1. NYC Taper posted a killer live set from the Scottish post-rock ensemble Mogwai.
2. The Hold Steady did a Daytrotter session that was posted this week. It’s a really solid set. The performance is mostly music from Stay Positive, but they throw in a little gem from Almost Killed Me at the end.
3. Del the [...]
Those Scottish prog-rock legends Mogwai have announced a brand new US tour. The band is still out supporting their 2008 album The Hawk is Howling. The tour takes them all over America, including a three night stand at The Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. The band announced the tour in a post late last [...]
For over a decade Mogwai have been a leader in the atmospheric rock movement. Come On Die Young was a pivotal moment in the genre. As their popularity has increased so has their use electronics and larger scale epics, something that on the surface seems like an attempt to delve into a more experimental format. [...]
The end of last week saw a few tracks getting leaked from Scottish sub-genre-ists Mogwai’s newest disc, The Hawk is Howline. But that doesn’t seem to have really gotten to them. The leak that really struck them, according to their official website is an unedited review from Pitchfork.
They have posted the “review” in full (which [...]
