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Going to see the Goth/Punk equivalent of The Darkness next month at the Astoria for what is sure to turn into a drunken laugh........now all point at Anna and go Na, na, nana, na! You arn't goin'LOL!
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The Horrors
Strange House
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AMG Review of Strange House
Heather Phares
All Music GuideOn their singles and EPs, the Horrors proved they'd done their post-punk and freakbeat homework. With their debut album, Strange House, they push their sound forward, distill it to its rawest essence, and give it a few funhouse mirror twists and turns for good measure. Almost half of the songs on the album already appeared on previous Horrors releases, but the ever-so-slightly cleaner production here gives more definition to their black-on-black sound. The band kicks off Strange House by revisiting their cover of Screaming Lord Sutch's "Jack the Ripper," which begins at a zombie-slow pace, then suddenly speeds up halfway through, transforming into a hurtling roller coaster of a song that makes a great introduction to Strange House's mix of campy humor, energy, and menace. With its dive-bombing noise barely held together by Faris Badwan's shouting and the faintest hint of a melody, "Sheena Is a Parasite" is still the Horrors' best and most radical song, although several other tracks here rival its black-hearted thrills. Once again, Spider Webb's vicious keyboards are the band's not-so-secret weapon, especially on the fantastic, strutting "She Is the New Thing," which blurs the line between girls and trends, flings and boredom, with macabre flair. On Strange House's wildest tracks, the Horrors channel their idol Joe Meek's love of wild sounds. "Thunderclaps" grafts galloping rhythms, twangy guitars, and chanted backing vocals together, Frankenstein-style, while "Little Victories" brandishes noisy onslaughts and turns them off just as quickly. The very end of the album gets even weirder and more deconstructed: "Gil Sleeping"'s woozy organs and jazzy drumming and "A Train Roars"' ominous, loping rhythms show that the Horrors are committed to pushing the boundaries of their sound, even if these experiments aren't quite as immediate as their more song-based work. The Horrors are unabashedly arty and stylish, but they're a great example of the kind of art-school band that lurks in the shadows of British ock (and of which there have been too few in the 2000s). If you like what the Horrors do, then Strange House is an album that can never be loud enough.
The Horrors - almost laughed my arse off last time I saw them...
The Horrors - JAMC or Meteors?
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Saw The Horrors in Brighton recently - at the risk of giving away my age I was reminded of The Jesus & Mary Chain some 20 years previously. The hair, the black clothes, the dry ice, the feedback, the fuzzy guitars, the strobes and the 30 minute set - ring any bells?I'd expected them to sound more like that other 80s UK cult, The Meteors. ie a punkier Cramps. This is what their CDs sound like.
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HORROR STORY! (In its complete form)
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http://waxsealsandpadlocks.blogspot.com/'Twas posted on this blog!"a banana a day keeps the doctor away?"xxxDORIANELECTRA
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Thunderclaps
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I used to rock. It’s all I did in high school and college. Punk, pop-punk, punk rock, garage, grunge, metal, hair metal, you name it, I rocked it. But age, predictably, brought a taste for the soft and vintage, sad and sweeping, melodic and cooing, intricate and moving. I don’t rock that much anymore. Nowadays, putting on an old rock record prompts more nostalgia than angst and energy; it’s
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I AM A HORROR
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He is the little story of my Horrors concert experience (as told by me in a letter to my best friend) Hope it doesn't bore you all to death.....Dorian:AHHHH FUCK YES AHAHHH OMFM.....I saw the Horrors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So my dad and i drove like 30 minutes to get to this club the echo in LA and as we were trying to find a parking spot i saw the horrors (or like 3/5 of them) on the side of the road t
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I Am A Parasite
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I thought I'd try and find some really cool animated music videos to post up here since, besides being a music freak, I'm also trying to be a drawer of cartoons and such. So, the first one I'm putting up here isn't really animated, but the visual trickery is so amazing and the video as a whole, so whacked out, that I had to put it up. It also has Samantha Morton, one of my favorite actresses, d...
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The Horrors - UK Garage / Punk / Surf band...
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'Count In Fives'..We'll try and make sure they don't escape these Islands, but we can't guarantee it....(...yes Jonus63, I saw your post). http://www.myspace.com/thehorrors .
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New Thing
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Okay, so I know that its probably ultra-unhip to admit this (I can't tell... no one knows who they are here in America and I only found out about them by mistake... after which I gathered they were maybe being hyped up to the eyeballs in the UK?) but I like the Horrors. Kind of a lot. And I promise I decided this before I knew what they looked like... which was only an added bonus to a girl wit...
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I am not scared!
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You know, I'm not 100% punk and I'm not 100& goth, but I have certain elements from both (yes, Dale, especially from the goth side! hehe). I was wondering what my reaction would be to a garage-punk rock band that is dipped in goth. Guess what...I heart them...What do I like about The Horrors:1. Their goth side ;)2. That combo organ that gets me every time.3. The fact that their songs get stuck ...
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The Horrors - almost laughed my arse off last time I saw them...
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Going to see the Goth/Punk equivalent of The Darkness next month at the Astoria for what is sure to turn into a drunken laugh........now all point at Anna and go Na, na, nana, na! You arn't goin'LOL!
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The Horrors - UK Garage / Punk / Surf band...
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'Count In Fives'..We'll try and make sure they don't escape these Islands, but we can't guarantee it....(...yes Jonus63, I saw your post). http://www.myspace.com/thehorrors .
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Thunderclaps
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I used to rock. It’s all I did in high school and college. Punk, pop-punk, punk rock, garage, grunge, metal, hair metal, you name it, I rocked it. But age, predictably, brought a taste for the soft and vintage, sad and sweeping, melodic and cooing, intricate and moving. I don’t rock that much anymore. Nowadays, putting on an old rock record prompts more nostalgia than angst and energy; it’s
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I Am A Parasite
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I thought I'd try and find some really cool animated music videos to post up here since, besides being a music freak, I'm also trying to be a drawer of cartoons and such. So, the first one I'm putting up here isn't really animated, but the visual trickery is so amazing and the video as a whole, so whacked out, that I had to put it up. It also has Samantha Morton, one of my favorite actresses, d...
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I AM A HORROR
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He is the little story of my Horrors concert experience (as told by me in a letter to my best friend) Hope it doesn't bore you all to death.....Dorian:AHHHH FUCK YES AHAHHH OMFM.....I saw the Horrors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So my dad and i drove like 30 minutes to get to this club the echo in LA and as we were trying to find a parking spot i saw the horrors (or like 3/5 of them) on the side of the road t
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HORROR STORY! (In its complete form)
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http://waxsealsandpadlocks.blogspot.com/'Twas posted on this blog!"a banana a day keeps the doctor away?"xxxDORIANELECTRA
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The Horrors - JAMC or Meteors?
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Saw The Horrors in Brighton recently - at the risk of giving away my age I was reminded of The Jesus & Mary Chain some 20 years previously. The hair, the black clothes, the dry ice, the feedback, the fuzzy guitars, the strobes and the 30 minute set - ring any bells?I'd expected them to sound more like that other 80s UK cult, The Meteors. ie a punkier Cramps. This is what their CDs sound like.
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