― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 7 October 2004 10:08 (nineteen years ago) link
I like Slint though.
― strom (strom), Thursday, 7 October 2004 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Sunday, 16 January 2005 06:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 16 January 2005 06:40 (nineteen years ago) link
and they're playing ATP, huzzah huzzah.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Sunday, 16 January 2005 11:27 (nineteen years ago) link
The BBC version of "New Paths To Helicon" is like a hot wet fuck.... yes it is. Sorry.
― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 16 January 2005 11:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Sunday, 16 January 2005 14:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― zeus, Sunday, 16 January 2005 20:36 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Happy Songs For Happy People2. Young Team3. Ten Rapid4. Rock Action5. Come On Die Young (I don't dig CODY)
― Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Sunday, 16 January 2005 22:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Monday, 17 January 2005 01:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― rockaction (rockaction), Friday, 18 February 2005 05:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― wondering aloud, Friday, 18 February 2005 05:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 18 February 2005 05:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 18 February 2005 05:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Friday, 18 February 2005 06:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 18 February 2005 06:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Mogwai: Are mostly classic but with more than a smattering of dud.
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Friday, 18 February 2005 09:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 18 February 2005 10:59 (nineteen years ago) link
I haven't been completely convinced by an album since Young Team, and the single version of Summer marks a high spot they've never reached again (so it's a shame it came so early). In fact, sometimes I think Summer is the best quiet/loud song evaarrr.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 18 February 2005 11:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rizz (Rizz), Friday, 18 February 2005 11:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 18 February 2005 11:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 18 February 2005 11:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 14:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link
Hahahahahaha
― Czammer, Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
anyway. i am very excited about this. errors (rah) and trout (oh jesus) supporting. roll up, roll up. pints at the bar. etc.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Leeeeeeeee (Leee), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:59 (eighteen years ago) link
ye gods the loud bits are shit
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 6 July 2007 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Still can't bring myself to enjoy this album.
― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 7 July 2007 00:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Barry Burns was Mogwai's Yoko.
― jim, Saturday, 7 July 2007 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link
To be honest I'm still a bit bitter that they used "young team". I really wanted to call a band that or something.
― jim, Saturday, 7 July 2007 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
a graphical representation of the quality of mogwai's music over time
http://qi.yarnslave.com/Blocks/Templates/Template4inRightTriangle.gif
― electricsound, Saturday, 7 July 2007 00:26 (sixteen years ago) link
True dat.
― jim, Saturday, 7 July 2007 00:35 (sixteen years ago) link
so from now here the only way is up?
― Zeno, Saturday, 7 July 2007 03:22 (sixteen years ago) link
so so so true. they really were an incredible band in about 1997, and a pretty bad one by 2001 or so.
― toby, Saturday, 7 July 2007 05:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Young Team reissue bonus disc tracklist @ http://brightlight.youngteam.co.uk/eng/news.php :
from chemikal underground:
mogwai young team - remastered and augmented by additional disc of material
we told you that we had given young team a bit of a reworking and we weren't kidding. the original album has been remastered and tweaked and will now (and until the end of time) come to you in a 2cd format with another cd of young team era recordings nestling alongside the album proper. the second cd tracklisting is as follows...
1. 'untitled' [previously unreleased track from the young team sessions - summer of 1997] 2. 'i don't know what to say' [from the young team sessions - originally released on radio 1 sound city cd (nme 1998)] 3. 'i can't remember' [originally released on 'glasgow' compilation 7" by plastic cowboy 1998] 4. 'honey' [originally released on a spacemen 3 tribute by rocketgirl in 1998] 5. 'katrien (live)' [recorded live at lounge ax, chicago 15th october, 1997] 6. 'r u still in 2 it (live)' [recorded live for the mary anne hobbs show, bbc radio 1, 28th october, 1997] 7. 'like herod (live)' [recorded live at t in the park, strathclyde country park, summer 1997] 8. 'summer (priority) (live)' [recorded live at wnyu , new york city, 1998 should be 1997] 9. 'mogwai fear satan (live)' [recorded live at chemikal underground's 5th birthday party: the garage, glasgow, for the john peel show, bbc radio 1, 12th march, 2000]
in more good news for you vinyl enthusiasts out there, we can also confirm that this pretty magnificent package will be available (for a limited period of time) on quadruple vinyl. we say again: quadruple vinyl - extravagant? it's all this album deserves to be honest...
― StanM, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 09:52 (sixteen years ago) link
They haven't announced a release date though, not that I can find at the moment.
― StanM, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 09:58 (sixteen years ago) link
This looks like it could be a great reissue. I'm really pleased that it sounds like the original album will appear without any annoying bonus tracks on the first disc but then with a genuinely interesting bounty of extra stuff on the second CD. I'm excited all over again.
― krakow, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 11:58 (sixteen years ago) link
mogwai bores me to death. not sure why. demographically i should totally love them. more research is necessary.
― U-Haul, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Their new cover of Gouge Away is absolutely terrific.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought it was pretty poor (the Gouge Away cover).
― krakow, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
It's a pretty straight cover, I'll admit, but the intensity of the song matches well with the Mogwai sound.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
bored of Mogwai, bored of life.
― Tom Wellman, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
saw them last night at triptych in glasgow. massive set, mostly dominated by new stuff. all awesome, one track in particular absolutely transcendent. sounds to me like they've really gone back to the "young team" dynamic but are re-tooling it with the benefit of 10 years' experience.
fuckin' godlike, basically.
― grimly fiendish, Sunday, 27 April 2008 13:22 (sixteen years ago) link
With Alex's original thoughts on this - Why? On paper I should love this band
They have just never managed to have that little bit of magic that sets them apart.
I've seen them live a couple of times and they work better.
At the time , I loved them for the BLUR TShirt but with the benefit of hindsight, the better band (aside from one or two real cringing clunkers) wasn't Mogwai.
Really do want to like this band - off the top of my head, I love Helicon, Christmas Steps and 'Travel Is Dangerous' from ther last.
I will give this a whirl
― Fer Ark, Sunday, 27 April 2008 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I feel similar to Alex - I make occasional attempts to get into them because I like where they are conceptually, and always end up recalling that I find them quite boring to actually listen too. Still wouldn't mind checking them out live though, they strike me as a band that one needs volume and flashing lights to truly appreciate.
― chap, Sunday, 27 April 2008 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I totally agree grimly fiendish. I was at the Triptych gig last night too, and for me it was a transcendent return to form. An amazing show.
― krakow, Sunday, 27 April 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link