Mogwai howled in Vancouver…I wasn’t there.
Mogwai played Vancouver just a couple days after I returned to Sydney. Too bad as I would have loved to have seen them. It’s been ages since I last saw the band live. But you can download the whole show here.
The band played a lot from the new record, The Hawk Is Howling (which for some dang reason has an eagle on the cover) which I have been enjoying the past week or so. More thoughts on that sometime. Right now I’m just hoping for some sort of Australian tour…although that looks slightly less likely right now as the band just cancelled the rest of their North American tour. Here’s to a quick recovery for drummer Martin Bulloch.
Anyway, here’s the Vancouver setlist and a couple mp3s from the show.
Mogwai
September 6, 2008
Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
01) Intro
02) The Precipice
03) Friend of the Night
04) I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead
05) Ex-Cowboy
06) Thank You Space Expert
07) Tracy
08) Scotland’s Shame
09) Hunted By a Freak
10) Mogwai Fear Satan
11) I Love You, I’m Going to Blow Up Your School
12) Helicon 1
13) Like Herod
14) Batcat
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15) Ithica 27-9
The band have been keeping a tour log on their site. Here’s what they had to say about the gig in Vancouver:
Ah Vancouver, there’s nothing quite as awe-inspiring and life affirming as stepping off the tour-bus and seeing 2 people emerging from a huge dustbin. We even had a special guard to look after the bus while we were away from it. So, the day consisted of being jealous of Dominic while his brother whisked him away for a lovely day while we wasted precious time by playing Guitar Hero in the dressing room. People loved Fuck Buttons’ set and it made me wonder how brutally strong the LSD must be in this city. I mean, some guy shouting into a children’s toy while another mentally ill person screams monkey noises into a cheap effects pedal really just isn’t enjoyable unless you’ve been fed an heroic dose of hallucinogenic drugs. Our show was really very good, we thought. The crowd were amazing and totally different from Vancouver audiences of the past (who SUCKED). Best show of the tour so far. And now for a great monster of a drive to San Francisco (1000 miles).
Hey Mogwai, tell us what you really think!
(The guard for the van would be to prevent junkies from stealing their equipment (a la Interpol and others) to sell for smack.)
September 26th, 2008 00:48
“…The Hawk Is Howling (which for some dang reason has an eagle on the cover)…”
I hate to say it, but you just blew my freaking mind.
September 26th, 2008 18:54
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On behalf of Wall of Sound / PIAS, Matador Records and Mogwai, we would kindly ask you not to post copies of “The Hawk is Howling” (or any individual, non-designated tracks from the band’s new album – UK / US release date 22nd / 23rd September) on your site or on any other sites or forums.
We do appreciate that you are fans of / are promoting Mogwai, but the labels and artist would greatly appreciate your co-operation in removing your links to the pirate files in question.
Many thanks for respecting the artist’s wishes and, if you want good quality, non-pirated, preview tracks, then full-length preview streams of the whole album are exclusively available via the band’s MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/mogwai … .. “The Sun Smells Too Loud” and “Batcat” are now also designated as official promos for fans and bloggers to post / host / share etc in the run-up to release and do also check-out http://www.matadorrecords.com/mogwai/music.html and http://www.mogwai.co.uk for news and info on the new album and the band’s 2008 shows.
As you will appreciate, this e-mail is written on a without prejudice basis and, as such, all of our clients’ accumulated, worldwide rights and remedies remain strictly reserved : please excuse this required formality which, hopefully, we’ll soon be able to dispense with.
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September 27th, 2008 21:41
Hey Web Sheriff,
Those are live tracks, sanctioned by the band (in as much as they allow their shows to be archived on the Live Music Archive). Not an issue, correct?
(Awaits the inevitable total lack of response.)
October 30th, 2008 05:08
Hello A Reminder,
You can post us all you want.
http://www.sonicbids.com/17pygmies
Jack