If you like fuzzy, garage bands from the UK (and really, who doesn't?), then you probably want to be at Neumo's next Tuesday (October 6) to see The Horrors. Chances are, if you want to see The Horrors next week, you would like to see them and openers Japanese Motors for free even more. Am I right?

If that's the case, send us an e-mail to tig@threeimaginarygirls.com before 9am on Friday, October 2 for a chance to win a pair of tickets to this show. The only other thing you'll need to do (besides keeping your fingers crossed until Friday morning) is to include "HorrorMotors" in the subject line (please no spaces).

Alison Mosshart*, the American vocalist and guitarist also known as "VV", and her British counterpart and guitarist Jamie Hince, a.k.a. "Hotel", make up The Kills, who play Neumos tonight with The Horrors and Magic Wands.

The Kills represent garage rock and bluesy punk with a seductively sleazy style - like a trashy, smoke filled dive bar that's actually one of the coolest spots in town (if the Kills were a place in Seattle, they would probably be Cha Cha). Their sound has been compared to the White Stripes and the Yeah Yeah Yeah's, though a bit slower paced with the drum-machine enabled rhythms and heavier on the staccato and chanting.

In my opinion, the Kills are the perfect way to unwind on a friday night.

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OK, well, nobody likes to reflect and rank more than I do (I'm a scientist, I love to quantify), so here goes. I've got my favorite songs of 2007 - no, not best or most innovative, but rather the songs I liked ... lots and lots and lots. There is a little overlap from my forthcoming Best Albums, but also some curveballs. Enjoy!

Honorable Mention:

• "Girls and Boys in Love" by the Rumble Strips
• "Sons of Cain" by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
• "Jack the Ripper" by the Horrors (special note: If the Horrors had a brain and released the original fast demo version of this song on their debut Strange House, it would have been an easy top 10.)
• "Ragoo" by Kings of Leon
• "Heart It Races" by Architecture in Helsinki
• "Geld Essen" by K.I.Z.

#10. "The Prayer" by Bloc Party from Weekend in the City - This song is one of the most interesting songs Bloc Party has recorded. Too bad the rest of the album (short of "Hunting for Witches") just wasn't as cool.

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I think the problem with the Horrors can be summed up with this simple statement: they tried way too hard.

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I wonder why they didn't go with the name of geek-core or library-pop?

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By the time the Horrors get stateside, the wave of NME-sponsored hype will probably leave most people saying "bah!" to band, which is too bad.

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