Super Furry Animals – Run-Away (single)

This was released today; the second single taken off the album Hey Venus! (on Rough Trade).
Paying homage to the wall of sound production used by Phil Spector where the band were looking to make ‘a dirty, grimy sixties pop song.’

4 Sticks, Un-Aimed, Safety in Numbers @ Bar Blu, Rhyl


(review by scot)

Ok, here goes, I’m going to be using this forum to gain better grades in my media studies class so please forgive me if I waffle on a bit as my recent work has had a very low word count.

Bar Blu has been done up a bit and is currently home to the under 18s night every monday, there’s a similar night @ speakers corner in colwyn bay but as I haven’t actually been there yet I don’t know how ‘similar’ but I’d imagine it’s run along the same lines, Bands + DJ + soft drinks only !!!
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CARPET, RACE AGAINST DISASTER, ARNIE @ Billy’s, Rhyl

(review n pix by neil crud)

John Morris straps on a guitar and you know what’s going to happen. You’re going to be jealous with uncritical adulation. Lets not take anything away from the other two members of Carpet – Julian on bass and Hargi toiling away thanklessly behind his drums, but all this lank haired frontman has to do is look in the direction of a six-string and the audience coagulate into envious evil green jelly.
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Noctophyle, Stuntface, Global Parasite @ Dudley Arms, Rhyl

(by neil crud)

Wayne giving it loads for Stuntface

I guess you’d call this a low key gig. Low key as in it’s not a Punk in Drublic promotion and therefore lacks that power of the internet and flyposting medium. Let’s face it, if you don’t frequent The Dudley, you’re not gonna see the posters on display by the bar, and if you don’t read the link2wales forum, you would never have known tonight’s gig was on.
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Racketears, Anders, Ralph Latham @ Billys, Rhyl

(review n pix by neil crud)

For the second week running now I biked the 3 miles to Rhyl, and more stupidly, the 3 miles home at midnight with no lights. Nearly hit someone on the cyclepath who had the same idea. You can just imagine the headlines: DRUNK PSYCHOPATH ON THE CYCLEPATH.

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