Rustie, Mogwai, Moffat and more for Scotland's first Mercury-esque Music Prize
Rumoured to originally have been titled, Scottish Music Will Never Die, But You Will, the SAY Award is set to underscore how much terrific comes out of Scotland.»
Mogwai News
Album Stream: ERRORS Have Some Faith in Magic
Have Some Faith in Magic is the sound of a band who've truly found their stride. It's not that they weren't marching like robotic b*st*rds before but there's a definition to this, the Scots third album, that hits you like an ebbing gust of joy and wonder. It thrusts and bursts but in a dazed, slow-motion... And there's a real magic to that. »
DiS in 2011: Stats, Most Read, Top Threads and Editor's Picks
DiS' editor runs through the year's most read, as well as his favourite things published on DiS, and elsewhere, in 2011. Plus a competition to win a subscription to the brilliant Stack magazine club.»
ATP announce I'll Be Your Mirror 2012 line-up ft. Slayer, Guided By Voices, Mogwai
ATP have announce the initial line-up for next year's instalment of I'll Be Your Mirror and, lord, it's pretty spectacular. No fannying around here as Mogwai, Guided By Voices and Slayer. Slayer, people, will be performing Reign In Blood in full, which isn't such a bad thing.»
Win! A trip to France for La Route Du Rock 2011
Win a great prize, to be honest.»
Mogwai to release Earth Division EP in September
Following on from the release of a new record this year, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, Mogwai have just announced the release of a new EP for later this year. »
DiS Radio Returns! Q1 2011 Report by Sean Adams & Mike Diver
In case you missed the mention on the boards this weekend and don't subscribe to our Mixcloud then you might have missed the return of DiS Radio. Some of you may remember the show from a few years back, before various 'official' music industry bodies introduced a royalty rate which prohibited us from continuing doing the podcast, without bankrupting ourselves. »
Watch: Mogwai - 'San Pedro'
New Mogwai video. »
End Of The Road announces new batch of bands inc. Mogwai
A pretty great list of new 'uns. »
Spotifriday #79: This Week on DiS as a playlist ft Mogwai, Bright Eyes, Electrelane
Every Friday, DiS does a Spotify playlist to reflect the week's content. Here's Spotifriday number 79»
Stream: New Mogwai album Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
This week, not only have Mogwai taken over DiS, sharing with us all sorts of insights into the machinations which lay beneath their colossal rock, they've also released their seventh studio album.»
Watch: Mogwai - 'Mexican Grand Prix'
New Mogwai video! Also, they take over this very website next week. Stay tuned for content. »
Watch: Mogwai - 'Rano Pano'
Some time last week the new Mogwai video for 'Rano Pano' was premiered on The Guardian's website. Well, we know not all of you look at those webpages, so thought you might be interested in seeing it anyway, it's quite good. It's taken from their forthcoming album Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, which comes out on February 14. Watch it here:»
Listen: Download new Mogwai track 'San Pedro'
New Mogwai track.»
Listen: Download new Mogwai track 'Rano Pano'
A few weeks ago, Mogwai confirmed the release of their new record, their first proper full-length studio record since 2008's The Hawk Is Howling. This news was much welcome. Now there's a track available to download from Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will.»
Mogwai announce release of new record
New Mogwai.»
Friday Fun: Oh How The Hot Dogs Stack Up
Anthony Bourdain and Jamie Oliver have proved that cooking can be rock and roll, but isn’t it time that rock music became a little more, well, culinary? And where better to start this crusade than a recording studio in the home of gastronomy, Scotland.»
Mogwai announce UK tour for February
It's a long way til February but that hasn't stopped rock behemoths Mogwai announcing a UK tour for just then. The other day we did a live screening premiere event type thing for their new film documentary Burning. That's available to buy on DVD and that from August 23, along with live album Special Moves.»
Watch: Mogwai Burning screening, live, tonight 8PM!
