Sweeping The Nation — We do want to start putting descriptions on these so we aren't just throwing context-free names at you, but nobody's reading this blog any more so why put extra effort in. Atka - Lenny Flip Top Head - Alfred Street Grove - MILF MAGNET Gruff ... more info

Stereogum — Next week, Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals fame) is headed out on tour with This Is The Kit, whose latest album he produced. And Rhys now has some fresh material of his own to promote: He’s just announced a new solo album, Sadness Sets Me Fre... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Well, that felt like a long one. Plenty of half decent music, though, as per, and here's where we round up what we've been doing across social media for the last year. First off: STN's Top 30 Albums Of The Year 30 illuminati hotties - Le... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Not including those million channels on Sky all of which loop the same smallish pool of Christmas videos... Saturday 14th December 12am TOTP2 Christmas (Gold)7.00pm TOTP2 Christmas (BBC4)There isn't a new compendium of the Corporation's seaso... more info

Sweeping The Nation — "That rock'n'roll, eh?" Our documentation of how we see the years of this decade in retrospect continues into 2014, the year Alex Turner made a stand for... something at the Brits. We were somehow unsurprised to find Radio X were still callin... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — A swirling amalgamation of Syd Barrett psychedelia, contemporary UK indie and the pop instincts of Brian Wilson, I recall having to inquire as to the definition of "sui generis" when reading a feature on the Welsh group Super Furry Animals in the mid... more info

New York Post — For Gruff Rhys — the Welsh musician known for fronting the indie rock band Super Furry Animals — a “chance encounter” with South African electronic musician Muzi led to his new solo album, “Pang!” out Sept. 13. “Two years ago, I could n... more info

Consequence of Sound — Super Furry Animals frontman also discusses his new album Pang. Gruff Rhys Celebrates 20 Years of Guerrilla Michael Roffman more info

Nialler9 — The SFA musician's new solo project comes out just ahead of his gig more info

Obscure Sound — Released today, “Last Night On Earth” is a lovely track from Castorp, aka “Welsh-blooded, South-London based” Steffan Davies. The projects takes a cue aesthetically from the likes of Gruff Rhys, Leonard Cohen, and Grizzly Bear — all sharing... more info