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Post by distance on Jan 18, 2006 17:10:35 GMT 1
seems to me that this album is getting a lot more hype than i remember the last few? 5 sold out shows in london?
albert hall?
over here, mogwai's been playing basically the same sized venues for as far back as i can really think.. cat's cradle, 930, etc (well, they did play the black cat in 99)..
most of the bands i'm into don't really play places bigger than that and it's hard for me to think of mogwai playing somewhere bigger. i can't imagine seeing them in a venue with seats (and especially assigned seating). it would seem weird to me to see them at a place that holds 3000 people or something. (i didn't bother going to the curiosa tour in 04).
does anyone else think this? if they are 'bigger' now and there's more interest/hype with this album, do you think it's going to be long-term?
not that i don't wish the band success.. it's just hard for me to really see bands in the vein of mogwai having huge, widespread, mainstream appeal. maybe it's just different here. there's a lot of utter shit that gets popular here... but i know it's the same over there, just different shit.
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Post by london1919 on Jan 18, 2006 17:20:28 GMT 1
5 sold out shows is pretty impressive, but the ica was a small venue....
am looking forward to the albert hall though, decided to get seats, it'll be nice to see the gwai in a nice comfy chair, but without the slippers....
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Post by scumfactor on Jan 18, 2006 17:46:20 GMT 1
i wouldn't worry about a band like Mogwai playing huge venues in the States. the fact of the matter is, they're an "art rock" type band. only some people get their music and what they are trying to convey. i certainly don't see them as a commercial band (bar the Levis ad) so there really isn't that big of an appeal outside the "indie" world. i don't expect them to start playing enormo-domes anytime soon.
that said, if they DO get bigger, more power to them.
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Post by noise is a friend on Jan 18, 2006 18:00:38 GMT 1
...and a big gap bewteen the Spring tour dates (new Edinburgh date listed today for April 27th, by the way) and the Albert Hall in September... ...Europe/Far East tour or festivals in the Summer, perhaps?
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Post by tylerdurden31 on Jan 18, 2006 18:03:28 GMT 1
...and a big gap bewteen the Spring tour dates (new Edinburgh date listed today for April 27th, by the way) and the Albert Hall in September... ...Europe/Far East tour or festivals in the Summer, perhaps? damn...that means their chances of playing coachella are a bit slimmer
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Post by noise is a friend on Jan 18, 2006 18:10:05 GMT 1
damn...that means their chances of playing coachella are a bit slimmer --might be a case of wait until the band are promoting the album with the usual round of press/interviews before any more dates are announced --just pure speculation on my part, you understand!
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Post by scumfactor on Jan 18, 2006 19:03:28 GMT 1
damn...that means their chances of playing coachella are a bit slimmer i hope they don't play Coachella. i'd rather they play their own gig so they could do a full set instead of worrying about what 3 songs they could play in a 30 minute set.
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Post by distance on Jan 18, 2006 21:22:34 GMT 1
re: time between the euro dates and the RAH date, i'd say they'll tour the US for a month or so during that time. my guess would be june-ish.
as far as coachella goes it's 4/29+30. as of now they're playing edinburgh on 4/27
so i don't know if they'd make it out with that little time. who knows, though. there were no dates around the 04 coachella appearance.
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Post by scumfactor on Jan 18, 2006 22:29:53 GMT 1
there's a little under 2 weeks between the SXSW show and Bristol Academy show. hopefully they'll add an some west coast dates then (L.A., San Fran, San Diego). fingers crossed.
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Post by paulo on Jan 19, 2006 1:44:30 GMT 1
I'm a newbie but it feels that way to me.
6 months ago I couldn't get anyone to bat an eyelid, and now just after the ICA shows I've "sold" six tickets, and expect my spares to go aswell.
The reviews in the UK press have been runaway.
Times: "Mogwai's first gig of 2006 pounded and pummelled its way to a knockout finish. They should fear no one" Observer: "Deliriously drowned in sound. Wrap up your ears: Mogwai, the Glaswegian masters of arty guitar menace, make a triumphant, deafening return to London" Indy: "it's hard to think of another band who make guitar music sound so simultaneously visceral, genre-stretching and eloquent. No doubt about it, then: Mogwai are magnificent."
Albert Hall standing has now sold out, six months ahead.
It's unlikely that Mogwai's style will lead to a world takeover, but it's nice to see them get some hands-in-wallets recognition. Well deserved.
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Post by Rob on Jan 19, 2006 20:42:45 GMT 1
I dunno. The ICA was small (350?) and a one-off set of gigs that people travelled from all over to, and that many people went to more than one show of. Even if no-one doubled up, that's still less than it takes to fill the Astoria, where they played two nights on the last major UK tour. Most of the venues on the spring tour hold less than 1000 and some are much nearer 500 - it's a pretty similar tour to the one they did around the release of Happy Songs.
