Sweeping The Nation — 2003 was in some ways the year everything we knew about pop splintered - Phil Spector's arrest, Michael Jackson's post-Martin Bashir arrest, Britney being kissed by and then duetting with Madonna with the precipice starting to hove into view.... more info

Sweeping The Nation — We haven't read Meet Me In The Bathroom yet apart from some bookshop flickage, but we're delighted that it gives over a chapter to Jonathan Fire*Eater. Their apparent spiritual bretheren got people all het up from 2001 on, but beyond those 20... more info

DrownedInSound — Super Furry Animals' 'Radiator' is 20 years old next month and they've put out a deluxe re-issue to coincide. But is it worth the money? more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Roxane Gay discussed her memoir Hunger with Fresh Air and Rolling Stone. Super Furry Animals covered the Smiths "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side." Amelia Gray discussed her novel Isadora with the Barnes & Noble Review. Yusuf (Cat... more info

Stereogum — Super Furry Animals' sophomore album, Radiator, turns 20 later this year and the band are putting out a remastered deluxe edition of the album to commemorate its release. It includes a few B-sides, alternate versions, and unreleased demos, and one of... more info

The Quietus — The Welsh band's 1997 LP Radiator is to be reissued to celebrate its 20th anniversary next month more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — On a beautiful summer night back in July, UK’s Super Furry Animals returned back to New York City for a rescheduled show at Webster Hall.  The band were supposed to play the Levitation Festival in Austin (aka, the festival formally known as the ... more info

DrownedInSound — National treasures for this and future generations... more info

Nialler9 — Also announced this week: Emigrant Disco Bell X1 @ Olympia Cass McCombs at Whelan’s Super Furry Animals Afterparty Former Throwing Muses’ musician Kristin Hersh is to play a solo Irish tour that goes to Spirit Store, Dundalk on November 1st... more info

DrownedInSound — "Escapism is fine up to a point, but when you're facing fascist armageddon you have to make an exception" more info