• Gruff Rhys Set For Irish Tour

    Gruff Rhys will play a three-date Irish tour later this year. The Welsh musician and Super Furry Animals main man will Whelans’s in Dublin on December 9th, Live at St. Luke’s in Cork on December 10th and Belfast’s Empre Music Hall on December 11th. Tickets for the shows cost €25.00 and go on sale tomorrow (August 1st) at 10am. Rhys will release his new album Pang! via Rough Trade Records on September 13th.

  • Gruff Rhys Announces Irish Dates

    With his fifth solo album, Babelsberg, set for release via Rough Trade on June 8, Super Furry Animals main man Gruff Rhys has announced three Irish dates for December. Rhys will play Cork’s Live at St Luke’s on December 1, Galway’s Roisin Dubh on December 2 and Dublin’s Button Factory on December 2. Tickets – which go on sale on Friday May 11 at 9am – are priced €23, €20 and €23.50 respectively. His first record for Rough Trade since 2007’s Candylion, the tracks for Babelsberg were recorded in early 2016 across three days, alongside Kliph Scurlock (ex-Flaming Lips) and…

  • In Photos: Castlepalooza – Saturday

    Despite being a bit of a washout (who can control the weather, after all?) this year’s Castlepalooza still delivered a fantastic experience, and one-or-two unforgettable sets. Not in attendance? Bail early due to the downfall? Hang around, merrily embracing nature? Check out Tara Thomas’s photos from the Saturday of the festival – featuring the likes of Gruff Rhys, King Kong Company and Sounds of the System Breakdown – below.  

  • Castlepalooza 2014

    A highly-anticipated annual fixture at the breathtaking Charleville Castle in Tullamore, Castlepalooza 2014 will take place across the weekend of August 1-3. Super Furry Animals’ main man Gruff Rhys, indie-pop duo Summer Camp and Franco-Swiss DJ Gilles Peterson top the bill this year, with several Irish acts including TVVINS, Hurdles, We Cut Corners, The Clameens, Affleck and Ships also featuring in this year’s line-up. Buy tickets and check out full line-up for the festival – taking place across August 1, 2 and 3 – over at Castlepalooza’s official website and check out a live version of ‘Book’ by TVVINS below.

  • Castlepalooza Announces First Acts

    An annual fixture at the breathtaking Charleville Castle in Tullamore, Castlepalooza have announced their line-up for 2014. With a handful of acts yet to be announced, Super Furry Animals’ main man Gruff Rhys (pictured), indie-pop duo Summer Camp and Franco-Swiss DJ Gilles Peterson top the bill of acts performing this year. Several Irish acts including Hurdles, We Cut Corners, The Clameens, TVVINS, Affleck and Ships also feature in this year’s line-up. Buy tickets and check out full line-up for the festival – taking place across August 1, 2 and 3 – over at Castlepalooza’s official website. Here’s the launch poster for the festival and…