So Mogwai have a virtual film screening for the wonderful Burning tonight at 8PM. On these very pages. There's not a great deal more you need to know about this, it's a good time for us in the UK. Most people won't be in work. Anyway, there's still a few hours left to go, but get back here at 8PM to see the magic happen. Or discuss it with the social media style widget below the film. »
Mogwai! Film Screening! In June! The Scala!
This may not be news to many of you, as the announcement's been out for a couple of weeks but as we neglected to run it when it was first announced then we thought we'd make up with for it now. Yeah. So that's exactly what we're doing. »
Listen: Mogwai and Rock Action launch podcast
Masters of dynamics and general fans of noise, Mogwai, have launched their first EVER podcast, under the banner of their Rock Action record label, home to a chunk of great acts. Wanting to give it a stamp of individuality, they've decided to call it a 'Mogcast', if not the snappiest, makes sense.»
Glasgow Music And Film festival to feature Zombie Zombie, Thomas Truax + more
The annual Glasgow Music And Film Festival is this year dedicated to, or focused on, the soundtracks and music from the films of cult directors David Lynch and John Carpenter, and also features some pretty nifty musicians giving their take on this particular theme.»
Micachu + more for Haitian benefit show, plus other charity bits
Micachu, Polarbear and Chapter 24 have been announced to play a very hastily organised (for obvious reasons...) benefit show for victims of the Haitian earthquake and aftermath TOMORROW, in London. »
Watch: Trailer for upcoming Mogwai film Burning
Watch the trailer for Mogwai's upcoming live film, Burning.»
Rock Action Round Up:Mogwai to release film and live album, Part Chimp extend tour
Mogwai will release a live album and video, plus more Part Chimp dates for your viewing pleasure.»
Programmes! Get your Field Day Festival stage times here.
DiS is very excited to reveal the stage-times for Field Day Festival which takes this Saturday, followed by the DiS after-party at the Old Blue Last.»
Spotifriday #10 - This Week on DiS as a Playlist
At the end of each week DiS uses Spotify to make something-like a magazine cover mounted mixtape to accompany this week's content.»
Mogwai cancel US & Canada tour due to ill health
Mogwai drummer Martin Bulloch was rushed to hospital following the band's ATP performance in New York last night and the band have been forced to cancel their dates in the US and Canada»
Watch: new video from Mogwai
Scottish post-rockers Mogwai return later this year with their new album, The Hawk Is Howling. It features this, 'Batcat'»
New additions to DiS Radio
Each week we'll be changing five tracks of the overall 50, picking tracks which loosely fit with the previous week’s content»
Freeloading: get Mogwai's 'The Sun Smells Too Loud' for nowt
What's this? A true treat of a Mogwai freebie ahead of their sixth LP, The Hawk Is Howling? Aye. Download it»
Hawk howls, tells DiS about new Mogwai album
‘Stupid Prick Gets Chased by the Police and Loses His Slut Girlfriend’ won't be on The Hawk is Howling, but these ten other tracks will»
Mogwai release new album and EP. Shows too
Mogwai are to release a new album in September 2008.»
WIN! Signed reissue of Mogwai’s Young Team debut
Mogwai are reissuing a deluxe version of their seminal debut album Young Team on Monday (26 May). Win a signed copy in our comp, and find a free track at our Drownloads 'blog»
Grinderman eye-up Santogold as Summercase hots up
More names have been added to the bill for this year's Summercase»
Mogwai announce one-off London show
Mogwai will play a one-off show in London later this spring»
Tennent's evicted: line-up for last ever Triptych announced
The line-up for the eighth and last ever Triptych, which runs across venues in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, is as follows»
Wave of Mutilation? Pixies tribute record details
With the Concert For Diana programmes only freshly tucked away, details surrounding the forthcoming Pixies tribute record appear to have developed somewhat, albeit without some of the names that were initially slated to contribute to the release.»
ATP Versus The Fans: running order announced
Seriously, are you as excited as we are? I doubt it - the DiS office is stinking, what with all the wet pants littering the place...»
SuperSonic bill: full! Mogwai, Wolf Eyes, Shady Bard and more for Birmingham two-dayer
The bill for this summer's SuperSonic, held at the Custard Factory in Birmingham in July, is now full...»
