Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys Sets Stateside Tour Dates And Creates A Hotel Of Shampoo

Super Furry Animals' whimsical frontman Gruff Rhys, who has appeared on recent albums by Gorillaz, Simian Mobile Disco and Danger Mouse with Sparklehorse, won't release his third solo album Hotel Shampoo until next year, but has set New York and Los Angeles tour dates for January. Plus in a recent art installation, he's constructed a hotel of stolen shampoo bottles.

David Lynch Photo Exhibit Will Accompany Dark Night Of The Soul Release

The long-awaited July 13 release of Dark Night Of The Soul, the collaboration between producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and the late singer and songwriter Sparklehorse (Mark Linkous), will be accompanied by an exhibit of photographs by fellow DNOTS contributor and director David Lynch at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in Manhattan.

 

Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous Has Died

Tragically echoing Vic Chesnutt's untimely death in December, Sparklehorse singer and songwriter Mark Linkous committed suicide on Saturday.

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