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Plans for the Phantom Power website include video downloads and live streaming of the DVD. There will also be an online press conference with the Furries during the album launch. When placed in your computer, the CD will unlock areas of the site with exclusive Pete Fowler animations. There will also be commercial mobile phone tie-ins with downloadable images and games.
Autumn : Foxy Music for Charity
 This autumn, US label Wishing Tree Records will release a charity compilation featuring a contribution from Super Furry Animals, the hard-to-find B-side, 'Foxy Music.' This will be Volume III in the Amos House Collection. The Amos House is a non-profit charity organization in Providence, Rhode Island, dedicated to providing direct support for people in need by offering resources that help them achieve greater stability and self-reliance in their lives.
Other rare and exclusive tracks have been donated by: The Aluminum Group, Azure Ray, Califone, Circulatory System, Clairvoyants, Richard Davies, Elf Power, The Good Life, Hayden, Her Space Holiday, James William Hindle, The 'Mericans, Archer Prewitt, Skating Club, Matt Smith, Emily Sparks, Spoon, Wheat and Wilco. We'll have further details soon, and are proud to have helped in just a tiny way with the project. ~ 15 July
25 & 27 July : Top Of The Pops
Super Furry Animals will be on Top Of The Pops on Friday, 25 July at 7:30pm. The show is repeated at 2:45pm on Sunday.
20 & 26 July : Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio will broadcast the first part of a recently recorded SFA session on Sunday, 20 July at 7pm on Razor Cuts and the second part will be played on The Edge on Saturday, 26 July at 11pm [GMT]. You can listen live through their website, and sessions are later archived. ~ 7, 16 July
25 July : Boobytrap Launch Night
 Boobytrap are hosting a launch night to celebrate the release of their new electronic album, A Step In The Left Direction. Performing on 25 July at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff are Acid Casuals (with Cian), Culprit One, Kidz With Toyz, bravecaptain, Reform, Johnny Boy, and Bench (led by Kris Jenkins, SFA live percussionist). ~ 25 June
22-24 July : Wichita Fishin'
Wichita Recordings are celebrating their birthday by releasing a compilation, Gone Fishin'. During July, three birthday party nights will feature bravecaptain laptop/DJ sets, the Wichita DJs, giveaways, plus guest DJs:
22 July : Glasgow ~ Nice & Sleazy's ~ Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) and
David Jack
23 July : Manchester ~ Big Hands ~ Andy Votel
24 July : Cardiff ~ Moloko ~ Super Furry Animals
bravecaptain will be releasing a new EP soon, and has a remix of 'Bleed Forever' on the Phantom Power DVD.
22 July : BBC Radio 2
SFA join Stuart Maconie on BBC Radio 2 on 22 July between 5pm - 7pm [GMT]. Many BBC radio programmes are available later on archive.
21-22 July : Radio 1 ~ Breezeblock
On the Radio 1 ~ Breezeblock with Mary Anne Hobbs, it's Simian vs. Super Furry Animals. The show airs at midnight, the night of 21-22 July, and can be heard in streaming audio live and on archive later. ~ 4 July, thanks to Jeremy
22 July : Phantom Power ~ album release
DVD webcast: 21 July from 7pm � 9pm GMT on phantom-power.com. The website also has various DVD streams for two weeks.
New York City: There will be a Phantom Power release party on Monday, 21 July at:
Fringe Benefits Serena Bar (under the Chelsea Hotel), 222 W 23rd St. b/w 7th & 8th St. It's from 7-11pm and Beggars/XL will be giving away free stuff.
More, more, more
Golden Retriever is up to number seven on the midweek UK charts. BBC Collective has an interview with Guto. Jockey Slut has a backpage interview with Gruff. Xfm talks fur with drummer Daf Ieuan. NME's got a festival of Furries and FLips in this week's issue. July's Mojo has a competition for a custom album designed by Gruff and Pete Fowler. All the music magazines have reviews ~ most glowing.
Peripheral Anomaly has photographs from the Move Festival in Manchester held 12 July, along with many more SFA shows. NME.com is streaming a track a day from Phantom Power. The Guardian get a spin through Gruff's record collection. BBC Wales Music has a new interview with guitarist Huw Bunford. Radio 1 has a Pete Fowler competition and an interview with bassist Guto Pryce. The Furries are in the latest Big Issue and Word.
