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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

Sep 27, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals have announced a new box set that collects their radio sessions for the BBC, the fittingly titled Super Furry Animals at the BBC. 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

Jul 11, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Gulp is a psych-pop trio that includes Guto Pryce of Super Furry Animals and also features his partner Lindsey Leven and their longstanding guitarist Gid Goundrey. The band is releasing their sophomore album, All Good Wishes, on August 3 via E.L.K. More

Jun 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Gulp is a psych-pop trio that includes Guto Pryce of Super Furry Animals and also features his partner Lindsey Leven and their longstanding guitarist Gid Goundrey. We quite liked their 2014-released debut album, Season Sun, and now they are coming back with a new one, All Good Wishes, which was announced today and is due out August 3 via E.L.K. 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

Jan 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Britpop outliers and survivors Super Furry Animals have announced their first U.S. tour in six years. There’s no new album to promote (the Welsh band haven’t put out anything since 2009’s Dark Days/Light Years, although its members have stayed busy, with frontman Gruff Rhys releasing solo albums and albums with Neon Neon, for example). More

Jun 29, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

At Glastonbury this past weekend, a lot of British bands who made their marks in the 1990s performed. The BBC has posted an impressive amount of videos from the festival and so we decided to collect those performances from ‘90s heroes, all of whom are still going strong today. More

Feb 27, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Super Furry Animals have announced a deluxe reissue of their fourth album Mwng to celebrate the LP’s 15th anniversary. 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

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 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

Jul 10, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

All Tomorrow’s Parties New York, as co-curated by The Flaming Lips, has announced new acts for the 2009 Saturday and Sunday lineups, including Sufjan Stevens and Super Furry Animals. More

May 02, 2005 By Mark Redfern

Who are Goldie Lookin’ Chain? The mysterious Welsh rapping crew first came to Under the Radar’s attention when they guested last year on the Super Furry Animals B-side “Motherfokker,” rapping about Sci-Fi movies, alien abductions, and 60’s political rockers MC5. Then word started to spread across the lands of the United Kingdom that Goldie Lookin’ Chain were a hip-hop force to be reckoned with, if not exactly to be taken seriously. More

Nov 17, 2016 By Cody Ray Shafer

For the seminal Welsh band Super Furry Animals, genre is merely another tool to accentuate their big sound, laden with imaginative synths and heavily orchestrated guitars. They deserve credit for producing music that is endlessly interesting, fun, and surprising. More

Jul 13, 2015 By Dan Lucas

At first glance, Mwng seems like an odd choice for a 15th anniversary rerelease from the newly reformed Super Furry Animals. Sung entirely in Welsh, with an unpronounceable title, it’s probably fair to say that this isn’t their most beloved album. More

Apr 22, 2009 By Frank Valish

Super Furry Animals have been at the forefront of forward-thinking pop music for 15 years, and the band’s ninth album shows that they continue to be as committed to their craft as ever. More