Wherever does one go from a glistering synth-pop opus reconceptualising the life of John DeLorean? Well, to an ever blithe re-envisaging of the life of Italian lefty Giangiacomo Feltrinelli – the inspiratory founder of one of the Mediterranean's most widely lionised 20th century publishing houses, of course. And Praxis Makes Perfect – the wondrously outré sophomore recording from the pair comprising Gruff Rhys and Bryan Hollon known only as Neon Neon – is, appositely I suppose, the sound of the duo becoming that bit better acquainted with one another. And although the power balladry [...]
I've loved Pete Fowler 's work ever since I first clamped eyes on his album cover art for the Super Furry Animals ' Radiator LP in 1997. I spotted ' Wanna Buy A Cosmic Ocean ? ' on Pinterest earlier this week (it dates back to sometime last year) and felt the need to share it - enjoy:
Gruff Rhys' Super Furry Animals were, without question, one of the more prominent bands across my formative years in musical discovery. Their Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 was the hymnbook from which I would so often opt to sing though Rhys aside, guitarist Huw "Bunf" Bunford was the bedraggled chap whose dense beard I admired and whose bristly Gibson tones I aspired to someday reproduce. Still waiting on that, though we wait no more on news from Bunf, as having once masterminded Furry Techno – a blobby redux what done what it suggested on the tin – the [...]
I suppose I'll never fully know how concerted my mother's attempts were to tip the balance of my affections in favour of her thad (or fatherland, or so my slippery grasp on the Welsh lingo would have me recall) though even from a puny age, I felt remarkably Cymraeg for a young someone never to have actually lived there. And it was in no small part down to her inundating my ears with all things Welsh and wonderful, I don't doubt: the Manics' Everything Must Go was the soundtrack of every voyage westwards, before being [...]
Despedimos la temporada con un especial doble dedicado a Super Furry Animals (en la foto) y The Delgados. MP3: Super 45 Podcast #731 (jueves 07 de febrero, 2013) Suscríbete al Podcast de Super45 Suscríbete al Podcast de Super45 en iTunes Articulos relacionados: Podcast: Super 45 #615 Podcast: Super 45 #619 Podcast: Super [...]
There was once a time – I can vaguely, if somewhat begrudgingly recall – at which I would feel an almost ritualistic compulsion to tune into the vexatious tones of Zane Lowe as he unveiled the Reading and Leeds line ups. In that convoluted way of his, he would spin a seemingly unending yarn of hyperbolic fervour invariably over the top of No One Knows irrespective of, or perhaps even oblivious to, whether Queens of the Stone Age were to be announced or not and, in truth, it worked – it exacerbated the impatience, prior to his excitable babbling of [...]
December is the one month, above all of its fellow eleven, that grows increasingly unsavoury as it dwindles and wading through Islington on the evening of an anything but fateful Friday the 14th, the twelve-of-twelve salubrious London borough veritably reeks of Christmas party smut; of the uncontrollable release of testosterone and other hormonal spew prompted by the unchained festivities of this godforsaken time of the season . The puff-chested bravado appears to have inflated the ambience within The Lexington too, though upstairs unravels an altogether incomparable celebration. It's been nine years since Upset The Rhythm hosted [...]
OF LATE I've been listening to a lot of Britpop, the defining music of my yoof. And by "a lot", I don't mean sticking on What's The Story (Morning Glory). I mean I've been listening to long-forgotten albums by the likes of Gay Dad and Spacehog, trawling charity shops for Gene singles, outbidding people on eBay for the right to hear Longpigs b-sides. Basically I've pushed deeper and harder into the recesses of '90 guitar pop than I've ever been. Alas Spotify doesn't allow for a lot of this, but nevertheless I felt compelled to put [...]
Here’s a welcome bit of news to perk us all up as Winter begins to poke it’s needy little face in at the window. Erstwhile (or current if you believe the rumours) Super Furry Animals bass player, Guto Pryce has a rather lovely little side project emerging, called Gulp . Gulp Formed with singer Lyndsey Leven and with the help of (erstwhile / current) SFA drummer Daf, Gulp this summer released a single on ELK Records from Cardiff. And it’s a bit of a belter… In the [...]