The new Sound Nation, (formerly Honk) has many SFA features, reviews and interviews. This is a free publication put out by the Welsh Music Foundation. To subscribe, write: subs@soundnation.net with your name and postal address (do ask if you're outside the UK ~ and tell them we sent you).
See our ever-expanding pages for more reviews and interviews. Much more press, present and past, is on the way. We've been updating daily since our March launch. Check back often, and join the Super Furry Animals Internet List for more. ~ 11 July, 17 July, thanks to many
Puppies!
Watch the video for Golden Retriever on the new Phantom Power album website. Visit the Singles page for audio and video clips from the single and B-sides, 'Blue Fruit' and 'Summer Snow'. The single is out 14 July in the UK, and you can order it through our links. As Gruff told Radio 1:
"Well I wrote it in a car park in Willesden North London when I was locked out of a studio. The golden retriever is a very special dog in my life, my girlfriend's got two of them - a male and a female."
The official SFA website superfurry.com has just relaunched. Don't miss the download of 'Sir Doufous styles electronical legoland dub', artwork and photo galleries.
We'll be here with worldwide, related and unoffical news, archives of our superfurry.com news in prior and more. We'll be traveling backwards as we go forwards, adding seven years' gatherings. Thanks for your support!
Another website on SFA has just been launched by the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/superfurryanimals. Other current websites are Graciously Impatient, Superfurry.org and All The Lyrics. See our Links for many more. ~ 5 June, 10 July
20 July : Phantom Power ~ Japan ~ release party
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Extra : 19 July : Broken Leaf
![Teflon Monkey [now Broken Leaf] . Farming in Space EP](images/farminginspace.jpg)
Broken Leaf, know previously as Teflon Monkey and constantly as Rhodri Viney, will be playing Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff on 19 July. SFA's label Placid Casual released his debut EP, Farming in Space, with two tracks also appearing on the Depressed Celts Vol 1 compilation. A new song, First Time, is featured on Dockrad's No Apathy/Dim Apathy compilation featuring new acts from Wales.
 Rhodri has also contributed to albums by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and bravecaptain. Join the Broken Leaf email list for more updates. A new website will launch later this summer. ~ 8 July
16 July : Gruff on Xfm
Gruff visits Xfm's Xposure with John Kennedy for an album playback on 16 July, from 23:00 GMT. It may be archived on their website later. ~ 16 July
14 July : Golden Retriever ~ single
On 14 July, Super Furry Animals will release the first single off their forthcoming album, Phantom Power in the UK. The song 'Golden Retriever', debuted during the band's North American tour in 2002. It will also be available as a DVD single and 7" picture disc. B-sides are 'Summer Snow' and 'Blue Fruit'. See Press for reviews and live audio from the 2002 US Tour. You can pre-ordered through amazon.co.uk, which helps support this website. The single is out 11 July in Ireland. ~ 22 May, 10 July
13 July : Witnness Festival
SFA will perform on Sunday, 13 July at the Witnness Festival to be held outside Dublin, Ireland. Stage time is 16.45. See the feature in the Irish Times, 10 July 03. ~ 28 March, 10 July
12 July : CD:UK
The Super Furries appearance on CD:UK will air on 12 July at 9:30 AM, on ITV1. Also, vote to see the 'Golden Retriever' video on Top Of The Pops. ~ 6 July, 10 July
12 July : T in the Park
Super Furry Animals will play T in the Park 2003 festival in Balado, by Kinross, Scotland on 12 July. ~ 6 May
12 July : Release Parties in Japan
In Japan, there are release parties for Phantom Power on 12 July in Tokyo, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Sapporo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Sendai. The DVD will be shown, followed by DJ nights, and guests will receive a free magazine. See Fusionmusique.org and Sony Music Japan for more information. ~ 9 July, thanks to Noriko (and 1 year Nihongo)
11 July : Move Festival ~ Manchester
SFA have been added to the bill of the four-day Move Festival at Lancashire County Cricket Ground, Old Trafford, Manchester, England. They support headliners Manic Street Preachers on Friday, 11 July.
Glastonbury ~ After
Gruff managed to be questioned for stealing his own car, on the way from the Cardiff
gig to Glastonbury, in the wee hours, with one Flaming Lip in tow. See Playlouder, NME and the BBC Glastonbury coverage. Radio 1 has photos and Steve Lamaq has Glastonbury highlights on Monday evening, 30 June. And Peelie's got SFA on Tuesday, 1 July (10 PM GMT).
