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Horrors Show Benefits From Fucked Up Surprise

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By Erik Missio (CHARTattack) October 15, 2009 2:42 pm
What a difference a little more than a year makes. In 2007, The Horrors were just another of many hyped U.K. bands — a dime will get you a dozen alleged punk/garage saviours these days — with a one-trick gimmick and a rep for live performances that were either incendiary or, well, too much style over substance. But now? Now, they're making a...
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Kills Sexier Than Horrors Are Moody

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By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) May 8, 2009 3:09 pm
"As soon as The Horrors are done, I'm, like, gone," the petite goth with the Karen O hairstyle standing beside me said with a giggle, and it was easy to imagine this was a sentiment shared by many at the Phoenix. In fact, if one were to divide the venue between Team Horrors and Team Kills, it'd have been evenly split between black-...
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The Horrors — Primary Colours

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By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) May 5, 2009 1:52 pm
Two years between a band's debut and sophomore albums may not be a long time, but when you're a former NME band of the moment, it's easy for people to forget — and even easier to judge — the second effort. Such is the case with Primary Colours. Although their sound has definitely undergone what could be considered a natural progression —...
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The Horrors — Strange House

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By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) June 19, 2007 7:41 pm
Perhaps because of their U.K. origin — they've already been through their "band-of-the-minute" status and survived — The Horrors are one of those polarizing bands. They're either loved for their dark sound (think The Cramps meet Bauhaus in a graveyard) or derided for the fact that their Victorian-gothic image supposedly conceals a lack...
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The Horrors Turn Mod Club Into Madhouse

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By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) June 13, 2007 12:30 pm
It wasn't looking good. From The Horrors' point of view, however, it must have been excellent — an entire roomful of the mohawked, pierced and the eyeliner-smeared, all on edge to see the British goth-punk quintet. But for the average concertgoer looking to avoid bruised body parts, it was obviously going to be a night of pain, unless you...
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Video Of The Day: Cat's Eyes' "Face In The Crowd"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 26, 2011 4:29 pm
Cat's Eyes' video for "Face In The Crowd" is half trippy psychedelia and half creepy gothic darkness.I'm pretty sure if I were effed on acid or stoned while watching this, I'd probably go out of my mind. The geometric shapes flying at the camera are mesmerizing, and the multiple Faris Badwans and Rachel Zeffiras streaming out of each others'...
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I Read The News Today... For July 5, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 5, 2011 3:43 pm
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Head Of The Herd and Louder Than Love are the winners of Vancouver radio station 99.3 The Fox's Seeds contest. They'll all get their music played on air and be included on the station's compilation. One of the three winners will be chosen to receive $10,000 in equipment and get a five-song EP recorded by producer Garth...
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I Read The News Today... For June 14, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff June 14, 2011 3:48 pm
Tom Hanks' production company is going to make a movie out of Green Day's American Idiot musical, which basically ensures it's going to be the least punk rock thing ever, even with Billie Joe Armstrong starring in it. Thurston Moore is going to be teaching writing classes at the Jack Kerouac School Of Disembodied Poetics, which is not a fake place...
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Song Of The Day: Cat's Eyes' "Not A Friend"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 3, 2011 5:12 pm
Song Of The Day: Cat's Eyes' "Not A Friend"Cat's Eyes is Horrors frontman Faris Badwan's side-project with classical musician Rachel Zeffira. The duo are much less dark and gothy than The Horrors, and you might hear an almost twee sound on "Not A Friend." The tune will appear on Cat's Eyes' self-titled debut album, which comes out May 3. effira...
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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 Jan. 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 27, 2011 2:01 pm
Toronto's Dinosaur Bones will release their My Divider debut album on March 8 through Dine Alone. It was produced by Jon Drew, who's handled discs by Tokyo Police Club, Fucked Up and Arkells, so hopefully it'll be pretty good. Born Ruffians have just announced a Canadian tour that'll take place from mid-March to early April. They're out in support...
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Horrors To Start Working On New Album

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 26, 2010 3:13 pm
Mercury Prize jurors, take note. Here's one for your "potential nominees 2010" list, or even your 2011 list. The Horrors will soon start working on their third studio album. Bassist/keyboardist Rhys Webb told Spinner they'll be working on the follow-up to last year's Primary Colours in their own studio, which they're building. They also...
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The Horrors — "Whole New Way"

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By CHARTattack Staff October 16, 2009 2:44 pm
"Whole New Way" is a bonus track that appears on the Japanese version of The Horrors' Mercury Prize short listed Primary Colours. The video, which is filmed in the middle of bleak landscape, fits the tune's stripped down instrumentation. You can see the clip for Primary Colours' "Mirror's Image" here.
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Fucked Up Make Surprise Appearance At Horrors Show In Toronto

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By Erik Missio (CHARTattack) October 15, 2009 9:59 am
In reviewing rock 'n' roll shows, one often encounters opening acts that are totally fucked up. Last night, at The Horrors gig in Toronto, this fact was quite literal. Yes, the Polaris Prize-winning, Halloween shows-curating, wall-crawling, Boss-bullying, ice-cream-offering, Chad-Kroeger-hair-immolating band of hardcore ne'er-do-wells threw down...
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The Horrors On New Gorillaz Album

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 2, 2009 1:56 pm
Damon Albarn has enlisted The Horrors to appear on the next Gorillaz album, which will be released next year. Albarn apparently contacted the Southend-On-Sea, England band after he heard Primary Colours, their recently released sophomore album, and asked to work with them through email. "He got a copy of it really early, contacted us...
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The Horrors — "Mirror's Image"

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By CHARTattack Staff August 17, 2009 1:38 pm
The clip for The Horrors' shoegazey "Mirror's Image" is appropriately trippy, filled with a pixellated Farris Badwan, a background of butterflies and... yes, mirror images. "Mirror's Image" can be found on Primary Colours, which is in stores now.
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The Horrors Announce North American Tour

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) June 11, 2009 2:30 pm
British zombie rockers The Horrors have announced a North American fall tour in support of their latest release, Primary Colours. The tour will begin in Boston on September 15 and includes three Canadian dates. Primary Colours, the Southend-On-Sea, England band's second album, dropped May 4 on XL Recordings. It was produced by Geoff Barrow of...
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The Horrors At The Phoenix

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 7, 2009
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The Horrors At The Phoenix

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 7, 2009
The Horrors

The Horrors At The Phoenix

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Phoenix Concert Theatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
May 7, 2009
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