Mogwai, those veteran Glaswegian purveyors of loud/soft/loud/soft instrumentals, are back with their sixth studio album The Hawk Is Howling, the follow-up to 2006's Mr. Beast. I've only been listening to the record for 24 hours, but track five, the 7-minute... CONTINUE READING NEW MOGWAI - "THE SUN SMELLS TOO LOUD"»
Posted on July 3, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Mogwai
16 years! It's been a long time to wait. For some of you it's probably been a lifetime. All that ends this fall, though, confirmed via tonight's news that's caused music bloggers countrywide to faint face first into their keyboards:... CONTINUE READING MY BLOODY VALENTINE FINALLY COMING BACK TO THE STATES, CURATING QUITE A PARTY»
Posted on April 22, 2008 (19 comments)
Tags: ATP | Autolux | Built To Spill | Edan | Fuck Buttons | Low | Mogwai | My Bloody Valentine | Polvo | Shellac | the Drones | Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra | Thurston Moore | Tortoise | Wooden Shjips
We feel compelled to make some sort of Mogwai and Pixies joke -- you know, Gremlins versus those cute winged things (and Bob Geldof's daughter) -- but the Scottish noise-gazers do such a overloaded, gouging take on "Gouge Away," we'll... CONTINUE READING NEW MOGWAI - "GOUGE AWAY" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on November 14, 2007 in , (17 comments)
Tags: Mogwai | Pixies
Scottish post-rockers and Zidane soundtrackers Mogwai will cover Pixies' "Gouge Away" on an upcoming tribute to the band, set for November 13th release on American Laundromat Records. The label's site confirms that They Might Be Giants, OK Go, J Mascis,... CONTINUE READING DIG FOR FIRE: A PIXIES TRIBUTE»
Posted on April 11, 2007 (26 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr | Mogwai | Pixies
Turkey break is always a good time to hit the flicks, and one of the movies opening in time for the holiday is The Fountain, a trippy film about love and reincarnation, starring Wolverine and Rachel Weisz and set in... CONTINUE READING MOGWAI & KRONOS QUARTET DO THE FOUNTAIN»
Posted on November 22, 2006 (17 comments)
Tags: Explosions In The Sky | Kronos Quartet | Mogwai