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Boris Show Off Their Indie-Metal Muscles

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By Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack) July 16, 2008 10:26 am
An interesting phenomenon occurred in the metal community a few years ago. Starting with Mastodon and The Sword, indie kids started expanding their palettes beyond the arty, hipster-friendly textures of Earth and Neurosis and started embracing true horn-throwing, beard-growing heavy metal. Attention has shifted to bands that walk the line between...
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Boris — Smile

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By Shawn Despres (CHARTattack) March 7, 2008 12:21 pm
Smile is the proper follow-up to 2006's fantastic Pink, which, for lack of a better word, served as the long-running Tokyo trio's "breakout" disc. It strikes an awesome balance between melody and the act's trademark brain-frying noisy freakouts, which makes it one of Boris' most accessible releases. A short-lived squall of distorted...
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Boris With Michio Kurihara

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By Pras Rajagopalan (CHARTattack) May 22, 2007 10:05 am
If Boris is metal's mad scientist, then this collaboration finds the scientist experimenting with mild hallucinogens. The Japanese trio are no strangers to risk — after 2006's highly lauded Pink, they released a joint effort with avant-droners Sunn O))). Less than a year later, they're taking a ride on Michio Kurihara's psychedelic starship. The...
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MP3 Roundup: The Weeknd, Boris, Oneohtrix Point Never

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) October 11, 2011 5:13 pm
1) The Weeknd - "Initiation" Not even two months after releasing his free-to-download mixtape Thursday, Toronto's R&B revivalist The Weeknd has dropped a new track via his Facebook page.  "Initiation" is dark and ballsy, and a reminder of why this emphatically mysterious artist has elicited so much hype. It would've been pretty awesome...
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I Read The News Today... For July 11, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 11, 2011 4:10 pm
Arctic Monkeys are heading on a North American fall tour in support of their recently released Suck It And See album. It takes place from September to November and four Canadian dates are on the itinerary. Gallows vocalist Frank Carter is leaving the band when their current tour is done. He's just launched a new project called Pure Love, and the...
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I Read The News Today... For March 17, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 17, 2011 3:54 pm
How much is your band's name worth? Apparently $251,100 in this case, at least. —younameourband.com Japanese metallers Boris have released a statement about the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in their home country, saying their families are safe. Unfortunately, both the band's upcoming new albums, Attention Please and Heavy Rocks, have...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 24, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 24, 2011 5:23 pm
Antony And The Johnsons will release a new Swanlights EP digitally and on 10-inch vinyl on April 26, and a CD release will follow. If you want to pick it up before it's technically out, you can get the vinyl on April 16, which is Record Store Day. It's got a remix of the title track from last year's Swanlights, along with two B-sides. There's been...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 18, 2011 3:40 pm
Vincent Moon of The Takeaway Show shot a nearly 20-minute video of The Luyas at October's Pop Montreal... and it features a paper forest! Check it out below. The Horrors' follow-up to 2009's Mercury Prize short-listed Primary Colours will be out sometime in July. That's the official word from frontman Faris Badwan. In the meantime, he's...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 16, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 16, 2011 4:17 pm
Chromeo and Sarah McLachlan have been added to the list of performers who'll appear at this year's Juno Awards on March 27. They join Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Down With Webster, Hedley and Johnny Reid. Saskatoon's Sheepdogs are among the 16 finalists chosen as part of Rolling Stone's "Do You Wanna Be A Rock Star?" competition. Over 1,200...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 26, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 26, 2010 11:46 am
Shanna Spalding, the singer for death metal band Divine Infamy, has been arrested and charged with two robberies. She's accused of being someone police are calling the "Cat Woman" robber, a serial robber who dons disguises like a cat mask while sticking up boutiques in New York. The Wall Street JournalBXI, the Boris and Ian Astbury...
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WTF: Ian Astbury Is Joining Boris?

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By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) May 28, 2010 2:32 pm
Maybe this is just another attempt by Ian Astbury to prove that Dave Grohl, Eddie Vedder and Trent Reznor are "fakes." After all, if they were real musicians, they would go off and join a semi-obscure Japanese noise band, wouldn't they? The above photo of the band Boris with a tall, long-haired white guy has popped up on thedailyswarm....
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Boris — "H.M.A. - Heavy Metal Addict"

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By CHARTattack Staff October 21, 2009 4:30 pm
Boris' new video for "H.M.A. - Heavy Metal Addict," a track which is part of their Japanese Heavy Rock Hits seven-inch singles series, features live footage of Japan's Sex Virgin Killer (that's seriously their name) a speed/thrash band that use pretty obvious glam visuals.
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Boris Want You To Smile In The Face Of Their Doom, And Keep Your Ear

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 22, 2008 4:30 pm
Japanese doom metallers Boris will release their ironically titled 14th studio album, Smile, on April 29 through Southern Lord Records. The disc features eight new tracks from the Tokyo-based band, two of which feature Ghost's Michio Kurihara and drone metal band Sunn 0)))'s Stephen O'Malley. Kurihara previously appeared on the band's 2007...
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