Mar 11, 2024 By Dom Gourlay

Green Man Festival founders Jo Bartlett and Danny Hagan announce new event with Gruff Rhys as headliner. More

Jan 19, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list was fueled by lots of notable album announcements. More

Jan 15, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, is releasing a new solo album, Sadness Sets Me Free, on January 26 via Rough Trade. Now he has shared its third single, “Bad Friend,” via a music video. He’s also announced some new U.S. tour dates, including SXSW. More

Nov 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern (and Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, and Scott Dransfield all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 10 this week. More

Nov 07, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, is releasing a new solo album, Sadness Sets Me Free, on January 26, 2024 via Rough Trade. Now he has shared its second single, the horn-backed “Silver Lining Lead Balloons.” More

Oct 06, 2023 By Mark Redfern (with Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 32nd Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires all helped me decide what should make the list. It was a quiet week for new tracks, so we settled on a Top 7. More

Oct 03, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, has announced a new solo album, Sadness Sets Me Free, and shared its first single, “Celestial Candyfloss,” via a music video. More

Jun 07, 2023 By Mark Redfern

This Is the Kit, the Paris-based project led by British-born singer/songwriter Kate Stables, are releasing a new Gruff Rhys-produced album, Careful of Your Keepers, this Friday via Rough Trade. Now they have shared its third single, “Stuck in a Room.” They have also shared a video of the band performing the song live last month at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall, England, which is an outdoor theater on the side of a cliff overlooking the sea at the very southern tip of England. More

May 09, 2023 By Mark Redfern

This Is the Kit, the Paris-based project led by British-born singer/songwriter Kate Stables, are releasing a new Gruff Rhys-produced album, Careful of Your Keepers, on June 9 via Rough Trade. Now they have shared its second single, “More Change,” via an amusing music video. The song also features backing vocals by Rhys. This Is the Kit have also announced some new North American tour dates. More

Apr 04, 2023 By Mark Redfern

This Is the Kit, the Paris-based project led by British-born singer/songwriter Kate Stables, has announced a new album produced by Gruff Rhys, Careful of Your Keepers, and shared its first single, “Inside Outside,” via a music video. This Is the Kit have also announced some UK and EU tour dates. More

Feb 24, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2023. Thanks in part to the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, the week was light on big album announcements, but there were still enough worthy songs to pick from. More

Feb 21, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, is releasing the soundtrack for the film The Almond and the Seahorse this Friday via Rough Trade. Now he has shared two more songs from the album, “I Want My Old Life Back” and “Liberate Me From The Love Song.” More

Jan 27, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the fourth Songs of the Week of 2023. After a stacked, blockbuster seven days that was last week (filled with big album announcements and three boygenius songs), things settled down this week. Still, there was plenty to like. More

Jan 24, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, is releasing soundtrack for the film The Almond and the Seahorse on February 24 via Rough Trade. Now he has shared two more songs from the album: “Layer Upon Layer” and “Orea.” More

Dec 15, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, has announced that he has created the soundtrack for the upcoming film, The Almond & the Seahorse. The soundtrack will be out on February 24, 2023 via Rough Trade. Rhys has also shared a video for the first track to be released from the album, “Amen.” More

Aug 19, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2022. This week’s list covers songs from the last two weeks, as I was on vacation last week. This week we’re doing things slightly differently, with just a main Top 12 list and some honorable mentions, without the longer list of songs also released in the last week. More

Aug 16, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Tuareg quintet Imarhan have shared two new songs: “The Distance,” a collaboration with Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, and “Tadalat,” a B-side from Imarhan’s most recent album, Aboogi. The band have also announced a set of fall North American tour dates. More

Mar 11, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was without a doubt the strongest week for new tracks so far this year. Some of our all time favorite artists put out new songs this week and there were several amazing songs that were seven or eight minutes long. There was much debate on what should make the main list and the best we could narrow it down to was a Top 15. More

Mar 09, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, has shared two new songs, both around eight minutes long: anti-Boris Johnson A-side “People Are Pissed” and instrumental B-side “Arogldarth.” Both are out now digitally, but will be released as a limited edition cassette on April 15 via Rough Trade. More

