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The Strange World Of… Gruff Rhys

As he prepares to release his eighth solo album, Sadness Sets Me Free, the singular Gruff Rhys guides Julian Marszalek through ten entry points into his 25-album back catalogue
Books

“Blur Are Shite”: Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite Recalls That T-Shirt

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Spaceships Over Glasgow, Stuart Braithwaite recalls dressing up as an alien with the Super Furry Animals and telling the world exactly what he thought about the music of Blur
Low Culture Essay

In Praise Of John Cale, The Superior Velvet, By Daniel Dylan Wray

It seems odd to argue that a member of one of the most celebrated rock bands of all time, the Velvet Underground, is under-appreciated, says Daniel Dylan Wray in this subscriber only essay, until you consider just how absent he is from conversations about popular music
Black Sky Thinking

Tongue Of The Dragon: A Look at Welsh Language Outsider Pop

Aug Stone talks to Gwenno & Dr. Sarah Hill, and Rhys Mwyn, to give an introduction to some Cymric musical pioneers
A Quietus Interview

I want to Mwng with you: Super Furry Animals interviewed

Dan Ross meets up with Gruff Rhys and Huw Bunford to discuss SFA's Welsh language, "career suicide" album
A Quietus Interview

Welshmen In The USA: Gruff Rhys Spins A Tall Tale

Adam Narkiewicz took his countryman Gruff Rhys up a mountain to discuss John Evans, the Welsh wanderer who forms the subject of Rhys' great new album American Interior. Coneheads of the world unite!
A Quietus Interview

McCartney II: Paul McCartney Interviewed By Other Artists

We asked the likes of Chris Carter, Gruff Rhys, Alexis Taylor, Ty Bulmer and Erol Alkan to ask Paul McCartney about some of the techniques and influences used on McCartney II. Questions asked by Stephen Dalton.
A Quietus Interview

Stuck In His Own Head: An Interview With Gruff Rhys

The Super Furry Animals man talks to Valerie Siebert about his new album Hotel Shampoo, writing songs for Britney Spears and why he wants Sylvester Stallone to play him in a film
Film

Of Tugs & Tides: Jersey’s Branchage Film Festival 2010 In Review

Once again, Luke Turner and David Moats cross the wind-whipped seas to the Branchage International Film Festival, where they starred in a post-apocalyptic film with Ian Svenonius, climbed two forts, and examined the dark heart of the Berlusconi regime

A Quietus Interview

Field Day 2010: Tony Da Gatorra And Gruff Rhys Interview

Adam Anonymous talks to Super Furry Animals visionary Gruff Rhys and Brazilian TV repair man Tony da Gatorra ahead of their slot on our stage at tomorrow's Field Day festival
Things I Have Learned

Toys To Men: Artist Pete Fowler On His Obsessive Collecting Habit

Pete Fowler explains his lifelong fascination with collecting moulded plastic, and tells us his top three toys

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Baker's Dozen

Anger Through Grace: Nicky Wire’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of their eleventh LP Rewind The Film, the Manic Street Preachers man scours his record collection for the list to end all lists

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