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Mogwai


Interviews


Interview (2007)

Mogwai - Interview

Post rockers Mogwai are currently working on their sixth album which will be released next year. Sarah Johnson speaks to the group's leader Stuart Braithwaite about it and the group's strong Glaswegian roots


Live

Someset House, London, 12/7/2007

Mogwai - Someset House, London, 12/7/2007

In a gig at London's Somerset House, Dan Cressey watches Scots post-rockers Mogwai play a soaring and relentlessly powerful set


Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall

Mogwai - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall

Uh oh. Looks like someone fed them after midnight. Mogwai may have enjoyed a period of relative calm on their 'Rock Action' LP, but judging by tonight’s performance that was only the eye of the hurricane. In a set that’s parenthesised by a demon-cleani


London Shepherd's Bush Empire, 19th April

Mogwai - London Shepherd's Bush Empire, 19th April

After partying on a remote Scottish isle, Mogwai's arrival in London looked set to prove to a packed audience that they remain one of the few truly awe-inspiring, noisy and original live acts still around.


Reviews


Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (2011)


Provocative seventh album from post rockers Mogwai, which finds them reinventing themselves with spectacular results


Batcat (2008)


Fantastic new EP and first release from Mogwai's forthcoming new album, which includes a guest appareance from former 13rth Floor Elevators' frontman, Roky Erickson


Zidane : A 21st Century Soundtrack (2006)


Haunting post rock from Mogwai, a soundtrack to an experimental art house film


Travel Is Dangerous (2006)


Latest single to be taken from Mogwai's fifth album 'Mr Beast' which also includes four previously unreleased tracks


Rock Action (2001)


Yeah sure, 'Rock Action' indeed. No blasting opener, however. Mogwai's always into doing the unexpected. 'Rock Action' is on the surface their least confrontial album yet. Opening with a chill ou


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Envy
Interview Diecast - Interview

Japanese hardcore outfit Envy released their latest album 'Insomniac Doze' on Mogwai's Rock Action label. Vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa talks to Andy Vincent about his group's longevity and why, after nearly 15 years together, their priorities haven't changed


Live

F**k Buttons
Hammersmith Apollo, London, 24/10/2008 Fuck Buttons - Hammersmith Apollo, London, 24/10/2008

At the Hammersmith Apollo in London Chris O' Toole finds promising Bristol duo avant garde F*ck Buttons, on a support date to Mogwai, used to playing smaller venues, struggling to translate their sound to a bigger audience


Sonar Festival
Solar, Spain, 15/6/2007...17/6/2007 Miscellaneous - Solar, Spain, 15/6/2007...17/6/2007

The Sonar Festival is an annual festia festival of arts, involving visual arts, installations and even a magic show. Anthony Dhanendran ejoys such musical highlights as Altern 8, the Beastie Bots, Skream, Devo and Mogwai


All Tomorrow's Parties
Camber Sands, 25/2/2005...27/2/2005 Miscellaneous - Camber Sands, 25/2/2005...27/2/2005

The latest All Tomorrow's Parties Festival was headlined by seminal post rockers Slint playing their first gig in over a decade. Ben Howarth watches them play a delightful show, and also enjoys sets from the Melvins, Mum and Mogwai


Mogwai
Barrowlands, Glasgow, 19/10/2003 Paladins - Barrowlands, Glasgow, 19/10/2003

Mogwai's complex form of Maths rock has as many detractors as it does fans. Peter Liddle at the Glasgow Barrowlands finds them continuing to "deliver a sound unlike any other band" and argues that that it is this why they are so important


Arab Strap
London Shepherd's Bush Empire Arab Strap - London Shepherd's Bush Empire

After Mogwai's appearance last month it was the other half of the famed Scottish Army who took the Shepherds Bush Empire by storm tonight. Arab Strap approach Mogwai's live intensity at times, combining a more laidback sound with Aidan's entertaining stor







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