�Playlouder will be repeating highlights of the Glastonbury webcast. ~ 29, 30 June
Press Begins
American men's magazine, Stuff, has a new interview with Gruff and Guto. The video for Golden Retriever is on MTV2 Most Wanted [UK]. London station Xfm is offering week-by-week downloads of Phantom Power and features SFA on the cover of their X-Ray Magazine. SFA are featured in an article in The Western Mail. Technology magazine Digit has an article on the creation of the Phantom Power DVD. Check the latest issue of "Q" for a review, with many more on the way. ~ 7, 27 June, thanks to John
Pesda Roc Highlights
Highlights from the Pesda Roc festival will be broadcast on BBC Radio 1 ~ Bethan & Huw show on Thursday, 26 June. A streaming webcast will be available from Friday, for one month's time. There's a review on NME.com, and stories from the BBC and icNorth Wales [2]. ~ 23 June
7 July : Virgin Radio
On Monday, 7 July, SFA will be taping a session for Virgin Radio at 11:00 AM GMT. There's a chance to win tickets on NME.com. ~ 5 July
5 July : CD:UK Taping
SFA will be taping an appearance on CD:UK in London, on 5 July. To try for tickets, call Beverly on 020 7240 2828 or email phillipa@powerhousetv.co.uk. You must be 16+ with photographic ID, and doors open at 1:15PM. ~ 1 July
Extra: Flaming Lips & Tom Jones
 Flaming Lips have recorded a song with that old devil, Tom Jones. It will be the theme of a new cartoon series reviving the space-exploring "Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century". As exclusively announced on this website in advance of the show, SFA's Gruff Rhys opened the Lips' February concert in Bristol, England. ~ 1 June
2 July : Xfm Live
Zo� Ball will have Super Furry Animals live in the Xfm studio, on 2 July at 4:00 PM. Outside the listening area, the show can be heard through their website. ~ 2 July, thanks to Daniel
28 June : Glastonbury
Super Furry Animals play Glastonbury Festival, along with bands including REM, Radiohead, Flaming Lips, Supergrass, and hundreds more. Tickets go on sale 31 March. Acts are not announced officially yet, so we cannot say with certainty. Update: Tickets sold out in record time. Confirmed: SFA's appearance, headlining the second stage on Saturday night, has been confirmed on ringsaroundtheworld.co.uk. Apply to be an Oxfam Steward at Glastonbury, Reading or Leeds. SFA's set will be webcast on Playlouder, along with sets from Flaming Lips, Sigur Ros, Idlewild, Doves and more. Update:Reviews and photos on the way... ~ 21 May, 28 June
27 June : Cardiff
Super Furry Animals will play MS1 Club in Cardiff on Friday, 27 June. Tickets sold through Ticketweb for �12 plus fees. ~ 9 June
24 June : Gonzo ~ MTV2
Super Furry Animals will appear on Gonzo on MTV2 [UK] on Tuesday, 24 June. ~ 19 June, thanks to Si
21 June : Pesda Roc
 Super Furry Animals will headline a festival in North Wales, at Clwb Rygbi Bethesda in Bethesda, Gwynedd, North Wales, on 21 June. The concert, will occur in a 5000 capacity tent, is part of a yearlong festival in Bethesda to commemorate the centenary of the end of the Great Bethesda Quarry Strike 1900-03. Pesda Roc will be an all-day event, with doors opening at 2:00pm. Tickets are �20 subject to booking fee and are available from Andy's Records (Aberystwyth), Cob Records (Bangor/Porth Madog), City Centre in Cardiff (02920 2301030) and other outlets.
Read more about the upcoming Pesa Roc festival on the BBC North Wales website and SFA's press release. As announced on Radio 1, singer Cerys Matthews will perform a solo set as part of the day's lineup. SFA's Daf Ieuan and Guto Pryce were in earlier versions of Cerys' former band, Catatonia. Quoting Gruff Rhys to the BBC:
"It will have a mixture of international and local bands - Celt has already been confirmed. We hope to bring in bands that wouldn't normally play in north Wales, let alone Bethesda. It's going to be an all-day event in a tent at D�l Ddafydd, where Dafydd, Prince Llywelyn's brother, used to train his soldiers - there will be interesting energies in that field!"
 Update: The Pesda Roc festival will also host concerts featuring Anweledig on Friday, 20th June, and Meic Stephens on Sunday, 22nd June. Additional performers for those concerts are to be announced.
