for a long time then it’s going to be a shit country'...

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Evolution of a Classic [Folk Music]

The sipsi is a small reedpipe, played using circular breathing, with a wild and thrilling sound. I was immediately captivated by the lumpy nine-time rhythms and mind-boggling technique....

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Tomahawk: Oddfellows

Is it a bad thing that we're given an album of the classic-era Patton that we've learned to revere? No way....

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Loitered Lens: Reptile Youth

Fired up, quite possibly by a pre-gig interview with Trebuchet's Sarah Corbett (in which they talked about the Arab Spring and the London riots) Reptile Youth went on to cane Hoxton silly(er)....

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Schultz: White Blood Cells

It's a cliché but this one really is strictly for the hardcore and it's all the better for that. ...

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Helloween; Straight Out of Hell

Helloween break an extended silence with the release of Straight Out Of Hell. New album due on January 18th...

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Rob Cottingham: Captain Blue

Parts of the album sound like a far lighter version of Touchstone, with the dual male-female harmony lead vocals recalling that band's early years when Cottingham handled a greater proportion of the...

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Loitered Lens: Macy Gray

A throatful of gravel and a bag of class, Macy Gray rules the pink feather boa onstage at Koko, London...

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Charlotte Sometimes: Interview

After four albums, dropped deals, reality television, a rare jaw disease that almost crippled her singing career, and a few lost loves, Charlotte has proven there is no plan B. ...

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Django Django: Shepherds Bush Empire [Live]

The world outside could’ve been on fire for all we knew, no one cared though, we were sweating inside. So was the band. So were the walls. Django Django: Shepherds Bush Empire....

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GOVES: A Crèche for the Lonely and Peculiar

Sitting somewhere within the well-established tradition of trying to blend electronica and contemporary composition, this is introspective, lower-case music that by now seems a little out of its...

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Steve Harley: HMV Forum [Live]

His songs were moderately touching but not heart stopping. The middle-aged faithful in the all-seated audience appreciated the old songs and were quietly appreciative rather than dancing in the...

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Loitered Lens: The Damned, Roundhouse

Described by the photographer as a highlight of the year, the band saw the return of the best-known red beret-wearer this side of Amelie - Captain Sensible. Which, as the t-shirt hoisted aloft...

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Albums of 2012: Steven Turk’s Choice

an indie rock record of tremendous quality where the singles are difficult to differentiate from the other tracks comprising this compelling slice of modern tribal psychedelic pop...

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Albums of the Year: Editor’s Picks

If Lana Del Rey, Flying Lotus or Grimes aren't on any Trebuchet lists this year, it's certainly not because we haven't heard them (indeed, how could we miss them?). And we're not coming over all...

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Loitered Lens: Steve Harley

Steve Harley plays London's HMV Forum, December 13th 2012. Photos...

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Albums of the Year: Tim Hall’s Choices

In many previous years any one of these might have been a strong candidate for my album of the year....

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Patrick Wolf: The Sage, Gateshead [Live]

There is an awe-filled silence throughout, punctuated by increasingly tearful sniffles and admirably contained sobs. ...

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The Beginning of the End (of year lists)

Trebuchet spurns faffed-about aggregated statistics and seasonally-adjusted ratings systems. Between now and 2013 we'll offer some of our writers' unsullied recollections of albums, events,...

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Ultraista: Cable Club [live]

Trouble is, I’d rather see RADIOHEAD instead. And I don’t even like Radiohead....

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Splashh, Wolf Alice, Big Deal: 100 Club [Live]

With the tight jeans and pointed boots bands stagnating and the now middle-aged grebo bands reforming, East London hairdressers may hit hard times as the kids start growing out those crew cuts into...

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Loitered Lens: Splashh

Carl Byron Batson photographs Splashh at the 100 Club, London...

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Fanga & Maalem Abdullah Guinea: Fangnawa Experience

…. by the third track, the constituent elements meld into a sound that is properly danceable, and moreover, distinctive. Fangnawa Experience by Fanga & Maalem Abdullah ...

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Childhood Break Through

Last month’s inclusion in the popular music press and a very favourable review in The Guardian have finally put these guys on the radar and are all good indications that Childhood may now be...

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David Cronenberg’s Wife: Don’t Wait to be Hunted to Hide

Challenging and chillingly memorable rather than enjoyable; giving a glimpse into the lives of people we either pretend don’t exist or hysterically vilify. It personalises the men who exist in the...

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Tomahawk! Patton and Co release new Video: Stone Letter

Tomahawk's video for "Stone Letter" the first single from their forthcoming album Oddfellows, is here! ...

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Loitered Lens: The Hickey Underworld

The Hickey Underworld performed a well-articulated set with some solid beats, great guitar work and a certainty in the vocal that was no doubt helped by the newly trimmed beard....

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Creeping Ivies: Stay Wild

Becca has a strong, more booming voice than the punk singers, at times reminiscent of PJ Harvey or Empress of Fur. Perhaps a bit of gravel or drawl would have added to the tone, but generally it was...

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