10 'The Most' Post-Rock Artists (5)

6. Mogwai

Staff:
Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Martin Bulloch, John Cummings, Barry Burns (now), Brendan O'Hare (then)

Birthplace:
Glasgow, Scotland, not UK.

Active:

1995 - present.

For:
1st Album.
Barry Burns singing.
Glasgow Mega-Snake.
disostrion.
sense of humour.
track titles.

Against:
Auto Rock in Miami Vice
Copying themselves.
Huge self-esteem.
Mogwai sold out.
Zidane.

Connections:
Blur - is shite, 'Come On, Die Young!', Crippled Black Phoenix, Kinks, noise, Off Festival, Scott Asheton

Once Said:
'I think their new stuff sounds a bit like techno or something like that'
(Barry Burns about Radiohead's "Kid A", 2001).

Five Important Songs:
Cody
Friend of the Night
Hunted By A Freak
Like Herod
Mogwai Fear Satan

Unusual Tags:
brooding, daydreaming, homework, night driving, rather good, seasonal affective disorder, the cream

My Note:
Never surprising, always entertaning (also, Stuart B. tweets from Spain)

Essential Photo:

Essential Video:

Essential Album:

Young Team