Mogwai
‘I’ve been waiting all my life to shed light on them’: musicians on their unsung home-town heroes
From gigs in sketchy Toronto buildings to Punjabi folk in Birmingham, musicians including Mogwai, Nakhane and Cornershop champion the local acts who never hit the big time
As told to Michael Hann
24, Oct, 2023 @10:45 AM
Mogwai review – ferocious rockers show sublime range
The Glaswegian band shook the room with soaring headbangers and pummelling riffs – and a bit of singing too
Dan Hancox
07, Feb, 2023 @12:16 PM
Benefits review – brutal punk sincerity rages against Britain’s dying light
This noisy, visceral ‘issues-based collective’ from Teesside, led by charismatic polemicist Kingsley Hall and featuring Mogwai drummer Cat Myers, is one to watch
Dave Simpson
05, Feb, 2023 @6:33 PM
Brainiac on life after Tim Taylor: ‘He used to walk offstage with bruises in the shape of his effects pedals’
One of the most distinctive bands of the early 90s, Brainiac were broken by the accident that killed their founder in 1997. The surviving members explain why they have reformed
Stevie Chick
23, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM
The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions
Guardian music
06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM
Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: ‘It’s even easier for weirdos to find each other now than in the 90s’
The guitarist recalls how Arab Strap gave Scottish musicians a sense of national pride, the excess of his band’s early years and why he’s still fighting for independence• Read an exclusive extract of Stuart Braithwaite’s autobiography: ‘We had Iggy Pop on our side’
Emily Mackay
09, Sep, 2022 @9:00 AM
‘I want people to listen’: songwriter Nina Nastasia on surviving abuse, grief and psychosis
A favourite of John Peel and Laura Marling, Nina Nastasia gave up music as she endured a controlling partner and botched drug therapy – then even greater tragedy struck. After 12 years away, she returns with a tough, beautiful album
Laura Snapes
12, May, 2022 @3:00 PM
The 50 best albums of 2021
And finally – a deserving winner, whose second solo album is a truly relatable, pin-sharp pop classic. We reveal our No 1 album of 2021
Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes
17, Dec, 2021 @6:52 AM
Mercury prize 2021: Arlo Parks wins for Collapsed in Sunbeams
21-year-old singer-songwriter adds to Brit award win earlier in the year
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
09, Sep, 2021 @9:13 PM
TV tonight: who will win the 2021 Mercury prize?
Celeste, Sault, Arlo Parks, Mogwai and Wolf Alice are among the nominees. Plus: the National Television awards. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Hannah Verdier, Phil Harrison, Hannah J Davies and Paul Howlett
09, Sep, 2021 @5:20 AM
‘A summer of love!’ Musicians on the awesome, tearful return of gigs
From Sleaford Mods in London to Mogwai in France, bands and performers talk about the strange and wonderful experience of returning to the stage after 16 months of deprivation
As told to Michael Hann
02, Sep, 2021 @2:00 PM
Green Man festival review – magical return for this psychedelic carnival
Mogwai, Nadine Shah, Fontaines DC and more mesmerise in the festival’s overwhelming, glorious comeback
Malcolm Jack
23, Aug, 2021 @2:59 PM
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