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Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:55 am

2007 album from the Welsh Rock weirdos, their eighth studio album in 11 years. Their unique mixture of British Rock, Psychedelia and Folk has endeared them to critics and their large legion of fans. With each album, SFA take a musical step forward while never letting go of their brilliant past. The perfect band for those 'wake and bake' moments. Rough Trade.

Disc: 1
1. Gateway Song
2. Run-Away
3. Show Your Hand
4. Gift That Keeps Giving
5. Neo Consumer
6. Into the Night
7. Baby Ate My Eightball
8. Carbon Dating
9. Suckers!
10. Battersea Odyssey
11. Let the Wolves Howl at the Moon

Disc: 2
1. Never More [*]
2. Aluminum Illuminati [*]
3. These Bones [*]
4. That's What I'm Talking About [*]
5. Run-Sway [*][Multimedia Track]
6. Bonus Material [*]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0010V4U5E/?tag=imwan-20

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

Here's one case where I'm glad I didn't shell out for the import CD yet!

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:20 pm

Super Furry Animals let fans choose their setlists

Jan 25, 2008

Super Furry Animals have announced that they will let fans determine the setlists for their upcoming US shows by voting online.

The band, who will play Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg tomorrow (January 25), are giving fans the opportunity to weigh in on their favourite songs via a "voting widget" on their Beggars Group blog.

According to the site, "The results are being tracked in real-time - Super Tuesday style - and will be fed to the band as they course around the US in support of 'Hey Venus!'."

The band will hit major cities around the US as previously reported, wrapping up their tour with two shows at New York's Bowery Ballroom February 24 and 25.

Meanwhile, Super Furry Animals will perform on the 'Late Show With David Letterman' tonight (January 24) at 12:35am EST.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:49 pm

Here's the video for the first single from the album, "Run-Away":

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BANdftxuqlM[/youtube]

And here's their appearance on the Letterman show, peforming "Neo Consumer":

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W47L2_z8n0I[/youtube]

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:50 pm

Super Furry Animals perform rarities in Brooklyn

Jan 29, 2008

Super Furry Animals performed several rare live tracks at their sold-out show in Brooklyn at the weekend (January 25).

The band made their debut appearance at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg on Friday, playing 26 songs for the enraptured crowd.

Opening with 'The Gateway Song' from brand new album 'Hey Venus!' they made their way through tracks from their lengthy back catalogue including ‘Keep The Cosmic Trigger Happy’, which received its live US debut.

‘If You Don’t Want Me To Destroy You’ from their 1996 debut album ‘Fuzzy Logic’ was the winner of the band’s online voting system, in which fans can request songs for each night’s set list on the band’s current tour of the US and Canada. The system currently only makes available to the band the song with the most votes.

They played many tracks including ‘Run-Away’ and ‘Battersea Odyssey’ from ‘Hey Venus!’ , and also performed ‘Guerrilla’ favourite ‘Northern Lites’ in the style of Teenage Fanclub.

The tour continues tonight (January 29) in Carrboro, NC.

Meanwhile, fans in the New York area who couldn’t get tickets for the sold-out Brooklyn and Hoboken shows last week can catch the band when they play two nights at Bowery Ballroom at the end of the tour.

They played:

‘The Gateway Song’
‘Run-Away’
‘Golden Retriever’
‘Do Or Die’
‘She’s Got Spies’
‘Neo Consumer’
‘Northern Lites’
'Battersea Odyssey’
‘Carbon Dating’
‘Zoom!’
‘Earth 1'
‘The Gift That Keeps Giving’
‘Juxtapozed With U’
‘Into The Night’
‘Show Your Hand’
‘Earth Pt II’
‘Receptacle For The Respectable’
‘Slow Life’
‘(Drawing) Rings Around The World’
‘Baby Ate My Eight Ball’
‘Calimero’
‘Earth Three’
‘If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You’
‘Hello Sunshine’
‘The Man Don't Give A Fuck’
‘Keep the Cosmic Trigger Happy’

The remaining dates on the tour are:

Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle (29)
Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse (30)
New Orleans, LA The Republic (31)
Dallas, TX Granada Theatre (February 1)
Austin, TX Emo'’s (2)
Tucson, AZ Club Congress (5)
Solona Beach, CA Belly Up (6)
Los Angeles, CA Echoplex (8)
San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall (9)
Portland, OR Doug Fir (11)
Seattle, WA Neumo's (12)
Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre (15)
Chicago, IL Metro (16)
Detroit, MI Magic Stick (17)
Buffalo, NY Tralf Music Hall (18)
Toronto, ONT Mod Club (20)
Montreal, QUE Cabaret Music Hall (21)
Ithaca, NY Cornell University (22)
Boston, NY The Paradise (23)
New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (25)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:10 pm

Super Furry Animals perform shortest song ever

Feb 11, 2008

The Super Furry Animals performed their shortest song ever at a sold-out show at the Echoplex in Los Angeles on Friday (February 8).

Frontman Gruff Rhys took the stage wearing a giant space-helmet in the shape of a lizard, which he sang out of during the first songs of the hour-and-a-half long set.

The Welsh band played songs spanning their career, focusing heavily on their most recent album 'Hey Venus!'.

Following the brief album opener 'The Gateway Song' and 'Run-Away', Rhys introduced the band's shortest song ever, asking the audience to put their hands over their heads and wiggle their fingers to "amplify the sound waves".

The audience complied, and the band played the song, which lasted about five seconds and contained one lyric.

Super Furry Animals went on to play 'Golden Retriever' and 'Receptacle For The Respectable' before calling it a night.

The band are in the midst of their North American tour, with dates left in cities including Seattle, Minneapolis, Chicago and New York.

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