As well as new music, I figured I'd start writing about songs by bands you've heard of but maybe not heard. These could be EP tracks inbetween albums that get lost and forgotten, B-sides that outshadow the A-sides, hidden tracks on albums you never knew about or just songs that are just good, that you need reminding about. First up are the Super Furry Animals , and you get two tracks in the first installment, Ice Hockey Hair and Citizens' Band . [...]
So most of the summer festivals are getting round to announcing their line-ups. This year, Mrs Growl and I will be taking a bit of a break from most festivals, due to the arrival of the Baby Growl in June. Thankfully we won't be totally absent from the season though. On Friday, the End of the Road Festival announced the first set of artists from its line-up, and it was with great joy that I beheld Super Furry Animals at the top of the list. Mind you, even with one of our [...]
mp3 Here Comes President Kill Again XTC - Oranges & Lemons mp3 President Of Me RockFour - Another Beginning mp3 President Of What? Death Cab For Cutie - You Can Play These Songs With Chords mp3 Presidential Suite Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World mp3 [...]
brain charring is good. isn't it? (yes it is). ¡Forward, Russia! is a guitar-synth-punk band with theatrical, very over the top vocals, ridiculous energy, and a one-named guitarist with a manic, angular style. (we like). hot press magazine (ireland) gave the band's debut album a 9/10, and described it as "a record of brain charring brilliance." the band is from leeds, england, and the guitarist is nicknamed whiskas (at left in above photo). whiskas runs his own record label. (smart guy). his label is called dance to [...]
Super Furry Animals I was just about to retire when discovering a link to this one snapped me back to. One doesn't like to admit coming late to a group that's been around for awhile, but what the heck. I was immediately captured by these whimsical Welshmen when down in Austin in February for a Spoon concert (they were on t.v. at a friend's house). Read about them here. Practice your
To quote my good friend Bryan Hurt , "This is when they were fucking epic". I started listening to SFA with "Rings Around the World." I loved "Juxtaposed With U" and "(Drawing) Rings Around The World" (hell, I still love those songs). Bryan is the one that lent me "Radiator" and this song in particular is just that, Fucking Epic. The Britpop label is insufficient to describe something as huge and expansive as Super Furry Animals. They've got a mythology and a mystery about them that is a difficult thing to come by in [...]
What was I saying a few posts ago! Gruff ( SFA ) has got a new MySpace called Candylion after the name of the new album. Diggin' the Candylion artwork (Pete Fowler I presume?) but no songs in Welsh this time? Any chance the backing singer is Wendy Flowers (from Wendy & Bonnie)? So many questions.. album is out in January. Listen to 2 new tracks.. http://www.myspace.com/candyli onmusic Tags: Super Furry Animals , Gruff Rhys
I have finally updated my Hot Tracks list. You'll find the new additions written in green, and the older ones just down at the bottom. I've also removed all the links to MySpace-files as they keep changing the filenames and I don't have to tell you anymore about the quality. Sad, sad... Here are some more of my pics from Canada. You'll figure out the theme by yourself... :) [...]
1) Sebadoh - Flame [ Buy it ] 2) Martha Wainwright - Factory [ Buy it ] 3) The Lovely Feathers - Frantic [ Buy it ] 4) Deerhoof - Flower [ Buy it ] 5) The Thermals - Forward [ Buy it ] 6) Giant Sand - Fool [ Buy it ] [...]
I haven't stopped smiling for about two days now. Super Furry Animals - fire in my heart available on 'Guerilla' and 'Songbook:Volume 1' mp3 music super furry animals
all together now! track 126 was another from the furnaces, "oh sweet woods," which namechecks joseph smith, who is also mentioned in title of track 127, warren hixon's "joe smith blues." if you want to hear a drunk warren hixon talk about music (his and others'), check out the arkain indie podcast. usually pretty good stuff. joseph smith, as you may or may not know, is the founder of the
Never has a song used the word 'fuck' so much and to such good effect. This `1996 Super Furry Animals song is based around a throwaway line from Steely Dan's 'Showbiz Kids' which starts innocuously enough and just explodes into a crescendo over the aforemented sample. 50 'fucks' later and you're left with one of my favourite songs of all time. A frequent encore in their live sets, the song is let loose from its original 5 minutes into a extended jam with techno beats and synths from keyboardist Cian before the rest of the band come back onstage and [...]
Inspired by the latest Contrast Podcast theme - quadruped meaning 'A four-footed animal' , the following is my top 5 songs about my favourite four footed animal, the trusty canine. Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever A song from a band chin-high in animal references (see also - Fuzzy Birds, Hometown Unicorn, Mwng - Welsh for mane, Foxy Music and pretty much all their artwork ). It's a fuzzy rock'n' roll stomper. Singer Gruff had this to say about [...]
So we've reached the end of the year and I thought it was time to reflect on what a great year 2005 was for music. Some of these releases were from 2004, but I only heard them this year, So that counts as 2005 for me. I'm offering every track here so you can see what I'm talking about. Download them, make a compilation, share it. I have to say without the fantastic music blogs out there, there is a lot of music on this list I would never have heard (and subsequently bought the CD). Hats off to music [...]
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