Is there anyone out there who doesn't heave a weary sigh at the news that a member of a major band is about to release an extracurricular solo album? There is, after all, a vast wealth of empirical ...

This theatre-gig hybrid is impossible to dislike, but the average panto has rather more bite Take a pinch of psychedelia, a touch of manga, a dash of political fable and the touchy-feely goodwill of a ...

Only the imagination of Gruff Rhys could have come up with this singular show. He expands his 2007 album Candylion into a psychedelic fable – for all the family! Billed by National Theatre Wales as a ...

Only the imagination of Gruff Rhys could have come up with this singular show. He expands his 2007 album Candylion into a psychedelic fable - for all the family! Billed by National Theatre Wales as a ...

At first the only perceivable difference between the Candylion set and an average mid-sized gig venue is that the "musical stage" is an island surrounded not only by audience members but also by ...

Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys has brought Candylion - his 2007 album - to the stage in Cardiff with the help of National Theatre Wales. The Insatiable, Inflatable Candylion brings the ...

The guy from Super Furry Animals knocks a lemon right off a table. John Rambo knocks someone’s head right off their body… ...

As the frontman of ADD Welsh rockers Super Furry Animals, Gruff Rhys has presided over a decade’s worth of experiments in pop, soul, rock, country and electronic music. “Candylion” is the first ...

WITH HIS SECOND SOLO album, Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys tiptoes toward the mainstream -- which is not to say that "Candylion" isn't stuffed with eccentricities. Keyed to acoustic guitar ...

A solo career for the singer usually means one thing: the band they front aren’t getting on. Not so for Gruff Rhys and Super Furry Animals. The group are reportedly in rude creative health, having ...

Few were inspired by the effort put forth by the Super Furry Animals in 2005. To put it bluntly, Love Kraft was the sound of a prosperous and innovative rock band losing their creative spark, which ...

It’s been all change in the Super Furry Animals camp since the release of 2005’s opulent, leisurely-paced Love Kraft. In that period, the band have parted company with Sony/BMG and inked a fresh deal ...