Earlier today, I chatted with Barry Burns. Enjoy our full exchange below:
1. Why’d you choose Brooklyn as the locale for Burning?
It was one of the venues where we were going to play more than one night (we did three nights there) which allowed us to have plenty of footage for our film and gave us room for mistakes. New York is also a city where historically we have had really great shows and the crowds are generally excellent. We originally had an option to do the filming in Japan until we saw the costs.
2. Why’d you decide to work with V. Moon & N. Le Scouarnec?
Before this project Vincent was suggested by an old manager of ours and he had shot a short film which accompanied our last studio album, The Hawk Is Howling. It worked really well and so we asked him and Nat on board for a bigger project. Vincent was really keen to work with us again too so it was mutually beneficial. Plus, to say you have been in a “French Film” sounds good. I was in a French Film. It’s black and white, you know.
Read the remainder of this interview AFTER THE JUMP…
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Burning (Film) & Special Moves (Album) will see daylight on 8/24.
Both feature performances from Brooklyn’s Music Hall Of Williamsburg.
Track listings are as follows:
Burning – 1. The Precipice 2. I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead 3. Hunted By A Freak 4. Like Herod 5. New Paths To Helicon Part One 6. Mogwai Fear Satan 7. Scotland’s Shame 8. Batcat
Special Moves – 1. I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead 2. Friend Of The Night 3. Hunted By A Freak 4. Mogwai Fear Satan 5. Cody 6. You Don’t Know Jesus 7. I Know You Are But What Am I 8. I Love You, I’m Going To Blow Up Your School 9. 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong 10. Like Herod 11. Glasgow Megasnake
Visit Mogwai on MySpace.
MP3: Mogwai – Thank You Space Expert (Live)
Mogwai – Katrien (Live)
Read my review of Mogwai @ Brooklyn’s Music Hall here.
Visit Mogwai at their official site.
MP3: Mogwai – Katrien (Live)
Mogwai – May Nothing But Happiness Come Through… (Live)
Read my review of Mogwai @ Brooklyn’s Music Hall here.
Visit Mogwai at their official site.
MP3: Mogwai – May Nothing But Happiness Come Through… (Live)
Mogwai – Thank You Space Expert (Live)
Read my review of Mogwai @ Brooklyn’s Music Hall here.
Visit Mogwai on MySpace.
MP3: Mogwai – Thank You Space Expert (Live)
Mogwai – I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead (Live)
Read my review of Mogwai @ Brooklyn’s Music Hall here.
Visit Mogwai at their official site.
MP3: Mogwai – I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead (Live)
Last night marked my fourth live encounter with the Scottish grandfathers of post-rock. Each time I’ve seen Mogwai, I’ve been amazed, flabbergasted & downright floored. Monday’s Brooklyn gig provided more of the same brilliance. In fact, it may just have been the strongest of the bunch (standing mere inches from mastermind, Stuart Braithwaite, surely didn’t hurt matters whatsoever). Drawing from each of their stellar releases (with the exclusion of 1999′s Come On Die Young), Mogwai’s (extensively loud) two-hour set was damn near perfect. View all dates on their current North American trek here. Mogwai will make an appearance at APW Festival 2009 in August.
More photos, the full setlist & a Mogwai tune AFTER THE JUMP…
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Be certain to catch ‘em at:
4/20 Houston, TX – Numbers
4/21 New Orleans, LA – Republic
4/22 Birmingham, AL – Workplay Theatre
4/23 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
4/24 Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle
4/25 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
4/27 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg
4/28 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg
4/29 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg
5/1 Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
5/2 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street
5/3 Montreal, QUE – Metropolis
5/4 Toronto, ON – Phoenix
5/5 Buffalo, NY – Tralf Music Hall
5/6 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom
5/8 Chicago, IL – Congress Theatre
5/9 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
5/10 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
5/11 Omaha, NE – The Slowdown
5/12 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre
5/13 Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
5/15 San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern
5/16 Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre
In December, Mogwai reacted to Blur’s reunion.
MP3: Mogwai – The Sun Smells Too Loud
