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The Color Awesome Highlights 2011

01/04/2012 Phil Pickens 2

We highlight our favorites of 2011. M83, Weekend, Destroyer top our list of must-hear music […]

Stream The Horrors’ Skying

07/13/2011 Phil Pickens Comments Off

It’s no secret around here that we LOVE The Horrors. Here’s a handy little player where you can listen to their newest record, SKYING. The album looks like it’s already released everywhere but here in […]

Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?

04/06/2011 Phil Pickens 2

So you meet a girl at a party. She’s super talented and shares your love of girl groups. You give her a mix tape of your favorite girl group/psych/soundtracks – and she writes a song […]

Phil’s Best of 2009

01/13/2010 Phil Pickens Comments Off

2009 was pretty underwhelming for music. I struggled long and hard to make a top ten list, but there really weren’t ten that I felt made the list. So here are my top nine of […]

The Horrors Live!

10/10/2009 Phil Pickens Comments Off

It’s hard to believe every bit of hype you hear about bands these days. All these crazy blogs are dripping with overblown statements about how great the band du jour is – you can’t always believe […]

Leaked: The Horrors – Primary Colors

05/04/2009 paige 1

As we reported last week, The Horrors have been taking the UK by storm. We’re also completely infatuated here at thecolorawesome. Their new album, Primary Colours, drops tomorrow in the USA and UK. Can’t wait? […]

New To Me: The Horrors

04/24/2009 paige Comments Off

There’s a full-on Horrors marketing blitz going on in the UK right now. They were on the cover of NME last week, their new album is released on XL next week, and you can stream […]