Topic: Gruff Rhys

Hunting for a long lost uncle in Separado!

This slightly dotty docu-drama has Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys touring South America in a teleportronic Power Rangers helmet. Rhys's method of telling his story includes psychedelic visual aids and slightly surreal musical interludes not entirely divorced from Bollywood.

Neon Neon/Yo! Majesty

People will soon be talking about Yo! Originally a trio - one of them decided God didn't want her to go on tour - the girls come across like a debauched Salt 'N' Pepa with Kraftwerk-like beats supplied by a dancing moustached man ...
The next Super Furry Animals album will be an instrumental affair, frontman Gruff Rhys revealed this weekend. "We've been working on an instrumental record for almost two years now," Rhys told BBC 6 Music. "It's a case of editing it ...

Neon Neon is superior side project

When Gruff Rhys held up a sign introducing this show as being about the " Neon Neon managed a Mercury nomination for Stainless Style, their debut of retro electronic music about the ill-fated DeLorean sports car and its creator. Perhaps some fans of ...

Critic's choice: Top 5 gigs

There are some fantastic gigs to choose from this week, from a rock festival for whippersnappers to dancehall superstar buju Banton at the Brixton Academy.. Those excluded from Underage will be made welcome on Saturday, as the brattish indie is replaced for ...

Critic's choice: Top 5 weekend gigs

Kaiser Chiefs head to the Shepherd's Bush Empire, The Fratellis play four nights in Brixton and Gruff Rhys kicks off the South Bank's sixth annual season of experimental music.... Kaiser Chiefs Shepherd's Bush Empire, W12 Once the office jokers ...

A softer, fuzzier animal

Gruff Rhys, on the other hand, has always seemed like a laid-back guy - even after two decades in music, most famously fronting much-loved Welsh rockers the Super Furry Animals. He's certainly at ease in solo mode: Candylion, Rhys's second solo ...

CDs of the week

The Frames capture their live intensity, 13 proves to be a lucky number for Julie Feeney and Gruff Rhys has sweet success with his most eclectic solo project so far.... Julie Feeney 13 Songs (Red Ink/Sony BMG) **** Taking the term "solo ...