DiS in digest: our pick of the week's news
What a week it has been! Sunny days, not-so-warm nights – it’s almost like the summer… only, like, proof of our impending destruction at the merciless hands of global warming...»
Somerset House's Summer Series: shows announced
The line-up for this year's Summer Series of shows at London's Somerset House - it's by the river, yup yup - has been announced...»
Mogwai's Barry's burned: guitarist doesn't much like Keith Richards
Mogwai, rarely ones not to speak their minds, are back at it. Bashing other musicians via their website, that is...»
Mogwai confirm Connect appearance: Scottish fest takes shape...
Mogwai are the latest act to confirm their appearance at the first-ever Connect Music Festival, held in September in Scotland...»
SuperSonic 07: tickets on sale now!
Tickets for this year's two-day SuperSonic festival, held at Birmingham's Custard Factory complex, are on sale now...»
DiS in digest: our pick of the week's news
We remembered! Amazing. And we've not even been drinking. Yet...»
Mogwai confirm ATP appearance, PLUS full current line-ups
Scottish almost-instrumental rockers Mogwai have today confirmed that they will appear at ATP's Versus The Fans weekend in May...»
Rock Action launches singles club
Glasgow-based and Mogwai-connected record label Rock Action has announced that it's to start a singles club...»
Mogwai's soundtrack for Mr Beast-ly Zidane to get a release
Mogwai are to release a 10" of music taken from the movie Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait ahead of that of the full soundtrack...»
Monsieur Beast: Scots soundtrack film about Zidane
Mogwai have provided the soundtrack to a forthcoming film about French footballer Zinedine Zidane...»
Latitude Festival news: headliners, et cetera
Sometimes DiS goes out. Yeah, yeah, we have to be back before the sun sets over yonder hillock, but last night we found time enough to pop along to Camden's Proud Gallery to drink free lager and eat finger foods at the launch of a BRAND NEW festival...»
Triptych line up announced
The line up for the sixth Triptych Festival, held in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh from April 26-30, has been announced...»
Mogwai on stuff: Damon and Test Icicles
Mogwai seem to be spending more time online, bleating on about this band and that band, than they are constructively promoting their forthcoming Mr Beast record. Oh, wait: this is promotion. Anyway, their regularly updated website currently contains the following tirade against a certain Blur and Gorillaz man. Why? Oh heck, why not...»
Beastly behaviour: Mogwai get angry over a review, again
Mogwai have again had a wee rant about a less-than-favourable review via their website. This time, Barry Burns has laid into FHM's assessment of the band's fifth studio album, Mr Beast. Read on, do...»
Mogwai hit back at NME through website
Mogwai, recently dealt a bad hand by the NME in a review of forthcoming single 'Friend Of The Night', have hit back at the music weekly through their website...»
Go see the 'Gwai: tour dates and ticket info in full
Scottish guitar army types Mogwai tour these fair isles through March and April, following their sell-out run at London's ICA...»
Mogwai's ABC show: NEW DATE
Fret 'ee not Scottish Mogwai-ers; the band's postponed show at Glasgow's ABC has been rescheduled and now takes place...»
Mogwai cancel ABC show
Mogwai have cancelled their show at the ABC in Glasgow tomorrow...»
Mogwai announce only UK gig of the year
Mogwai have announced their only UK show this year as taking place next Wednesday, 8th June 2005 at new Glasgow venue The ABC.»
Mogwai gear up for new album, guest on Arab Strap man's LP
Glaswegian sound-scapers, Mogwai, are to begin recording their fifth studio album.»
Slint-headlined ATP takes shape
ATP 2005 takes shape...»
Mogwai in bed with the Government: radio sessions LP due
In a fitting and timely tribute, Peel heroes Mogwai are to release an album’s worth of BBC Radio sessions in February 2005.»
Line Up, Line Up For ATP
Not got a ticket? Tough...»
ATP04 UK: Line-up Trickles Onto the Interweb. Cat Power, Har Mar + More...
