The Horrors

The Horrors - O2 ABC, Glasgow, Tue 15 May, 2012

Charming and mesmerising set that avoids sharp pop aesthetic

22 May 2012

For Essex boys The Horrors, surely redemption has arrived at last. Yes, there were those of us who enjoyed the spooky frightwig garage rock of their debut album Strange House, but it left the sense that here was a band who are overstylised and blessed…

The Horrors and The Cribs announce JD Roots shows

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27 Mar 2012

The Horrors, The Cribs and Twin Atlantic are playing exclusive sets in their hometowns for Jack Daniel's. The bands are part of the JD Roots shows, which see them perform small gigs in the places where they started. The shows kick off in Glasgow…

Elbow, Paul Weller and Bon Iver to headline Latitude

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6 Mar 2012

Elbow, Paul Weller and Bon Iver will headline Latitude Festival 2012. The Grammy award-winning folk band will take to the stage for their only UK festival appearance this year on Friday July 13, with the 'One Day Like This' hitmakers - who have…

Florence & The Machine and Noel Gallagher to play T in the Park 2012

The Vaccines, The Maccabees and The Horrors also on bill

21 Feb 2012

DF Concerts and Tennent’s Lager today unveiled that Florence and the Machine and Noel Gallagher’s Flying Birds will be two of the big acts playing at Balado this summer. Flame-haired and big-lunged star Florence had her second full-length record…

Noel Gallagher to play at NME Awards 2012

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2 Feb 2012

Noel Gallagher is confirmed to play at the NME Awards 2012. The 'Dream On' hitmaker will perform at the ceremony at London's O2 Academy in Brixton on February 29, where he will pick up the NME Godlike Genius Award - the highest accolade bestowed at…

Arctic Monkeys receive seven NME Award nods

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30 Jan 2012

Arctic Monkeys lead the way with seven nominations at this year's NME Awards. The 'Black Treacle' rockers have been given a nod for Best British Band, Best Album and Best Track for 'The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala' and drummer Matt Helders revealed…

The Horrors hate 'pretentious' lyrics

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17 Jul 2011

The Horrors' Faris Badwan doesn't like lyrics to be "too pretentious". The 24-year-old lead singer in the band - which is also made up of Joshua Hayward (guitar) Tom Cowan (synthesizer and bass) Rhys Webb (bass and organs) and Joseph Spurgeon (drums…

The Horrors - Skying

Some highlights here, but ubiquitous retro pop nonsense blunts their edge

13 Jul 2011

(XL) Did someone replace the light bulbs in The Horrors’ recording studio? Have they started taking multi-vitamins? Something uplifting has happened to what was previously Britain’s blackest band. And, unfortunately, it’s blunted their edge. The…

Spotify playlist: Hallowe'en 2010

20 Oct 2010

Halloween doesn’t have to be all about doing the ‘Monster Mash’ or voluntarily listening to the theme from Ghostbusters. There’s a wide range of supernatural-themed music on offer for this occasion. Here’s a Spotify playlist of ghoulish alternatives.

Tim Burgess' 'explosive' supergroup

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14 Sep 2010

The Horrors, Klaxons and Ladyhawke all star on Tim Burgess' "explosive" new solo album. The Charlatans frontman said it's taken him so long to follow up his first solo effort, 2003s 'I Believe', because he wanted an all-star cast for his second solo…

2009 Mercury Music Prize shortlist on show

Regardless of who triumphs, contenders' nomination is gain enough

24 Jul 2009

This past year has seen Elbow prove to all just what a Mercury win can do to a band's career. Though toiling for near 15 years in relative indie obscurity, seemingly destined to never play the arenas their songs merited, their 2008 victory for fourth…

2009 Mercury Prize shortlist announced

Kasabian, The Horrors, Bat For Lashes and others. Plus Spotify playlist

21 Jul 2009

The shortlist for this year's Mercury Prize - the annual £20,000 award for the best album by British and Irish artists - was revealed this morning. The twelve albums nominated were announced by Lauren Laverne at The Hospital club in London's Convent…

T in the Park: The Horrors

9 Jul 2009

Forget about the big barnets for a second, because The Horrors are back; having weathered the hype and the haters to come up with one of the best records of the year in the form of atmospheric second effort Primary Colours. As the Southend quintet gear…

The Horrors

28 May 2009

At first glance The Horrors appeared to be an art punk joke, but their debut album Strange House thrashed with an addictive spook-show garage rock fury, Faris Rotter proving to be one of the most entertaining and unpredictable frontmen in Britain. New…

The Horrors - Primary Colours

30 Apr 2009

ROCK This second album is so wildly different from The Horrors’ schlocky, B-movie, overhyped garage debut that it’s hard to believe it’s the same band. Gone are the irritating punk rants and big hair, replaced by ghosts of The Cure, Joy Division and…

5 Reasons To Go See - The Horrors

21 Nov 2006

1 They’re horrible The zombie garage goth rock dafties (Faris ‘Rotter’ Badwan, Tomethy Furse, Joshua von Grimm, Coffin Joe and Spider Webb, apparently) hail from Southend, but look and sound as if they’ve just climbed out of some primordial rock’n’roll…