Update: Line-up as announced by Radio Cymru: Pesda Roc: Super Furry Animals, Cerys Matthews, Four Tet, Celt, Pep le Pew, Zabrinski, Llwybr Llaethog, Mim Twm Llai, Steffan Cravos, Azuma 16.
The concert will be broadcast in part by BBC Radio 1 ~ Bethan & Huw show on Thursday, 26 June.
From the band's announcement:
"The Great Penrhyn Quarry Strike started on 22 November 1900 after Lord Penrhyn, the quarry owner, refused to let union officials collect contributions from members. It lasted three years and became Britain's longest strike. It was a landmark in the development of trade unionism, and was a defining experience for the labour movement in Wales. Thousands of men stayed away from work and many of them lost their jobs in the quarry. For more details about the strike The North Wales Quarrymen 1874-1922 by R. Merfyn Jones (University of Wales Press) is a good place to start."
Bethesda is the hometown of SFA's Gruff Rhys. See our Links for more resources about Bethesda, North Wales, and Welsh history. ~ 31 March,15 May, thanks to Marc, Debs, Mark
Phantom Power Track By Track
Read Gruff's Phantom Power ~ track by track in an advance press release now posted to our new Press section. The UK release date for Phantom Power has been moved to 21 July, with single, Golden Retriever out 7 July. XL/Beggars will release the album in North America just one day later, on 22 July. Advance word is that there will be a North American tour in September, with a UK tour in October.
Update: According to John from Llwybr Llaethog, their remix of The Undefeated and all the other remixes off Phantom Power are to be released on vinyl on SFA's Placid Casual label. ~ 16, 22 May, thanks to Joe, Dascooly, Andrew
18 & 19 June : Limerick & Cork City, Ireland
On 18th June, SFA will play The Savoy in Cork City (doors @ 8pm, tickets: 22.50 euros). On 19th June, they're at Dolans Pub in Limerick (doors @ 8pm, tickets: 25 euros). Both of these are tiny venues, tickets will go quickly. Update: Support is by Rest. Tickets for Limerick are available from the venue. Tickets for Cork are available from The Bodega, Cornmarket Street, Cork, Tel: 021 4253000, enquiries@savoytheatre.ie; and Plug'd Records, 4 Washington Street, Cork, Tel: 021 4276300 ~ 23 May, thanks to Fiachra, Jems
Broken Leaf
Broken Leaf, know previously as Teflon Monkey and constantly as Rhodri Viney, will be playing some shows in South Wales and London:
28 May : OTT's, Newport : with Botanophobia
31 May : Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff : with Kennedy Soundtrack, Zabrinski, The Keys
7 June : Howard Gardens, Cardiff ("all dayer with lots of decent bands")
18 June : Windmill, Brixton : presented by Do Something Pretty with Ral Partha Vogelbacher, The Pickups
Rhodri writes, "Gig on the 31st is acoustic (with the mighty Stu on guitar), the others
all should (hopefully) be with full band, if we get it together by then." SFA's label Placid Casual released his debut EP, Farming in Space, with two tracks also appearing on the Depressed Celts Vol 1 compilation. A new song, First Time, is featured on Dockrad's No Apathy/Dim Apathy compilation featuring new acts from Wales. Rhodri has also contributed to an album by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, and worked with Brave Captain on his Corporation Man single and recent album, Advertisements For Myself. Join the Broken Leaf message group for more updates. ~ 22 May, thanks to Rhodri, James
Pesda Roc Problems
As reported by icNorthWales, the Pesda Roc concert planned for 21 June in Bethesda, North Wales, is facing some financial problems due to the cost of security. We hope it will be sorted out, and we'll keep this site updated with news. Update: icWales is now reporting that a deal has been reached for security costs, and the festival will go ahead as planned. Word is this story may have been all made up to sell papers. Eh, maybe it sold more tickets. ~ 26, 28 May
23 May : Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
SFA will play forthcoming single, Golden Retriever, live on the Friday Night with Jonathan Ross programme on 23 May. If you're in London, you can try for tickets. ~ 17 May
Peel Plays Slow Life
John Peel played forthcoming album track, Slow Life, off a white-label promo, on his Thursday evening programme. You can listen to the show through the BBC Radio 1 website. The track is also aired on London station, Xfm. ~ 16 May
Pesda Roc
On 21st June SFA will play their first major show of the year in a 6,500 capacity tent in Bethesda, Gwynedd. It is part of a yearlong festival commemorating the breaking of the Great Penrhyn Quarry Strike. The strike started on 22 November 1900 after Lord Penrhyn, the quarry owner, refused to let union officials collect contributions from members. It lasted three years and became Britain's longest strike. It was a landmark in the development of trade unionism, and was a defining experience for the labour movement in Wales. Thousands of men stayed away from work and many of them lost their jobs in the quarry. For more details about the strike, The North Wales Quarrymen 1874-1922 by R. Merfyn Jones (University of Wales Press) is a good place to start.