The Albert Hall, while highly prestigious, isn't much bigger (if at all) than the Brixton Academy, where they played in 2001.
Having said that, the hype and mainstream-press-coverage does make it seem like Mr Beast could really take off - I can see the spring tour selling out well in advance.
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Post by postlove on Jan 19, 2006 23:52:14 GMT 1
There is definitely a feeling that Mogwai are about to take a step up, but surely it is well deserved when you compare their craft to what is generally championed. If their rise in popular, as well as critical, acclaim continues it can only be a good thing - more people moving away from the crap they're spoon fed and developing a more refined palette could save the world.
A Mercury Prize should get the ball really rolling.
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Post by rob strong on Jan 20, 2006 14:55:20 GMT 1
A Mercury Prize should get the ball really rolling. Good as it would be, there is no way on earth this will ever happen.
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Post by indiewindy on Jan 20, 2006 19:03:49 GMT 1
On the subject of mogwai getting bigger, does anyone know how well their cds sell? Its also great to see so much attention being given to their recent tour with the Irish Times and the Guardian giving them gigs of the week in the listings sections
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Post by Chrille on Jan 20, 2006 19:19:24 GMT 1
On the subject of mogwai getting bigger, does anyone know how well their cds sell? Its also great to see so much attention being given to their recent tour with the Irish Times and the Guardian giving them gigs of the week in the listings sections i remember reading in Q that "rock action" sold something like 300,000 copies worldwide. and that "happy" sold a bit more.
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Post by zaius on Jan 21, 2006 5:15:51 GMT 1
i don't know happy songs had A LOT of hype and press too
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Post by rob strong on Jan 23, 2006 21:51:51 GMT 1
the US dates are starting to sell out now too - NY and the first Atlanta gone. Some of them haven't gone on sale yet, mind.
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Post by distance on Jan 24, 2006 5:25:21 GMT 1
i think most are on sale now.
most of them aren't through ticketmaster.
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Post by rageman on Jan 24, 2006 21:32:01 GMT 1
of course they are. when releasing more and more albums, you get more notice and indie recognition. they aren't sell outs, but they deserve to be recognized by more people. they've most certainly earned it.
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Post by skelly on Jan 25, 2006 13:45:02 GMT 1
and xfm session is a bit of a step up anyway, xfm are a bit more mainstream than they like to think they are!! it will be strange to have a mogwai album release, without the obligatory peel session was always a highlight for me listening to the new stuff on his show
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Post by distance on Jan 25, 2006 19:00:46 GMT 1
of course they are. when releasing more and more albums, you get more notice and indie recognition. they aren't sell outs, but they deserve to be recognized by more people. they've most certainly earned it. they did sell out. stuart was wearing a huge platinum + diamond medallion with the mogwai young team logo on it as well as a pimp cup. i hardly recognized him in his long fur coat + hat.. and it was august!
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Post by rageman on Jan 25, 2006 21:31:31 GMT 1
of course they are. when releasing more and more albums, you get more notice and indie recognition. they aren't sell outs, but they deserve to be recognized by more people. they've most certainly earned it. they did sell out. stuart was wearing a huge platinum + diamond medallion with the mogwai young team logo on it as well as a pimp cup. i hardly recognized him in his long fur coat + hat.. and it was august! haha!
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Post by rob strong on Jan 26, 2006 18:45:03 GMT 1
and xfm session is a bit of a step up anyway, xfm are a bit more mainstream than they like to think they are!! it will be strange to have a mogwai album release, without the obligatory peel session was always a highlight for me listening to the new stuff on his show They are doing a Radio 1 session next week - a load of bands are recording sets for the Onemusic shows as part of their 1st anniversary celebrations. As far as I know, Mogwai are recording at Maida Vale on 31st Jan for broadcast on Huw Stephens show the same night - whether it will be live or not, I don't know.
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Post by rob strong on Jan 27, 2006 9:30:52 GMT 1
and xfm session is a bit of a step up anyway, xfm are a bit more mainstream than they like to think they are!! it will be strange to have a mogwai album release, without the obligatory peel session was always a highlight for me listening to the new stuff on his show They are doing a Radio 1 session next week - a load of bands are recording sets for the Onemusic shows as part of their 1st anniversary celebrations. As far as I know, Mogwai are recording at Maida Vale on 31st Jan for broadcast on Huw Stephens show the same night - whether it will be live or not, I don't know. And now i do - no, it's being pre-recorded earlier in the day.
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