LWA Blog — mogwai

I've been listening to some live albums lately, so I decided to throw together a little list of some of my faves. Leave a comment with your faves. Queen - Live Killers (1979) This one might be my favourite live album. It's cut together from different shows, but it feels like one and it's a superb recording of Queen, maybe at the height of their powers. This is probably the first band I'd go see if I got a hold of a time travel machine. Mogwai - Special Moves (2010) Mogwai are incredible live, I've seen them 4 or 5...

Had some credit so I picked up Stuart Braithwaite's memoir. Looking forward to reading this, I fucking loved Mogwai way back. My first experience with them was catching the tour for Happy Music for Happy People. I didn't know who they were at the time and my roommate had an extra ticket, so I ended up tagging along. I left that room a changed person, what a mesmerizing show. Saw them multiple times after that, but I kinda fell off after The Hawk is Howling, when they started doing more soundtrack-y stuff. Which is weird because I love soundtracks and...