"The show will be in the shadow of the great quarry itself. It's going to be a party celebrating the life of Bethesda, rather than the fragmentation of its people. The strike wasn't about the money, it was about the right to a union, and that's something that's being eroded all the time today. It's worth celebrating that people fought for these rights in the first place before they disappear again. It seems as relevant now. There was some kind of golden era somewhere in the middle but that's long time gone. The strike had a profound and painful effect on the town - there's still rifts today. It was an obscene display of wealth by the landowner, who all the while was collecting Rembrandt's in his house five miles down the road. There's still a lot of people who won't set foot on the grounds."
~ 16 May
Acid Casuals Update
Acid Casuals, a music, fashion and art collective, featuring SFA's Cian Ci�r�n, will have a new single out soon. You can watch the video for previous single Filthy Pitch/Code on the Novamute website. The video was created by Dylan Jones, who handles SFA's live visuals, and created the video for It's Not The End Of The World on the Rings Around The World DVD. You can also hear Acid Casual's recent appearance on BBC's Session in Wales. Both songs are also available on the Novamute Kompilation.
Kev from Acid Casuals, along with former Big Leaves bandmates, Osian and Mei, are working on new music to be released this summer on Hut Records. We'll have more details on both projects soon.
 Boobytrap Records will release their second compilation soon, entitled A Step in the Left Direction, featuring tracks from Acid Casuals, Brave Captain, and many more. They will also release an album from MC Mabon, also known as Gruff Meredith, who is not SFA's Gruff, but a cousin. ~ 9 May, thanks to Matt & Ceri
8 May : Gruff Interviews Mogwai
  Gruff Rhys interviews Barry Burns from Mogwai and talks up the forthcoming release of Golden Retriever on the Bethan & Huw Show. The radio programme, formerly known as Session in Wales, airs Thursday, 8 May at 8:00pm GMT [3:00pm ET]. Outside the listening area, the show can be heard via streaming audio from their website. Shows are archived later. Listen to an interview from 21 March. Update: The interview from 8 May is now archived. ~ 7 May, 10 May
Rings, Around The World
 Of the more unusual links we've uncovered while surfing for Furries news: it's the complete translation of the Rings Around The World website on Sony Music Polska. There's also an interview with Cian from 2001.
Cian gets technical talking about SFA's recording process and Nuendo in an interview with Steinberg. The band meet with Brasilians, Pato Fu, in these photographs.
Gruff discusses his collection of silence with The Western Mail. superfurrylogic.com notes the absurdity of suing over silence. For the loud stuff, see Gruff's selections on BBC Wales Music. ~ 6 May, thanks to L�via
15 May : Gruff to DJ
Gruff of Super Furry Animals will DJ on 15 May at the London Scala show featuring Four Tet, Icarus, Lomax and Wrigley. ~ thanks to James of DSP.
Beyond Furries
 Brave Captain, also known as Martin Carr, will have a remix of Bleed Forever on the forthcoming Phantom Power DVD out 14 July [now 28 July]. He will be playing new material and some old Boo Radleys songs at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff on 12 May. Also appearing will be Gold Chains, who opened several West Coast dates on SFA's US tour last year. ~ 24 April
5 May : Nant Gwrtheyrn
Following an announcement on Radio Cymru, all 60 tickets sold out in minutes for the event at the Canolfan Genedlaethol Iaith a Diwylliant / National Centre for Language and Culture, Nant Gwrtheyrn, Llithfaen:
 "Mae wedi ei gadarnhau yn swyddogol y bydd Rhys Ifans yn agor y Ganolfan Dreftadaeth newydd ar Ddydd Llun 5 Mai 2003. Yn ogystal a'r seremoni agor swyddogol bydd y band 'Super Furry Animals' yn cynnal perfformiad arbennig i gynulleidfa o 60 yn unig yn y Ganolfan Dreftadaeth newydd Nos Lun 5 Mai. Bydd rhagor o fanylion yn ymddangos yma ymhen ychydig ddyddiau........."
