From punk rock caricatures on their debut album Strange Life to psychedelic Kraut-rockers on Primary Colours and now ’80s revivalists, The Horrors have traversed an increasingly interesting path over the last six years. Skying finds them celebrating… Read More…
Not many bands can say their debut gig took place in The Vatican but Cat’s Eyes, a duo consisting of The Horror’s singer Faris Badwan and the Canadian opera soprano Rachel Zeffira (who plays piano, violin, English horn, oboe, cathedral … Read More…
A selection of photos by The Noise In Our Heads‘ Danielle Graham from Electric Picnic. In order of appearance: The National, The Horrors, Friendly Fires, Two Door Cinema Club, LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, The Antlers, Villagers, Redneck Manifesto, Hypnotic Brass … Read More…
Wowza. The Horrors do their stellar remix thing once again. Florence Welch played this on BBC Radio 1 when she guest DJed this week. Another fine remix from The Horrors of TeenagersinTokyo just popped in the inbox. MP3: TeenagersinTokyo – … Read More…
The good (no make that GREAT) folks at Lex Records sent some sweet remixes and mixtapes this way this week. Hold on to your pants. First up a proper dub remix of Willie Isz’ ‘The Grussle’ from Hyperdub’s LV. Grab … Read More…
Tomorrow I’m splitting from dull overcast Dublin for the weekend in favour of the three-day Rock en Seine festival near Paris. The lineup includes Vampire Weekend, Bill Callahan (really looking forward to this), Oasis, Faith No More, Passion Pit, School … Read More…
New butterfly psychedelia retrograde video from The Horrors excellent Primary Colours album which was debuted through NIN.com. Evidently, Trent is a fan. Buy Primary Colours.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) sees the announcement of the shortlist for the 2009 Mercury Music Prize and the BBC Music Blog have asked various blogs (myself included) to give their thoughts on a possible shortlist. The Mercury Prize is awarded to albums … Read More…
Remember those archaic days when you picked up a magazine or a free newspaper and saw a playlist of what people were into that week and you would then immediately check it out if you thought it was interesting. The … Read More…
Second video from The Horrors‘ excellent Primary Colours, directed by Douglas Hart (former member of Jesus & Mary Chain). Incidentally, I’ve been listening to a song from “Douglas Heart” on my iPod for the last two years but I don’t … Read More…