Indie heaven returns to Camber in March/April with Sonic Youth, Mogwai, Tortoise, Shellac and Malkmus picking the bands...»
Mogwai: Hate World Leaders UPDATED
News just in, Mogwai have announced a London tourdate on May 22nd at The Scala. Tickets are on sale now... be quick! To celebrate the forthcoming release of their new album and an extensive European tour, Mogwai have printed up a special limited edition run of t-shirts, aimed at promoting in no uncertai»
ATP 2004! Shellac! Mogwai! Tortoise!
This year's sold out All Tomorrow's Parties may still be just over a week away, but 2004's line-up is already starting to come together! Mogwai, Tortoise and Shellac - all previous curators of the festival - will return to celebrate AT»
Glastonbury: PJ Flaming Polyphonic Furry Mogwai
With the summer festival season getting closer, more bands are confirming their attendance with almost two weeks left before tickets go on sale on March the 31st. All around the now usual official veto on the festival, followed by»
Mogwai on the Wheels of Steel
Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals, rent-a-quote) will be appearing on Scottish radio this Thursday. Check out the BBC Session in Scotland between 20.00 and 22.00 to hear him chatting about the band, his strong dislikes, Mogwai’s very own Rock Action Records and playing a few tunes. For those who can’t tu»
Buy an official Mogwai pacemaker today
Martin, Drummer with Mogwai is auctioning his old pacemaker on eBay to raise money for the British Heart Foundation Martin's pacemaker is up for bidding along with a bunch of other heart/Mogwai stuff, all the money made to be donated the to »
Mogwai start on album #4
Rock Action heroes Mogwai are to return to the studio in the coming weeks to continue with the recording of their fourth album. The band are currently working with producer Tony Doogan, who has previously collaborated with and produced Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub an»
No Education= No Future: Mogwai Exam Paper Farce!
BBC Scotland reported today that 80 graphics communication exam papers- ready for marking- were mistakenly delivered to the Edinburgh home of none other than Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite! The papers lay unnoticed for five days until the error was discovered. "I'm not impressed..I could have chucked them »
Mogwai/Rock Action updates
Other than side projects and Beastie Boys style record empire managing, Mogwai haven't been up to much as a band recently, and that's how it's going to stay for a while... Mogwai will be touring South America and doing a week of shows in North America in May of this year . . . Stuart has some»
Mogwai and the 'Strap form a new band
Mogwai and Arab Strap officially release their details of their new side project. The band, The Sick Anchors is the new musical project featuring Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite, Aidan Moffat from Arab Strap, and a multi-instrumentalist and keyboard player-for-hire named Sheepy. The»
Mogwai release 2 albums, 1 single, then go on tour...
Mogwai release a new single and re-release two albums this month, then set off on tour around the UK in November. The new single, 'My Father, My King' is a traditional Jewish hymn produced by Steve Albini, released on October 22 with no B-sides, as Mogwai's version is 20-minutes»
More Mogwai News
As if the greatest Reading performance ever (no really!) and a tour weren't enough, Mogwai will be releasing some new stuff and ripping off anoraks with unnecesary re-releases come October. October 1st sees the release of EP + 6 which is basically all the old EPs on one CD. Which is great if you hav»
Mogwai Tour In Full
As recently reported on DiS, Mogwai are to tour the UK in November. All the dates have now been confirmed. They play at: 2nd November - Bristol Anson Rooms 3rd November - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 4th November - Leeds Met University 6th November - Belfast Queens Hall 7th No»
Mogwai Announce More Rock Action
Mogwai have announced two live dates for later this year. The post-rock kings play: 4/11/01 - Leeds Metropolitan Uni 9/11/01 - Liverpool L2 Tickets are now on sale and more dates are expected soon.»
