Entertainment For Lively Minds
Wig Oiut
Posted by marmiteboy on 14 October 2008 - 8:24am.
For several years now Mogwai, Glasgow's, in not the worlds, premier 'post-rock' band (how I hate that phrase) have been my favourite live act. They create sublime moments of quiet comtemplation and then bring it all crashing down with an ear splitting wall of noise.
This is them at their intense best.
I can't wait 'til Hammersmith.
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Good Starting point?
A while ago I downloaded their b-side/ rarity Nick Drake and thought it was really nice, where is a good place to start with Mogwai albums?
(I also like Sigur Rós and Explosions in the Sky, so I'm not completely new to the quiet/loud thing).
Being a bit of a Mogwai obsessive (aka geek)...
I feel i'm qualified to post on this subject.
If you liked "Nick Drake" then chances are you prefer Mogwai's quieter melodic side so the best album to get first is probably "Happy Songs for Happy People" which has "Hunted By A Freak" on it, a song you'll probably have heard as background music on nearly every trailer channel 4 has ever commissioned.
If you want to experience the rawer, noisier side then you cannae go wrong with "Young Team" their debut album which was recently remastered and repackaged with a bonus disc.
If you're not quite sure which of the sides you want to explore then "Government Commissions" which is a collection of Peel Sessions is an excellent primer to help you decide which route to travel on.
All of the albums and EP's are worth buying to be honest, but hopefully the above will help you decide what to check out next.
Right, first post over and done with, after reaing the mag for years and the blog for a few months it's good to finally get round to posting!
If you like Mogwai
you really owe it to yourself to check out The Jimmy Cake.
Spectre And Crown is hereby my nomination for album of the year.
Loudest band I've ever heard....
... and I'm speaking as someone who got a front row seat to see Motorhead, only to find that the seat was in front of the bass bins ;-)
Saw them at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh a couple of years back and boy, was it loud, but still very clear. Made the (frequent) transition from quiet to loud all the more impressive.
Not quite the loudest
...but loud enough to make my mate Charlie's trousers move when I saw them in Cambridge a few years back.