Mar 04, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Beloved Welsh band Super Furry Animals once had another lead singer, Rhys Ifans, who would go on to become a famous actor starring in such films as Notting Hill, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, The Amazing Spider-Man, and last year’s biggest movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Now the band have shared their first ever recorded song, the previously unreleased “Of No Fixed Identity,” which features Ifans on lead vocals. The song is only available on Bandcamp and only for one week. Some proceeds will benefit the Save the Severn campaign. More

Jan 13, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Tuareg quintet Imarhan are releasing a new album, Aboogi, on January 28 via City Slang. Now they have shared its third single, “Adar Newlan,” which features guest vocals from Gruff Rhys (of Welsh band Super Furry Animals). It was shared via an animated video written and directed by Fantômes (Hugo & Rodolphe Jouxtel). More

Jan 07, 2022 By Mark Redfern

2021 began and ended in a state of uncertainty, but was still a fruitful year for new music. Here are Under the Radar‘s 100 favorite albums from the year. More

Oct 13, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Tuareg quintet Imarhan have announced the release of their third studio album, Aboogi, which will be out on January 28, 2022 via City Slang. They have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Achinkad.” More

Jul 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Beloved Welsh band Super Furry Animals have announced a 20th anniversary reissue of their acclaimed 2001 album Rings Around the World and shared one of its bonus tracks, the raw audio of Paul McCartney chewing celery and carrots. The reissue will be available on vinyl, a single CD, and 3-CD set featuring B-sides, demos, remixes, and unreleased tracks. More

May 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week there was finally a ceasefire in the latest Israeli Palestinian conflict. More

May 18, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, is releasing a new solo album, Seeking New Gods, this Friday via Rough Trade. Now he has shared the album’s third single, “Mausoleum of My Former Self,” via a video for the horn-backed song. Rhys has also announced a special immersive version of the album, in partnership with BBC Research & Development and their Audio Orchestrator tool. More

Apr 23, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Emma Goad)

Welcome to the 15th Songs of the Week of 2021.The big Under the Radar news was that on Wednesday we announced our new print issue. The issue features Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. More

Apr 20, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, is releasing a new solo album, Seeking New Gods, on May 21 via Rough Trade. Now he has shared a new song from it, “Can’t Carry On,” via a video for the song. More

Mar 19, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2021. Last week I told you that the wife and I got the Johnson & Johnson shot. This week more and more people I personally know are also getting vaccinated, and I’m talking people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, not just 65 and older. More

Mar 15, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, has announced a new solo album, Seeking New Gods via Rough Trade, and shared its first single, “Loan Your Loneliness,” via a video for the new song. More

Oct 19, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, has announced a new book, the amusingly titled Resist Phony Encores!, which a press release describes as a “selective memoir.” For the book Rhys has worked with designer and long-term collaborator Mark James, who provides Xeroxed graphics and doctored photos. The book includes anecdotes from his life and also features Rhys’ cue cards that he has used in live performances for 15 years now. More

Aug 12, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals, has announced a new solo album, (Don’t) Welcome the Plague as a Blessing / The Babelsberg Basement Files, which is a companion piece to his 2018 album, Babelsberg. Rhys has also shared a video for this album’s version of “Negative Vibes.” More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Sep 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals, has released a new solo album, Pang!, today via Rough Trade. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Jul 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the July 4th holiday; there really weren’t too many new songs last week. So this week’s edition covers songs from both this week and last week, hence we have 12 choices. More

Jul 10, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals, has announced a new solo album, Pang!, and shared a video for its new single, “Pang!” More

May 10, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We worried we were going to be able to come up with a Top 8 this week, but a couple of album tracks were able to round out the list.

May 10, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Multicultural collective Africa Express, which was spearheaded by Damon Albarn, have announced a new album, EGOLI, and shared its first single, “Johannesburg,” which features vocals by Gruff Rhys (Welsh frontman of Super Furry Animals), alongside other featured artists Morena Leraba, Radio 123, and Sibot. More

Mar 01, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More

Sep 20, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals, released a new solo album, Babelsberg, back in June via Rough Trade. Now he has shared a video for one of the album’s highlights, “Selfies in the Sunset.” The song is about taking selfies as the world ends and features the guest vocals of actress/model Lily Cole (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Elizabeth I, Star Wars: The Last Jedi). Cole costars with Rhys in the video, as they take selfies and try to find the best cell phone reception while nuclear mushroom clouds explode behind them. More

Aug 31, 2018 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Kamasi Washington on the cover. More

