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The Beginning of the End (of year lists)

16/12/2012

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,...

Smoking may worsen hangover after heavy drinking

14/12/2012

WARNING: People who like to smoke when they drink may be at greater risk of suffering a hangover the next morning. ...

Ultraista: Cable Club [live]

13/12/2012

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

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

12/12/2012

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...

When Hobgoblin met Bloodstock

07/12/2012

Hobgoblin is excited to unveil its exciting new partnership with Bloodstock Open Air Festival. The collaboration sees both parties teaming up to bring METAL 2 THE MASSES at Bloodstock 2013, offering...

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

03/12/2012

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...

Tomahawk! Patton and Co release new Video: Stone Letter

03/12/2012

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

Loitered Lens: The Hickey Underworld

02/12/2012

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....

Creeping Ivies: Stay Wild

30/11/2012

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...

Scott Kelly, Live

29/11/2012

Bringing some much-needed light to London's Black Heart next week, Kelly will play songs from both of his most recent albums: Songs of Townes Van Zandt and The Forgiven Ghost in Me....

The Zolas: Ancient Mars

29/11/2012

Piano/organ builds, picked guitar melodies, crunching riffs, and a lyrical approach that constructs vivid narratives using thematic language. It's funny, and fun, as well as being an almost perfect...

Loitered Lens: Two Gallants

25/11/2012

Two Gallants, who hail from sunny San Francisco but take their name from a short story in Dubliners by James Joyce, lack the laid-back attitude of the former but have an abundance of the intensity of...

Peter Gabriel Plays So

19/11/2012

The album upon which 'Red Rain', Don't Give Up' and the ubiquitous 'Sledgehammer' featured will be played in its entirety, along with a showcase of tracks spanning the artist's career...

Loitered Lens: Nightwish

18/11/2012

‘this gig was really about the new vocalist. Nightwish are the sort of band where the songs are bigger than the singer, but their material can be challenging regardless of who is singing it....

The Raymen: Death’s Black Train EP

16/11/2012

If you don’t buy it you will die, if you do buy it you will die. You may as well buy it and die happy....

Panic Room: On Business

16/11/2012

'exceedingly long songs, with largely instrumental content, too many time signatures, a subject matter focusing on the obscure and the middle-earth, and far too many widdly neo-classical solos. We...

Stabbing a Dead Horse

14/11/2012

"We have Mellotron! We are Prog again!". Tim Hall reports on the last night of the Stabbing a Dead Horse prog rock tour....

Loitered Lens: Zulu

11/11/2012

A wall of guitar sound with nods to Sonic Youth style discord, eighties goth type melodies and some fast and furious new wave drumming....

Syd Arthur: Dorothy [Stream]

08/11/2012

A scruffy bunch of Canterbury hair-farmers they may be, but Syd Arthur certainly nailed that awful hopelessness of pavement cafes and flimsy sundresses giving way to the slate-grey gloom of November....

Loitered Lens: Jim Jones Revue

04/11/2012

A raucous night of leather-larynxed rock 'n' roll played to a crowd packed with music writers only too delighted to be blown away by a power act deserving of its hype. Jim Jones Revue....

RIP: Mitch Lucker 1984-2012

02/11/2012

RIP: Mitch Lucker 1984-2012 - Trebuchet remembers...

Panic Room: On Songwriting

01/11/2012

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”S/dropcapwansea’s Panic Room are one of British rock’s best-kept secrets. Over the past few years they’ve built up a loyal...

Loitered Lens: Rival Sons, Electric Ballroom

28/10/2012

Rival Sons, live at Camden's Electric Ballroom, photographs. No wrongness....

Deftones UK Tour

24/10/2012

The Deftones have nothing left to prove. They have 'the rock' and now they want to share it with you....

Rival Sons: Electric Ballroom

23/10/2012

It’s not too difficult to understand the appeal of Rival Sons. They do classic rock extremely well. Jay Buchanan is without doubt a charismatic lead vocalist who, despite his relatively small...

Spinefarm Need Street Team!

21/10/2012

Spinefarm records are looking for street team footsoldiers. Armed with wallpaper paste and a sheaf of flyers, it's the way into the music business that doesn't involve bassplayers sleeping on your...

Loitered Lens: Death Letters

21/10/2012

On support duty for Anneke Van Giersbergen at the Borderline and a stint opening for Enter Shikari, Death Letters are on a trajectory to shuck off bridesmaid's syndrome. ...

Twelfth Night: Live and Let Live

20/10/2012

Twelfth Night remain one of the formative bands of the early 80s neo-prog scene, and this new edition of what many consider their definitive album represents a good starting point to discover their...

Beware of Mr Baker

17/10/2012

SEE Ginger whipping up an afro storm with Fela Ransom Kuti in Lagos. SEE highlights from both of Cream’s memorable Albert Hall performances. SEE Ginger, stoned out of his mind, falling off his...

Loitered Lens: Sleepy Sun

14/10/2012

'All eyes were on Sleepy Sun. They hypnotized, mesmerized, and with a click of a finger they were gone and an almighty surge began for the smoking area.'...

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