Features
Friday, December 17 2010
The Best Live Albums of 2010
Successful live albums are challenging things, judged by their ability to adequately portray the power of a performance. 2010 proved that even a strong crop of carefully staged and recorded recent shows could still be overshadowed by legendary sets of the past.
Reviews
Wednesday, February 16 2011
Mogwai: Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Mogwai continues to hone its sound into something less expansive but more punishing in its rock elements, and the results are energetic and often impressive, if not surprising.
Monday, September 13 2010
Mogwai: Special Moves/Burning
Most bands would be adequately represented by this fine live album, but the Glaswegan quintet's live presence is so immense that records can't really do it justice.
Wednesday, September 24 2008
Mogwai: The Hawk Is Howling
Mogwai's sixth marks a return to the spacious dynamics of their early years, even if what they do in that space is different.
Thursday, July 17 2008
Mogwai: Young Team
Mogwai's seminal, near-perfect debut no longer sounds like it has been wrapped in cotton batting.
Friday, June 29 2007
Mogwai: Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Mogwai's soundtrack for the portrait of soccer genius Zinédine Zidane offers slow-burning pleasure, and not just to fans of post-rock and Association Football.
Blogs
Friday, May 20 2011
This Is the End Beautiful Friends, This Is the End
It has been an incredibly busy spring semester for yours truly, which means that my PopMatters posting has been much lighter than usual. As of…
Monday, November 29 2010
Mogwai Made Black Friday Even Darker
Via Pitchfork: Mogwai has made the track "Rano Pano", from the band's upcoming record Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will., available for download. It's…
