The Horrors
Say Psych: News: Manchester Psych Fest announces first bands for 2024 edition
Manchester Psych Fest announces Baxter Dury, The Horrors, Temples, NewDad, Mdou Moctar, Juniore and more in the first wave of its bands for their 2024 edition which will take place on 31 August 2024 in venues across the city. Following on from its 10th birthday earlier this year, Manchester Psych Fest 2024 will bring Baxter Dury and The …
Say Psych: Album Review: MIEN – MIEN
The so called super-group MIEN released their debut self-titled LP on Rocket Recordings last week too much hype and anticipation. The seeds for this collaboration were sown as long ago as 2004, when Rishi Dhir found himself in a chance encounter with Alex Maas whilst performing sitar with his former band on a bill at …
Say Psych: Track Review: MIEN – Earth Moon
MIEN are a new power quartet comprised of The Black Angels’ Alex Maas, The Horrors’ Tom Furse, Elephant Stone’s Rishi Dhir and The Earlies’ John-Mark Lapham. They are set to release their debut self-titled LP on Rocket Recordings on 6th April. ‘Earth Moon’ follows on from the debut track to be pulled from the LP, …
Say Psych: Playlist 17/2016
A few months back I posted a playlist of bands I was looking forward to see at this year’s Liverpool PsychFest. Since then the list has grown somewhat, and here are fifteen more bands that I hope to see there too; most of whom are new to me. Enjoy! Gambling with the Crocodile by …
Live Review: Reverence Festival, Valada Portugal 2015 – Day 3
“Sunrise Session Featuring 10000 Russos / Mugstar 04:40 – 06:00”! “Sunrise Session Featuring 10000 Russos / Mugstar 04:40 – 06:00”!! “Sunrise Session Featuring 10000 Russos / Mugstar 04:40 – 06:00”!!! If I had been inexorably drawn to Reverence Valada for any one thing – it was the, “Sunrise Session Featuring 10000 Russos / Mugstar 04:40 – 06:00”. There was the …
News: Preview – Reverence Festival, Valada
On August 27th, 28th and 29th Reverence festival returns to Valada, Portugal, to offer up another weekender of quality psychedelia. This monster line-up showcases the very best in stoner, grunge, shoegaze and doom, with more acts to be announced in the coming weeks. Heady, hazy sounds offer the perfect summer soundtrack to the beautifully picturesque setting of Valada …
New Video: The Horrors “So Now You Know”
I am an unabashed fan of The Horrors and already enthusiastically reviewed the first release off their much anticipated fourth album “Luminous”, the seven minute long epic “I See You“. The Horrors have now released a new video for another song off the new album, called “So Now You Know”, a visual epic filmed in a deserted …