GRUFF RHYS — live event
Best-known for his tenure in the hard-to-peg-down Welsh outfit , Gruff Rhys has a long history in British rock. Born in 1970, Rhys played in spotify:search:label%3A%22Creation+Records%22 ' Emily as well as , but his first foray into the musical arts was at the ripe age of five, when he wrote an odd little number about a train driver who's contemplating his own death. In 1990, a chance meeting helped lead to the development of what would become . First a left-field techno group, then later a whacked-out guitar group, got much of their character and respect from Rhys' outlandish and obscure lyrical slants. After many critically acclaimed singles and full-lengths, Rhys released his solo outing Yr Atal Genhedlaeth in 2005. And in true Gruff Rhys form, it was an entirely Welsh affair. He followed up the release with a small sampling of dates in his native homeland. When moved to spotify:search:label%3A%22Rough+Trade%22 , the label also picked up Rhys' solo work and released his second album, Candylion, early in 2007. The album was released by spotify:search:label%3A%22Team+Love%22 in the U.S. shortly afterward. That same year, , a collaborative project of Rhys and , released Stainless Style, an electro-pop concept album about auto tycoon John DeLorean. Rhys next stepped outside of in 2010 for The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness, a duet album with . In 2011 Rhys released his third solo album, Hotel Shampoo, featuring production from . Rhys then returned to for 2013's Praxis Makes Perfect and then devoted himself to an ambitious multimedia project called American Interior. An album, a movie, and a book, American Interior traced Rhys' journey through America to track the legend of John Evans, a Welshman who searched for the legendary lost tribe of Welsh-speaking Native Americans in 1792. The project was unveiled in the spring of 2014 with the album seeing release in May of that year. ~ Chris True, Rovi
Starts: 2024-03-11T20:00:44Z
Ends: 2024-03-11T22:00:44Z
Where: 488 Flat Shoals Avenue Southeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30316, United States
Price: $24.83