LIVE REVIEW – MOGWAI: MANCHESTER APOLLO – 27/02/2026

“Thank you Manchester, for rejecting fascism last night.” Stuart Brathwaite – guitarist and vocalist for Mogwai – stands in front of a Palestine flag and celebrates the outbreak of common sense that brought Hannah Spencer of the Green Party the Gorton and Denton seat in this week’s by-election, beating Reform. He is met by a […]
Number one albums weren’t on the agenda when Glasgow post rock pioneers Mogwai launched their epic tunes back in 1995. Yet following on from 2023’s album ‘As The Love Continues’ going to number one in the album charts, Mogwai have released its follow up, the brilliant new album ‘The Bad Fire’. It’s an album that […]

INTERVIEW: MOGWAI – Stuart Braithwaite discusses their new album, film and touring

ALBUM REVIEW: MOGWAI – THE BAD FIRE

Anyone for some ‘Pale Vegan Hip Pain’, or a ‘Fanzine Made Of Flesh’? Yes, it’s the return of those brilliant Scots post rock pioneers Mogwai, complete with another dazzling array of utter genius song titles. It’s hard to believe that they’re celebrating their thirty-year anniversary, with that milestone arriving on the back of their last […]
It’s testament to the musical ambition of Mogwai that more than twenty-five years years after they started they can now sell out Manchester’s Albert Hall so fast a second date had to be added. Not bad for a band whose spellbinding tunes mostly consist of epic instrumentals with minimal vocals. Having recently spoken to Stuart […]

LIVE: MOGWAI – 10/02/23

INTERVIEW: MOGWAI – STUART BRAITHWAITE SPEAKS TO US AHEAD OF TWO MANCHESTER GIGS, REISSUES OF THE FIRST TWO ALBUMS AND DISCUSSES HIS RECENTLY RELEASED AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PLUS THAT AMAZING NUMBER ONE ALBUM “I THINK I WAS PUTTING THE BINS OUT WHEN WE FOUND OUT”

Writers, me included, have been tripping up over our words trying to describe Mogwai’s sound for decades. We can go on endlessly about their ability to create huge sounding records, matched with a delicate side to their craft that’s just as spellbinding, yet at the end of the day, they’re four down to earth blokes […]
-ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- Certain bands have an air of anticipation affixed to their name. You don’t always expect glitzy, show-stopping stunts but you know you’re going to be in for a treat in some way. Mogwai is one such band. Having graced the prog-rock scene for well over two decades, their two nights at Manchester’s […]

LIVE: MOGWAI / BEAK / MUGSTAR – 04/02/2018

FESTIVAL NO.6 UNVEILS EVEN MORE OF THEIR ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMME

Celebrating its special sixth year, the multi-award winning Festival No.6 has today announced more details of the arts and culture programme. This includes Irvine Welsh discussing Trainspotting, and Acid House, Kevin Allen on ‘Tin Town’ (the eagerly awaited sequel to ‘Twin Town’), iconic French musician Jean-Claude Vannier rescoring Serge Gainsbourg (live), the brilliant Maxine Peake […]
In 2016, we all know the importance of cancer awareness and how it can save many lives. On 31st July, Wrongpop records are releasing a massive 26-track album in aid of the Checkemlads cancer charity. The release is compiled of live and recorded material from a wide range of bands including Mogwai, Future Of The […]

Wrongpop Doing It The Right Way

LIVE: MOGWAI – 27/01/2014

– THE BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER – It seems to be another rainy night in Manchester, but with a small difference: Mogwai are in town, and for an instrumental music lover like me, it is a MUST to go and see them. The ‘plan’ is organised at the marvellous Bridgewater Hall, home of many classic instrumentalists […]