King Khan & The Shrines

King Khan & The Shrines — What Is?!

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) May 19, 2009 2:13 pm
King Khan is originally from Montreal, but now resides in Berlin, and his Shrines are spread around western Europe, so it may not be totally surprising that this album came out in Germany two years ago and is only now getting a North American release. It's too bad it took so long because if the rest of the record was as strong as the first four...
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King Khan & The Shrines Get Freaky

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 24, 2008 12:31 pm
Hamilton's Young Rival opened this show and considering the headliner is known for his crazy showmanship it's a bit unfair to say this band were boring... but they were. Their style is inconsistent and while frontman Aron D'Alesio is a talented guitarist and drummer Noah Fralick really gets into his performance, Young Rival's songs are ultimately...
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King Khan & The Shrines — The Supreme Genius Of King Khan & The Shrines

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) June 17, 2008 12:00 pm
Berlin, Germany has been very good to former Spaceshits bassist and frequent BBQ collaborator King Khan since he left Montreal nine years ago. He's assembled a great group of musicians and developed a style that flawlessly mixes vintage garage rock, classic soul and an off-the-wall joyousness. While this band are really meant to be enjoyed live,...
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King Khan & The Shrines @ NXNE 2006

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By Amanda Factor (CHARTattack) June 12, 2006 4:30 pm
Background/Composition: Montreal transplant and ex-garage rocker King Khan fuses punk and funk/soul to wildly entertaining effect. Grade: 97 Comment: Without a doubt the jewel in this year's NXNE crown, the Shrines capped off three solid nights of shows with a fiery Saturday performance that left their audience drained. If you saw...
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Pumping: King Khan & The Shrines - What Is?!

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) May 6, 2009 2:24 pm
Despite what notorious concert booker Dan Burke says, there are whole gobs of people not sold on the King Khan & The Shrines experience because they basically can't stand the yelling. Everything has changed, though. Perhaps Vice was like, "Maybe you should be doing a bit less coke with Dan, and, like, maybe do mushrooms instead?...
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Metric Hit #1 In Odd Week

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) May 5, 2009 12:54 pm
Julie Doiron's reign on the Canadian campus radio top 50 chart has come to an end, as Metric's Fantasies rises four places to grab the #1 spot and Doiron's I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day falls to #2 in its ninth week. Joel Plaskett's Three remains in an appropriate position for a second week. Great Lake Swimmers' Lost Channels drops...
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King Khan — "Land Of The Freak"

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By CHARTattack Staff April 23, 2009 11:29 am
King Khan & The Shrines' latest music video, directed by Prichard Smith, is a mash-up of their live performance, with Khan wearing those annoying Kanye shades, interspersed with vintage video clips to give the whole affair an old school feel. "Land Of The Freak" originally appeared on What Is?! and was released last year as part...
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King Khan & The Shrines Tour North America

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 24, 2009 2:46 pm
King Khan & The Shrines will tour North America throughout March, April and May. King Khan & The Shrines' 2007 What Is?! album, which was previously only available in Europe, will be released domestically on April 21 through Vice Records. It features several tracks that showed up on last year's The Supreme Genius Of King Khan & The...
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BSS Cancel Florida Dates

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 12, 2009 1:35 pm
Broken Social Scene have cancelled their two upcoming Florida dates. The Toronto collective were scheduled to play the Langerado Music Festival at Miami's Bicentennial Park from March 6 to 8, but the event was canned earlier this month due to poor ticket sales. The band have now cancelled a scheduled appearance at the Harvest Of Hope Festival in...
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King Khan Set To Expose His Genius On Tour

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) June 19, 2008 3:00 pm
Singer/guitarist King Khan has a split personality. When listening to the loose R&B/soul-meets-garage rock he's been belting out since 2000 with the likes of BBQ and The Shrines, you'd figure he's the result of genetic splicing involving former Rocket From The Crypt frontman John Reis and Jon Spencer. Speaking to him over the phone at his...
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King Khan And The Shrines Show Supreme Genius And Sign With Vice

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) April 7, 2008 3:30 pm
Outrageous 12-piece psychedelic-soul-rock band King Khan And The Shrines have signed to Vice Records for the June 17 release of their fourth album, The Supreme Genius Of King Khan And The Shrines. New additions to the lineup for the album include 60-year-old Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder percussionist Ron Streeter and a horn section of...
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