Hace dos años escuché Goodbye Falkenberg en Spotify y quedé convencida de que el ruido que hacía Race Horses en su primer material era algo que en verdad valía la pena. Este disco es redondo y lleno de canciones que no importa cuánto lo intentes, seguirán retumbando en tu cabeza horas después de que hayas dejado de escuchar a estos galeses. Furniture es el nuevo LP de Race Horses y seguramente la psicodelia seguirá dando para más. Por ahora les dejo las respuestas que Dylan Hughes envió para este 13. [...]
This is a quite odd post even by my standards. This day ten years ago I upped sticks and moved to Wales, Wrexham to be precise, which explains all the Wrexham related tweets for anyone who follows me on Twitter. Although I'm back in Ireland a few years now, it was one of my smarter [...]
Were we collectively, as a nation, to pinpoint the birthplace of a New Romantic renaissance, few eyes and fingers would fumble about for Aberystwyth, right? Well, that's where they probably ought point as Meilyr Jones' Race Horses have really come careening out the blocks on this, their second full-length. Furniture may not be the aural counterpart to your conventional matte black fireplace, nor mahogany chaise longue. No, with Jones' band of men (and now woman) reconfigured although in no way less merry, they've carved a fragile kinda indie LP the likes of which we've rarely beheld. [...]
Alan McGee , mente maestra detrás de Creation Records y responsable de lanzar bandas como Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, Super Furry Animals, Saint Etienne y demás… podría regresar a la industria discográfica reviviendo este mítico sello. Pero, ¿qué razones están detrás de este posible -y esperado- regreso? En palabras del mismo McGee: “Después de pasar el verano ayudando a curar el festival Tokyo Rocks del próximo año, ¡me di cuenta de que aún lo amo! Fue cuando volaba de regreso de Tokyo con los Primal, que comencé a [...]
His set featured: If We Were Words (We Would Rhyme) Cycle Of Violence Shark Ridden Waters Sophie Softly Download all tracks here. Gruff Rhys recently dropped by KDHX. Purchase Gruff Rhys items via Insound. MP3: Super Furry Animals - Inaugural Trams
His set featured: Lost Tribes The Whether (Or Not) 100 Unread Messages (But Not A Single Note From You) American Interior Cylchro Amser Enjoy the full playback via SoundCloud. Athiest Xmas is out now. Purchase Gruff Rhys items via Insound. MP3: Super Furry Animals - Inaugural Trams
Six Of The Best is a semi-regular feature that pokes, prods and persuades your favourite bands, bards and barometers of hip opinion to tell us six of the best tracks they’ve ever heard. The tracks could be mainstream million-sellers or they could be obfuscatingly obscure, it doesn’t matter. The only criteria set is that, aye, they must be Six of the Best . Think of it like a mini, groovier version of Desert Island Discs… Number 11 in a series : 2012 looks like it's the year of [...]
Gulp is brand new project from Super Furry Animals' bassist Guto Pryce which also features the bewitching vocals of Welsh songstress Lindsay Leven. 'Game Love' is one side of a 73 out on the group's own E.L.K. label. It is breezy psych-folk with Leven's vocals floating over a tide of electronic drones and squelches, and waltzing drums. It is a sweetly hypnotic song, tiptoeing [...]
Day 03 - A song in a language other than English It's got to be the Super Furry Animals track, 'Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir', from their Radiator album : God, I loved that album. I played it to absolutely death when it was released in '97. Actually, I'm popping off now over to Spotify to give it a resurrection.
Rabbit is disappointed with your bad language. For the love of God, don't listen to today's songs anywhere that swearing is frowned upon. Unlike in real life and elsewhere on the internet, I hardly ever swear on the blog. This post will probably be notable for containing more uses of the word "fuck" than pretty much all the other blog posts added together. There's no real reason for me minding my language here. I'm not on some kind of deluded quest to keep the blog family friendly, few enough people [...]
Rabbit is disappointed with your bad language. For the love of God, don't listen to today's songs anywhere that swearing is frowned upon. Unlike in real life and elsewhere on the internet, I hardly ever swear on the blog. This post will probably be notable for containing more uses of the word "fuck" than pretty much all the other blog posts added together. There's no real reason for me minding my language here. I'm not on some kind of deluded quest to keep the blog family friendly, few enough people [...]
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