the horrors

The Horrors are an English indie rock band who formed in mid-2005. They released their debut album Strange House, which reached number 37 on the UK Albums Chart in 2007. Their second album Primary Colours was released in 2009 and reached number 25 in the UK. Strange House was primarily a Garage rock album; Primary Colours showcased more of a Neo-Psychedelia approach blended with noise rock.

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Photo: Nick Gough We finally wave bye bye to 2009 with our final two wonderful guests - Hatcham Social and Grizzly Owls <!--break--> Hatcham Social Top Ten Albums These are the albums I got most interested in this year and have been playing in my earphones constantly. Not in an exact order as such…more what I thought of as writing…I usually get into a band through a...
  Glastonbury Festival 2009   Spotify this bad boy while you read!  http://open.spotify.com/user/g-town/playlist/6ApR9k7FLFzGkJA7Va15He      After a Thursday night spent tragically missing East 17, wondering from field to field in the rain, catching great sets my Kap Bambino and Metronomy and having the news of the King of Pop’s ™...
The Vivian Girls Here’s the next batch of our top 100 records list for 2009. Our favourite albums of 2009, our favourite singles of 2009, our favourite tracks of 2009 - they’re all in here mixed together. Well, numbers 80-61 are anyway. <!--break--> 80: We show up on RadaR - mountain top EP Psychey sunshine pop and cunning acoustic folk from We Show up on RadaR, who...
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Do you remember Memory Tapes? As Sam Duke said exactly one month ago, whoever’s behind this beautiful, anonymous noise has a 12" out through Loog Records, backed by a remix from The Horrors - this remix from The Horrors. It begins like Ennio Morricone and Mike Oldfield meeting in the midnight rain and ends as a throbbing, yet surprisingly tender, club take on New Order’s "...
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Laneway Festival February 1, 2010 Britomart Square, Auckland Last week our Melbourne friends told us that the Laneway Festival is one of the least respected festivals in Australia, we were surprised, but it meant we entered the first Auckland Laneway festival with a hint of scepticism. We’d been told stories of forty minute-queues to see bands, poor facilities and an even poorer...
Venue: Kentish Town Forum Teaser: Col Greenwood heads to the Forum to see if 60s garage rock legends The Sonics can still cut it. Pull quote 2: So, as the announcer urged us to jump around, get down and general party like it was 1967, the anticipation couldn’t have been higher… First para: Indie clown Pete Docherty was supposed to be opening but was unable to...
Venue: Butlins, Minehead Teaser: Featuring a virtual who’s who of the coolest motherfuckers on earth, this years ATP really went for the big guns. Dominic Simpson brings us this report, starring amongst others, The Horrors, Thurston Moore and a slightly senile Julian Cope… Pull quote 2: Julian Cope appears to be heading more towards senility every day, judging from...
Photo: Charlie Ingham Offset Festival: 2 days in Essex, plenty of bands to see from the unusual No Bra to the headliners The Horrors and everything in-between - Offset has to be the coolest festival this summer. It actually felt that this weekend was the last weekend of summer. Let’s get one thing out of the way first, there was no mud, no rain, no wellies, no rain coats. Although...
Venue: Electrowerkz, London Teaser: Katie Weatherall steps out of her coffin to bring us this report on The Horrors first London gig in 8 months. Top support comes from recent Artrocker club stars Ispo Facto… Pull quote 2: His black t-shirt is seemingly inhaled by his androgynous fans, leaving him to do the remainder of the gig topless. *blush* First para:...
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