With names like Faris Rotter (Faris Badwan), Coffin Joe (Joe Spurgeon), Spider Webb (Rhys Webb) and Joshua Von Grimm (Joshua Hayward), spindly-legged, black-clad band The Horrors seemed to want to draw attention to their goth garage punk roots. Their 2007 debut album Strange House was a camp, goth-punk rock explosion, while 2009′s Mercury Prize-nominated Primary … Continue reading »
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Cat’s Eyes – oh, the horror, the horror!
Continuing my run of spectral, dark gothy pop, here comes Cat’s Eyes – Faris Badwan, more recently of goth-punk band The Horrors, and Rachel Zeffira, an accomplished Canadian soprano and multi-instrumentalist. Cat’s Eyes gave their first performance in December at the Vatican, of all places – guess there wasn’t a mosh pit then, what with … Continue reading »