Update: As reported by BBC News, Radio Cymru and The Western Mail, actor Rhys Ifans officially opened the Nant Gwrtheyrn language center on Monday, 5 May. Super Furry Animals, which once featured Ifans in an early version of the band, played an exclusive concert to 60 people in the chapel. Of the occasion, Ifans said, "I've never been asked to open something before - other than a bottle of cider." ~ 19 April, 5 May, thanks to Marc of Ffarout and D. Meurig
Phantom Files
As discussed in online forums since mid-April, pre-release file copies of SFA's forthcoming album, Phantom Power, are circulating the internet in various formats. See this BBC News report for more. (This writer is will wait until...) ~ 25 April
Radio Sessions
During their tours in 2002, Super Furry Animals visited several of American's independent radio stations to talk, DJ and play live. You can listen to Gruff on Boston's WBUR, hear Gruff and Bunf's DJ set on LA's KCRW, hear Gruff perform new song Bleed Forever and more on Live@KEXP (October 12, 2002), and Gruff and Bunf on Chicago's Sound Opinions (October 1, 2002, Segments 2 & 3). See our Links for more archived Furry sound and vision. ~ 7 April
Honk Seeking Writers
The soon to be renamed Honk Magazine is seeking correspondents throughout Wales to report on local music scenes. Experience is not required. Contact the magazine's editor, James at honk@welshmusicfoundation.com. You may also write the same address for free subscriptions to the monthly publication. ~ 4 April
Album, Single & Live Dates : Press Release
Golden Retriever : new single out 30 June
Phantom Power : new album out 14 July : UK [15 July : US]
Live : Wales vs. Azerbaijan : Royal Festival Hall : Bethesda
 "AUDIO AND VISUAL : Super Furry Animals release a new single and album in summer 2003. The album, Phantom Power, the band's sixth album, will also be the second Super Furry Animals album to be released simultaneously on conventional audio and DVD. Having made recording history with the Mercury Prize-nominated, gold-selling Rings Around The World, to do this a second time is an indelible mark of the band's questing vision and unique attitude to their music and technology.
Released on 14 July, Phantom Power was produced by Super Furry Animals. Part of the record was recorded by the band themselves at their own studio in Cardiff as well as at Rockfield and Monnow Valley Studios in Monmouth in 2002 with help from Gorwel Owen and Tony Doogan. The band and Mario Caldato, Jr mixed Phantom Power in January 2003. A single will precede its release: Golden Retriever was originally aired at last year's MTV 5 Night Stand and the band's sell-out October 2002 US tour and will come out on 30 June. Phantom Power will be released on Epic Records in 5.1 stereo surround sound, as was Rings Around The World. Its track listing is as follows:
1/ Hello Sunshine ~ 2/ Liberty Belle ~ 3/ Golden Retriever ~ 4/ Sex, War and Robots ~ 5/ The Piccolo Snare ~ 6/ Venus and Serena ~ 7/ Father Father #1 ~ 8/ Bleed Forever ~ 9/ Out of Control ~ 10/ City Scape Sky Baby ~ 11/ Father Father #2 ~ 12/ Valet Parking ~ 13/ The Undefeated ~ 14/ Slow Life
The contents for the Phantom Power DVD are currently being authored with long time artwork collaborator (and Monsterist) Pete Fowler and Cardiff-based collective No.Brake at the helm.
 LIVE : Super Furry Animals will make their first appearance of 2003 on 29 March, when the world premiere of new single Golden Retriever will take place on the pitch at the Millennium Stadium, prior to the crucial sold-out Wales versus Azerbaijan European Championship Qualifying Football encounter. This is followed by the already-announced show at the Royal Festival Hall, London, as part of the Stephen Malkmus-curated Down The Dustpipe festival.
The band's first major show of the year takes place at Clwb Rygbi Bethesda in Bethesda, Gwynedd, North Wales, on 21 June. The concert, will occur in a 5000 capacity tent, to commemorate the centenary of the end of the Great Bethesda Quarry Strike 1900-03. PESDA ROC, an all-day event, is part of a yearlong commemorative festival in Bethesda. The concert is subject to license and doors will open at 2:00pm. Tickets are �20 subject to booking fee and are available from Andy's Records (Aberystwyth), Cob Records (Bangor/Porth Madog), City Centre in Cardiff (02920 2301030) and other outlets. Update: BBC Cymru say that Celt and Zabrinski will support, with more acts to be announced.