Jun 08, 2018 By Michael Watkins

In Lindsey Jordan’s short time as Snail Mail, the 18-year-old has cultivated an assured but dedicated following. Harking back to her ‘90s indie rock predecessors such as Liz Phair, Fiona Apple, and even further back to the likes of The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, she offers guitar-centerd songs that don’t whine or moan or even look for a nostalgia in a past that she hasn’t even lived-as seems to be one of the millennial trends nowadays-but find beauty in the mundane and the small details, the likes of which has been done as successfully by only a handful of her contemporaries in recent years. More

May 18, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We skipped Songs of the Week last week for various reasons, but now we’re back with two week’s worth of songs. For that reason, this week it’s a Top 15, instead of our usual Top 10. More

May 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals, is releasing a new solo album, Babelsberg, on June 8 via Rough Trade. The album was recorded with the 72-piece BBC National Orchestra of Wales and he previously shared a video for its first single, “Frontier Man” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). Now he has shared another song from the album, “Limited Edition Heart.” He has also announced some tour dates, including some U.S. and Canadian ones in October. More

Apr 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The top songs in this week’s Songs of the Week list were readily apparent, it was just a case of working out the order, with the Top 5 switching order several times before being finalized. Many of this week’s new songs are initial singles from albums or EPs also announced this week. More

Apr 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Gruff Rhys, Welsh frontman of Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals, has announced a new solo album, Babelsberg, and shared a video for its first single, “Frontier Man.” The album was recorded with the 72-piece BBC National Orchestra of Wales and is due out June 8 via Rough Trade. More

Sep 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Grandaddy has announced a 20th anniversary reissue of 1997’s Under the Western Freeway. The vinyl-only reissue comes with a separate LP featuring eight previously unreleased tracks, including “Hawaiian Island Wranglers,” which the band has shared and can be heard below. More

Jun 19, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 1997 sophomore album Radiator with a 20th anniversary reissue. It comes out July 20 via BMG and comes with 30 bonus tracks, including the album’s B-sides, demos, the Ice Hockey Hair EP, and other rarities. More

Sep 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their weird and wonderful 1996 debut album Fuzzy Logic with a 20th anniversary reissue. It comes with 35 bonus tracks, including the album’s B-sides, two separate 1995 demo sessions, and their set at the 1996 Phoenix Festival. More

May 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals have shared their first new single in seven years, “Bing Bong,” via its video. The single is available digitally now and will be released as a 12-inch on June 17. You can also buy a bundle that includes a download and a T-shirt featuring the artwork on longtime band collaborator Pete Fowler. More

Apr 21, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Gruff Rhys, frontman of Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals, has shared a new song, “I Love EU.” The Welsh musician wrote the song in support of the U.K. staying in the European Union. This summer there will be a referendum in the U.K. on whether or not they should stay in the European Union. This is Rhys’ love song to the continent. More

Sep 29, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing his multimedia album/app/film/book project American Interior earlier this year, former Super Furry Animal member Gruff Rhys has premiered a brand new music video for the effort’s latest single “Lost Tribes.” More

Apr 25, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next week Gruff Rhys will release his brand new solo album/app/film/book project American Interior. More

Mar 27, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Check out the video for “American Interior,” the title track of Gruff Rhys’ ambitious album/book/film/app project. More

Feb 28, 2014 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for our three SXSW 2014 day parties, taking place on Wednesday, March 12, Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 14. Lineups include Charli XCX, EMA, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Future Islands, Connan Mockasin, We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Mary Onettes, Small Black, Thumpers, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Arthur Beatrice, Gruff Rhys, Woman’s Hour, and many others. More

Feb 26, 2014 By Alee Karim

Gruff Rhys has released a new song to Soundcloud. As we previously reported, the frontman of Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon, Rhys is releasing an album, book, and app titled American Interior. This is the project’s title track. More

Jan 30, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Ex-Super Furry Animal/current human Gruff Rhys has announced an ambitious undertaking. More

Jun 12, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

A few years back musical artist Gruff Rhys, known for his work with Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon, embarked on a unique tour through South America in search for his “long lost, guitar-playing, poncho-wearing uncle” Rene Griffiths. More

Nov 21, 2011 By Mi Tran

Those of you who can’t stand the thought of listening to sappy Christmas tunes again this year may have an alternative. Gruff Rhys (the Super Furry Animals frontman and solo artist) will release an EP titled Atheist Xmas just in time for the holidays. More

