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Spiritualized replace Clown Core at this year's ArcTanGent festival

The 10th anniversary staging of ArcTanGent takes place at Fernhill Farm, Somerset, near Bristol, between August 14-17.

Louder

“He used little gear, took a low fee, and let the band and their music do the talking - and if he could do it all in one take, so much the better”: The genius of 'anti-producer' Steve Albini

This month in our Pioneers series, we explore the influence of an engineer whose uncompromising approach helped to shape the sound of albums from Nirvana, Pixies and PJ Harvey

MusicRadar

“Music is built into Rebus. Early on he listens to jazz; then I thought, ‘Why not give him my record collection?’” Ian Rankin on the prog soundtrack to his fictional cop’s life

Hi-fi freak who never got over Hawkwind explains what he listens to while he works – and revels in the joy of putting a Mogwai joke in one of his books

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Steven Wilson announces Record Store Day remix album

Harmonic Divergence sees Steven Wilson's The Harmony Codex remixed by Mogwai, Manic Street Preachers, Craig Blundell and more...

Louder

“The film is so shocking that as soon as you hear any of the music, you’re thinking about maniacs running around causing havoc”: Mogwai’s favourite progressive movie soundtracks

Stuart Braithwaite and Dominic Aitchison struggle to keep their list down to five

Louder

"You've got the Scots who are very quiet and shy, and then you've got Scots when you get a drink in them - just wild revellers... Mogwai are the best example of that": Mogwai announce new career-spanning documentary If The Stars Had Sound

Scottish post-rock band Mogwai share the trailer for their new documentary, announce its World Premiere at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas

Louder

“We speak out together in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice and equal rights": Rage Against The Machine, Mogwai, Pulp among 4000 artists calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

Over 4000 artists from the music world are joining the chorus of voices urging for a ceasefire in Gaza

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“Pedals are such an integral part of the music we make – potentially more than the guitar”: Meet BDRMM, the Mogwai-backed stompbox addicts behind one of 2023’s essential shoegaze albums

The Yorkshire sonic adventurers are on a quest for post-rock tonal nirvana, as they look past the guitar and towards the pedalboard in search of new sounds that defy convention

Guitar World

The Delgados Chemikal Underground catalogue is fearlessly experimental

SPEAKING in the 2019 BBC documentary series Rip It Up Unwrapped, which examined the rise of independent Scottish music, The Delgados guitarist and…

The National (Scotland)

Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai: Release Date, Trailer And Other Things We Know About The Max Animated Series

Here is everything we know about Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Max's new animated series based on Joe Dante's classic 1984 horror-comedy.

Cinemablend

19 best British rock songs to test your hi-fi system

Not sure if your speakers are up to scratch? These cast-iron classics will give your hi-fi system the vigorous rock workout it demands.

What Hi-Fi?

Richard Milward: ‘I hid my writing like a secret vice’

The novelist on his latest book, a Charles Manson-inspired work written in slang, his love of the band Mogwai and the trials of sorting post for Royal Mail

The Guardian - UK

'Manchester passed an enormous test last month - here's how'

We reviewed how the city's music scene fared in the cost-of-living winter

Manchester Evening News

Mogwai review – ferocious rockers show sublime range

The Glaswegian band shook the room with soaring headbangers and pummelling riffs – and a bit of singing too

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Benefits review – brutal punk sincerity rages against Britain’s dying light

This noisy, visceral ‘issues-based collective’ from Teesside, led by charismatic polemicist Kingsley Hall and featuring Mogwai drummer Cat Myers, is one to watch

Daily Record

Top DJ Steve Lamacq names his top Scots gigs and praises 'connoisseur' gig-goers

The legendary disc jockey is urging music lovers to find the shows they'll be bragging for years during Independent Venue Week.

The National (Scotland)

Mogwai frontman lifts the lid on an ‘amazing’ life littered with ‘tremendous’ anecdotes

WHAT were Scottish musicians, unable to perform live, doing during the lockdown? Writing memoirs, like many others. Here’s another joining a…

The Guardian - UK

Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: ‘It’s even easier for weirdos to find each other now than in the 90s’

The guitarist recalls how Arab Strap gave Scottish musicians a sense of national pride, the excess of his band’s early years and why he’s still fighting for independence• Read an exclusive extract of Stuart Braithwaite’s autobiography: ‘We had Iggy Pop on our side’

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Manchester Evening News

Bluedot Festival 2022 - tickets, lineup, camping and everything else you need to know

The UK's most 'intergalactic festival' returns to Jodrell Bank next weekend after two years of cancellations

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Album of the Year Award opens for entries with £20,000 prize

THE Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award is returning for its eleventh year and is opening for submissions from artists and fans.

The Independent UK

Scottish Album of the Year Award opens for submissions

This year’s awards ceremony will take place on October 20.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh's huge new music festival Connect releases lineup for summer show

The huge three-day event that will take place at the Royal Highland Centre in August, have announced their lineup for the event, including The Chemical Brothers, Mogwai and The National

What Hi-Fi?

60 of the best hi-fi albums for audiophiles

Something old, something new, but all these albums deliver great music alongside excellent production.

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