Indie 'Supergroup' Play Dublin
Scottish indie supergroup The Reindeer Section are to play at The Ambassador Theatre in Dublin on September 22. The band includes members of various groups including Snow Patrol, Mogwai, Arab Strap, Mull Historical Society and Belle And Sebastian. The Reindeer Section have j»
Buy Mogwai's Van (Please)
A big van with, er, more than previous 'one lady owner' is up for sale. Details are as follows: "for sale: aug. 1998, s reg, fiat ducato 14 (2.5d) long wheel base, high top with only 60,000 miles on the clock. 5 speed, power steering version. as used by mogwai, arab strap, the delgados, belle & sebasti»
A Date With Mogwai
Mogwai have announced an one off UK date. After their appearences at the Carling Weekender in Reading and Leeds, the band will play at the Bristol Anson Rooms on the 2nd of November. Tickets are already on sale at £12.50 (excluding booking fee). As yet no-one is sure if this is part of a UK tour. But»
Reading 2001 : Sold Out
Mean Fiddler are yet to make an official statement but it appears that there are no weekend tickets left for Reading 2001. The evil capitalist web ticket agencies are certainly declaring the event sold out.
If you're desperate to go (and you should be because mogwai are playing!) it's worth ringing around »
Scottish Supergroup
Members of Mogwai, Arab Strap and Belle and Sebastian are among the Scots
contributing to an album lead by Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody.
The collective know as The Reindeer Section have recorded a 15-song
album under Lightbody's direction. The album, 'Y'All Get Scared Now Ya
Hear!', i»
Reading Festival Latest
Here's the confirmed line-up for this years Reading Festival thus far. Better dig out your tents
The new additions to the lineup are in bold
Reading Friday 24th/Leeds Saturday 25th:
Main Stage - Travis, Green Day, PJ Harvey, Iggy Pop, Eels, Run DMC
Evening»
Mogwai are getting down and shirty (again!)
Those cheeky young Scottish scallywags Mogwai are at it again. Not content with picking a fight with Damon Albarn once, with their now infamous Blur:Are Shite t-shirt released two years ago, they've now decided to contend with animated dance noise-niks, Gorillaz. In an exclusive interview to be released on the si»
Big = better! Reading 2001!
Another year and it looks like another good Carling Weekender, Reading/Leeds festival to look forward to. The BBC Radio1 website today revealed the headliners, a day before tickets go onsale (April 24th). And the headliners are [dodgy drum roll]
Reading Friday 24th/Leeds Saturday 25th:
M»
Braithwaite: "I despise U2"
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite has hit out at NME, and branded U2 as "pompous, disgusting and patronising".
When asked about the magazine's decision to give U2 their 'Best Band In The World' trophy, Braithwaite told playlouder.com: "I despise U2, I really fucking hate them. They're pompous, disgusting an»
Deftones + Mogwai = Rock!
Chino Moreno from the Deftones is to submit a vocal contribution to a previously unreleased Mogwai song.
The song, with a working title of 'Cortez' was written last year and was recorded during the sessions for Mogwai's upcoming album 'Rock Action', which due to be released though Mogwai's own label S»
Another 'Gwai Gig
Glaswegian Rockers Mogwai have revealed an Irish tour date
Mogwai who recently confirmed gigs at the Rothesay Pavillion on the Isle of Bute (14th April) and at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire (19th April), have announced they're playing in Dublin on the 17th April, in the Guinness Storehouse, tickets »
More Mogwai Rumours
To add to the rather substantial list of titles for the new mogwai album it seems Matador are under the impression that it is to be called simply "Rock Action." Rock Action being the title of Mogwai's very own label. Since Matador are their American record label we might finally have the final title. Rejoice!»
I Hate Scotland
Dave Pajo and Stuart Braithwaite play a gig in Scotland's capital.
Stuart Braithwaite will support Dave Pajo at Nice n Sleazy, Glasgow on the 24th
January. There are no advanced tickets so you'll have to get there early, doors
open at 8.30pm.
Mogwai recently covered Pajo's 'Arundel'»
Slowcore Week: A Mixtape
Not exactly a mixtape for purists, this is a brief attempt to trace the influence of Slowcore on Post-Rock... and, Yes, it fits on a CD or a C90, for your listening pleasure.»
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