Oct 12, 2011 By Natasha Moningka

Gruff Rhys has released the music video for his track “Whale Trail” off of his current album Hotel Shampoo. More

Jun 14, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys performed solo single “Sensations in the Dark” last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Watch the video here. More

Feb 25, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

Gruff Rhys loves collecting mini bottles of shampoo from various hotels. This spring, it looks like his stash will certainly get a boost. We have the details. More

Feb 10, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Today, hot on the heels from new that his recent solo album Hotel Shampoo finally had a U.S. release date (May 3 for those of you prepared to camp out now) ex-Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys offered up a full album stream. Listen to it here. More

Feb 07, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys is bringing his latest solo effort to America via Witchita Recordings. We have the details. More

Nov 19, 2010 By Frank Valish

With Gruff Ryhs’ upcoming solo album, Hotel Shampoo, being promoted as his most ambitious and accomplished work yet (quite a statement!), the Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon leader is bringing his monumental talents to the U.S. for a couple of shows in January. Los Angeles and New York are the lucky cities, and the shows are billed as stripped-down, acoustic sets. More

Nov 09, 2010 By Lauren Barbato

You never know what to expect from Gruff Rhys, whether it’s an album written entirely in Welsh (2005’s Yr Atal Genhedlaeth) or equipped with 96” cardboard sheets to make your own “candylion” (2007’s Candylion). For Hotel Shampoo, his latest solo album that’s slated for a February 2011 release, Rhys has again taken his inspiration quite literally. More

Nov 01, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, frontman for both Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon, has debuted the video for his new single, “Shark Ridden Waters.” The song was released as a free download last month. We have the video below. More

Oct 18, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Gruff Rhys, frontman for both Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon, has released a brand new song, “Shark Ridden Waters,” available to download from his website and the widget below for the price of an email address. More

Jun 09, 2010 By Laura Studarus

As previously announced, Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys has been hard at work on a documentary Separado! documenting his road trip to reunite with long lost Patagonian uncle, guitarist Rene Griffiths. Now, just ahead of its debut at the Los Angeles Film Festival (June 24th-26th) a trailer has been released. Check out what the press release calls “A hilarious rock & roll odyssey.” We have the video. More

Jun 02, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Super Furry Animals/Neon Neon frontman Gruff Rhys has announced the premiere of a new project, South American documentary, Separado! Directed by Rhys and Dylan Goch, the film documents Rhys’ road trip to reunite with long lost Patagonian uncle, guitarist Rene Griffiths. Rhys also has a new collaborative album due out. We have the details. More

Mar 29, 2010 By Hong Le

Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon frontman Gruff Rhys has teamed up with Tony Da Gatorra, and will release a collaborative album titled The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness. It is a limited U.K. release for now, due out there on July 26, with U.S. release plans TBA. Rhys was a huge fan of Gatorra, who is a Brazilian TV and VCR repairman (who still uses VCR’s?), “musical freedom fighter,” and the inventor of his own ‘Gatorra’ instrument (which is described as “part drum machine, part guitar”). We have more details on this pairing. More

Apr 26, 2015 By Laura Studarus

In the late 1700s, John Evans, Gruff Rhys’ great-great-something traveled from Wales to America. More

Jun 11, 2018 By Hays Davis

After catching the city name Babelsberg on a sign while on tour in 2014, Gruff Rhys made note of it. While he was recording this album years later and learned that the studio was to be demolished to make way for a luxury apartment building, the Tower of Babel came to mind as a warped concept of societal aspiration. More

Dec 08, 2014 By Lily Moayeri

Sometime Super Furry Animals frontman and Neon Neon mouthpiece, Gruff Rhys, uses his solo albums as a vehicle for travel and self-discovery. On his fourth venture, American Interior, it was not enough to produce only an album; Rhys has also filmed a documentary film, written a book, and developed an app. More

Jan 03, 2012 By Frank Valish

There have been some mighty strange Christmas albums recorded: Bob Dylan’s Christmas In the Heart, Twisted Sister’s A Twisted Christmas, and Scott Weiland’s recent Most Wonderful Time of the Year come to mind. More

May 03, 2011 By Frank Valish

Gruff Rhys’ last album was a collaboration with an unknown Brazilian protest singer/instrumentalist named Tony Da Gatorra, who invented his own instrument, a peculiar combination of guitar and drum machine referred to as the “gatorra.” More