The Great Penrhyn Quarry Strike started on 22 November 1900 after Lord Penrhyn, the quarry owner, refused to let union officials collect contributions from members. It lasted three years and became Britain's longest strike. It was a landmark in the development of trade unionism, and was a defining experience for the labour movement in Wales. Thousands of men stayed away from work and many of them lost their jobs in the quarry. For more details about the strike The North Wales Quarrymen 1874-1922 by R. Merfyn Jones (University of Wales Press) is a good place to start.
Super Furry Animals will tour the UK in the autumn."
superfurrylogic.com publishes this press release with added links and details, after it was first announced by Welsh Bands Weekly. See NME for quotes from Gruff about the new album. See our Links for more resources about Bethesda and Welsh history.
North American fans, Phantom Power will be released by XL/Beggars/Matador just one day later, on 15th July. ~ 31 March
Christmas Already
London radio station Xfm reports that vocalist Pearl (of Lodger and Powder), and Jess Morriss (of Magnolia PR) are organizing a Christmas charity project to aid the homeless. Plans are to release an album featuring twenty-five acts covering their favorite Christmas songs, and a three-night event at Shepards Bush Empire featuring all involved. Musicians who've agreed to take part include Super Furry Animals, Polyphonic Spree, The Strokes, Graham Coxon, The Thrills, Supergrass, The Libertines, Ed Harcourt, Nick Cave, and Bobby Gillespie, plus actors Liv Tyler and Samantha Morton. SFA are said to be contributing a "Welsh language punk Christmas song". ~ 29 March, thanks to James of Do Something Pretty
Toucan Club
At the Toucan Club, Cardiff on Monday nights:
"Anyone who's idea of a relaxing start to the week is chilling out in a comfortable cafe atmos. enhanced by candles and incense listening to choice tunes and original cuts by one of the finest bands ever to come out of Wales, should get to the Toucan around 8pm on Monday nights. The Super Furries are the band and you never know what you'll hear--but you'll love it!" ~ from the club
21 March : Gruff on Bethan & Huw
Gruff Rhys is on the Bethan & Huw Show to talk about the forthcoming release of the new Super Furry Animals album, Phantom Power, and the concert event in Bethesda, North Wales on 21 June. The radio programme, formerly known as Session in Wales, airs Thursday, 21 March at 8:00pm GMT [3:00pm ET]. Outside the listening area, the show can be heard via streaming audio from their website. Bethan is also involved in the launch of a new music and culture magazine twenty four seven. There's a Placid Casual T-shirt and CD competition now on their website.
Update: The full interview is now archived.
19 April : Down the Dustpipe
Down the Dustpipe: Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks plus special guests Super Furry Animals, The Groundhogs, Vashti Bunyan, Billy Childish & the Buff Medways, and Wizz Jones, play the second night of a two-night festival, on Saturday, 19 April at Royal Festival Hall. Guests on the first night include Graham Coxon and Bert Jansch.
29 March : Wales v Azerbaijan
From Football Association of Wales:
"The FAW is delighted to announce that the pre-match entertainment will include the Super Furry Animals who will sing two of their latest recordings at 3.00pm [GMT] and that the National Anthem will be sung by Gwyn Hughes Jones. Following the major success of the pre-match entertainment before the Italy game last October the FAW is hoping that the fans will be able once again to generate the fantastic atmosphere that lifted the team to that terrific win. Please be in your seats in time to support the Super Furry Animals and to lift the boys to give another magnificent performance."
Quoting Gruff Rhys to the Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald, "We will be miming two songs at the match - no one in the band could get tickets and that was the only way we could get in." On new song Golden Retriever, he told the Western Mail, "We have to remember sometimes that we are called Super Furry Animals and need to deal with furry animal issues as well. But before the match we will dedicate it to Robbie [Savage] for his amazing retriever skills." The game is audiocast via BBC WALES.
20 & 23 March : Broken Leaf
Broken Leaf, know previously as Teflon Monkey and constantly as Rhodri Viney, will be at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff on 20 March and again on 23 March. An appearance on S4C television, a gig in London, and an album release are all predicted in the coming months. SFA's label Placid Casual released his debut EP, Farming in Space, with two tracks appearing on the new compilation Depressed Celts Vol 1.
