Tag: the horrors

LIVE: The Horrors @ Leeds Beckett University, 21.10.17

There’s something different about The Horrors. It’s intriguing. Even in the 2007 Strange House era, they ignored the expected get-up of shaggy hair, tales of broken hearts and dreams of being an indie heartthrob, and instead introduced their inherent darkness…

VIDEO: The Horror – Something To Remember Me By

The Horrors have revealed a striking yet strange new video for ‘Something to Remember Me By’. Director Max Weiland said: “this video is a comment on society’s obsession with celebrity and the music industry’s attempt to take advantage of that. A strange…

Festival Guide: Liverpool Psych 2016

Name: Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia / also known as PZYK Where: Camp and Furnace – Blade Factory – District When: 23rd to 24th September Headliners: Super Furry Animals, The Horrors Also Featuring: New Candys, The Moonlandingz, The Wytches, Eagulls,…

LIVE: Wahaca’s Day Of The Dead Festival – London, 07.11.15

Celebrating death on a rainy Saturday afternoon doesn’t usually feature on people’s weekend to-do-lists… But when that includes, tacos, churros, tequila and The Horrors I’m pretty sure most would come around… Did I mention churros? Wahaca brought the vibrancy of…

Best of YouTube: THE HORRORS

Do not be lulled, dear reader, by the pleasant bucolic scene pictured above as this journey down the dark, mysterious roads of the internet takes us through far more decidedly gothic territory than many a meek soul can handle. We…

The Horrors LIVE @ Troxy, London 4.10.14

Rating: After a somewhat stressful journey – I swear, I didn’t miss the bus stop – I made it to East London’s Troxy; a gorgeous venue, seemingly wasted when by 8.30 the floor is littered with plastic cups. Due to…

The Horrors LIVE @ Reading Festival 24.08.14

Has a band ever been more about reinventing themselves than The Horrors? Think back to the goth-punk Strange House days where you wouldn’t be able to see anything but the thin-leg policy, monochrome clothes and overly sprayed hair, whereas nowadays…

LIVE: Isle Of Wight Festival 2014

Nostalgia is the name of the game for Thursday night with performances from a Jam tribute band coupled alongside Madchester stalwarts The Inspiral Carpets. However, it doesn’t get more sentimental than Boy George. The ’80s icon looks in better shape…