This is an exclusive video of the acoustic version of Horrorshows track The Rain, which was recorded as part of the One Day at The Basement show earlier this year. The gig featured all acoustic sets from Joyride, Spit Syndicate and Horrorshow and was based around the guys reimagining their songs using the talents of their musician friends from other inner west bands like Made In Japan and Milan.
The gig was sold out and was a dope night – it was a special experience for Horrorshow to be able to bring a local hip hop flavour and crowd to a venue that is iconic as The Basement. If peeps are interested in tracking down some more recordings from the night, acoustic versions of two songs – Waiting For The 5:04 and a cover of American Girl – are available on the bandtag download cards that come with their new merch.
Last month Horrorshow played a gig for Triple J’s Ausmusic month. They did two covers of Australian songs – 1979 by Hilltop Hoods and Ben Lee’s ‘Cigarettes Will Kill You’. The latter received a bit of airplay and a few people have been asking us where they can hear it so they guys did a proper recording for y’all…featuring the lovely Jane Tyrrell. Feel free to share it around as you please.
In the last few weeks, Triple J have been playing excerpts from that same Ausmusic Month set and the entire set for their Live At The Wireless program. You can now stream selections from their website here.
Setlist 01. Thought Crime 02. Truth be Told 03. No Rides Left 04. 1979 (Hiltop Hoods cover) 05. Cigarettes Will Kill You (Ben Lee cover) 06. The Show 07. For What It’s Worth 08. The Rain Horrorshow would also love your vote for in this years Triple J Hottest 100 their tracks Our Song featuring Seth Sentry and The Rain have been nominated as the their songs to vote for.
HORRORSHOW NEW YEARS SHOWS
Horrorshow will be playing at a bunch of festivals over New Year’s Eve along the east coast. They can’t wait to celebrate with you! Here are the dates and (some) set times:
Tuesday Dec 28 – Blah Blah Blah @ Riverlife, Brisbane QLD. Wednesday Dec 29 – Peats Ridge Festival, Glenworth Valley NSW Lyrebird Stage 8.30 – 9.15pm Friday December 31 – Pyramind Rock Festival, Phillip Island VIC Pharoah’s Annex 7.20 – 8.30pm Saturday Jan 1 2011, Summadayze, Rymill Park Adelaide SA
Also……….An early announcement The One Day crew will be performing a special acoustic show at The Basement in Sydney on Sunday March 6th next year. The one off event will feature acoustic sets from Horrorshow, Spit Syndicate and Joyride and will be an intimate chance to experience our music in a different way. It’s not often that the whole crew gets to play shows together anymore so they thought of putting together something a bit special… so put that date in your calendar! This is one not to be missed…
Joey Smiles hits the Horrorshow -Inside Story Tour in Melbourne here’s what he had to say:
Horrorshow and Spit Syndicate took to the stage in Melbourne on Friday night for some unforgettable live hip hop. The sold out show nearly tore the roof off The Evelyn Hotel and was testament to the growing fanbase these groups have been receiving across the country. Doors opened about 9:30pm and Melbourne local Tys opened up with some tight, original raps over some well-known instrumental tracks including Roots Manuva’s Witness The Fitness and DJ Shadow’s chilled masterpiece Midnight In A Perfect World.
Spit Syndicate’s Nick Lupi and Just Enuff were up next. Joined by DJ Joyride, the boys wasted no time getting the crowd into it by playing tracks off their debut album Towards The Light. The venue was definitely not the biggest but the packed in punters were all hyped and hands were in the air from the very beginning. Looking around the room, I was surprised to see so many Melbourne artists in the crowd. Seth Sentry, Muph, Pez, M-Phazes, Geko, Diafrix and Illy all showed up to support the groups and they were not disappointed.
Next up in the set the guys played some new songs from their upcoming sophomore Exile . They played Crooks and Crimescenes first up which had a catchy chorus followed by an ode to graffiti, Kings Way. After a few more tracks and a fresh freestyle, they closed the set with the song Lost Boys and the crowd bounced like they were on pogo sticks.
Horrorshow’s DJ Adit and emcee Solo came on just before midnight and opened with some of their harder tracks like Inside Story and Uplift before playing the more catchy songs like Thoughtcrime, The Show, She and Solo’s heartfelt Walk You Home which went down very well with the ladies – and there were certainly a lot of them there!
Melbournians were treated to a special performance when Horrorshow played a new song from M-Phazes album For What It’s Worth. Other highlights included Waiting for The 5.04, No Rides Left and Truth Be Told. Not long after this, Solo welcomed Spit Syndicate back onstage to do some songs together including a new banger from Exile and the tracks Neighbourhood Hit and Choose None. Melbourne emcee Illy also joined the two groups onstage for the first ever live performance of Red Light, Green Light with all four emcees present. Horrorshow closed the night with the solid track The Rain around 1:15ish after a long and energetic set. Both groups thanked the crowd and seemed genuinely humbled for the energy Melbourne showed.
To hear an interview with Nick Lupi just before his tour, visit here.
To hear an interview with Solo from Horrorshow, visit here.