A new song, First Time, is featured on No Apathy/Dim Apathy the new compilation from Dockrad featuring new acts from Wales. Rhodri has also guested on albums by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Brave Captain, Martin Carr.
17 March : Ankst Records : Radio Crymi Playlist
Ankst Records : Radio Crymi Playlist Vol 1 (88-98) is a 40-track compilation celebrating the first 15 years of Ankst, home for pre-SFA bands Ffa Coffi Pawb and Wwzz, SFA's first singles, plus Datblygu, Y Cryff, early Catatonia, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, and many more. The album is released to UK shops on 17 March, and continues to be available directly from Ankst's new online shop, where you can read full details. Indie website Drowned in Sound has posted a heartfelt review.
15 March : Mentasm in London
Artist Pete Fowler invites you to Mentasm in London on 15 March. See the flyer on Pete Fowler . Art . Info for details.
10 March : FC Kahuna Collaborations & More
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Gruff Rhys of SFA guests on Fear of Guitars off FC Kahuna's album Machine Says Yes. The band have remixed the track Hayling, out as a UK single on 10 March. It also appears on the US album release of the album and UK re-release.
Cian Ci�r�n has been busy with Acid Casuals, a music, fashion and art collective. They've recently released the single Filthy Pitch/Code, have appeared on BBC's Session in Wales, host exhibitions at Oriel Capsule Gallery (39 Charles Street, Cardiff) and have clothing designs available online.
Chupacabras Covered
The Groovie Ghoulies, from Sacramento, California, cover SFA's Chupacabras (off Radiator) on their June 2002 release, Go! Stories on Stardum Records. Read reviews on Crazewire and Punk International.
3 March : Placid Casual Record Release Party in Cardiff
At Toucan Club, Cardiff:
"special acoustic performances from the contributors to the album Depressed Celts Vol 1 (in a big brown comfy chair...), top-shelf dj record - spinning from Chris Ronco, AMDC, Furrysounds & ffrindiau amrywiol....celebrating five placid casual years of sounds"
~ thanks to Matt
Update: Read about the evening on BBC Wales and Huw's review.
New Album On The Way
As of March, Super Furry Animals are mixing and mastering tracks for their forthcoming sixth album, to be released on CD and DVD. From what we've heard, tracks were recorded in the band's own studio, after-hours, in an office building in Cardiff Bay, Wales, with assistance from Gorwel Owen, Tony Doogan (Delgados, Reindeer Section, Belle & Sebastian) and Mario Caldato, Jr (Beastie Boys, Beck). The DVD is being directed again by No.Brake, and will feature the work of Pete Fowler, Neil McFarland, Dylan Jones and Darren Watkins, who contributed to the Rings Around The World DVD. Details have not been announced, but a UK release is anticipated for July. ~ 3 March
6 February : UK TV
Gruff will be on Slaymaker, S4C Television at 10:00pm. ~ thanks to LooLoo
18 January : Gruff Opens Flaming Lips Show in Bristol
Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals will open the sold out Flaming Lips show at Bristol Academy in Bristol, England on Saturday, 18th January with a solo acoustic set of 3-4 songs. The Oklahoma band have invited several of their favorite musicians to be surprise openers on their current UK tour. British Sea Power, who are supporting the full tour, have recently recorded with Echo and the Bunnymen's Will Sergeant in Gruff's hometown of Bethesda, North Wales. SFA have spent the past year touring North America and recording their sixth album, reported to be released around June of this year. ~ exclusively reported by us ~ 17 January
January : SFA in US Press
US indie magazine Magent notes Rings Around The World as an album of the year on its 2002 US release. Rykodisc runs an ad for its Bill Hicks releases featuring a quote from SFA's Gruff Rhys:
"I often think how wonderful it would be if Bill Hicks was around today to articulate our thoughts thorugh these fucked up times. Rejoice! His albums are timeless! Walk under those superstitious moral ladders with confidence. May the world take its sore mouth off Satan's cock. Bill is at hand to restore our faith in humanity."
See the Super Furry Animals Internet List for access to our extensive press archives.
US DVD Recall
If you have a US release of the Rings Around The World DVD that's malfunctioning, you can obtain a replacement by sending the disc only (no packaging) to: Jim Heffernan, The Beggars Group & Matador Records, 625 Broadway 12th Floor, New York NY 10012.
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