#Stuart Braithwaite

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It's What I Want To Do, Mum by Mogwai, live for Studio Brussel

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Mogwai - Two Rights Make One Wrong

Music

Artist

Mogwai

Composer

Mogwai

Produced

Dave Fridmann

Credit

Dominic Aitchison – Bass Stuart Braithwaite – Guitar, vocals Martin Bulloch – Drums Barry Burns – Guitar, keyboard, vocoder John Cummings – Guitar, piano Gruff Rhys – Vocals The Remote Viewer – Programming and banjo Willie Campbell – Backing vocals Charlie Clark – Backing vocals Gary Lightbody – Backing vocals Michael Brawley – Strings and horns

Released

April 30 2001

Streaming

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Mogwai - The Bad Fire (2025)

The Bad Fire é um fogo bom. Fricção de sílex sonoro para que se acenda a alma dos temas do novíssimo disco dos Mogwai. Que bela entrada esta, em 2025!

The Bad Fire é um fogo bom. Fricção de sílex sonoro para que se acenda a alma dos temas do novíssimo disco dos Mogwai. Que bela entrada esta, em 2025! Os Mogwai sempre brincaram com o fogo, a verdade é essa. Um fogo amigo e épico, é certo, que por vezes vem como uma brisa da tarde, outras como um tornado que anseia pela destruição e o caos. De qualquer dos modos, é chama que não queima, nem…

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Live Review: ArcTanGent Festival 2024

Words: Andy Hughes / Ben Forrester (Photo Credit: Jonathan Dadds) Andy Hughes: My partner recently asked me the dreaded (but expected) question of a couple entering their mid-30s. “Would you consider going to Glastonbury?” Once I’d finished vigorously shaking my head left to right in rapid disgust, I pondered – why would I, when I have ArcTanGent? Alright, full disclosure – it might not have…

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Silver Moth - Mother Tongue (Official Video)

Taken from the album "Black Bay" by Silver moth, released 21st April 2023 via Bella Union:

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Video directed by Maddie Burton: hotgirlera.com/videos Music by Silver Moth

Silver Moth is a new post-rock collective featuring Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite, singer/songwriter Elisabeth Elektra, Steven Hill, guitarist in Evi Vine along with fellow Evi Vine multi-instrumentalist Ben Roberts, and Vine herself, plus Burning House/Academy Of Sun drummer Ash Babb and Abrasive Trees guitarist Matthew Rochford.

(vía (126) Silver Moth - Mother Tongue (Official Video) - YouTube)

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SPACESHIPS OVER GLASGOW T-SHIRTS

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. I'm worried that's there's a very distinct and real possibility that I am about to fall in love with you.

We Live in Time, John Crowley (2024)

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dick from a guy who knows who stuart braithwaite is

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When the Mogwai album is mostly instrumental but then Stuart braithwaite comes out of nowhere with them low rumbling vocals

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Dry Fantasy by Mogwai from the album As The Love Continues

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'from the gyrating hips of elvis through to the spit of the sex pistols, rock musicians have always taken great pleasure in outraging, offending and just plain annoying as many people as possible. but with rock now well and truly into middle age, it has become harder to get shocked by anything that musicians do. or more importantly, by anything that any musician plays. so there's something refreshing about knowing that a few bands still have the power to make music that can surprise, upset and disturb.

on their recent uk tour playing support to the manic street preachers, scottish band mogwai managed to do all three. "we saw girls crying, people begging the bouncers for earplugs, folk scrambling for exits," laughs stuart braithwaite, guitarist and, for want of a better word, frontman for the band. "there was this group of fans following the manics around for every gig, and this one girl's face just got longer and longer every night we played. it was pretty funny."

"yeah, it's really good fun knowing you're upsetting so many people," agrees bassist dominic aitchison. "it was such a hilarious 10 days, we had such a great time. there were people there who were really into us, but there were others who just didn't understand us at all. you could tell by the look on their faces they were waiting for the lyrics to come in - which obviously never happens..."'

"i think most people are not used to having no lyrics to focus on," says stuart. "lyrics are a real comfort to some people. i guess they like to sing along and when they can't do that with us they can get a bit upset."

~ from marcus dunk's 1999 interview with scottish 'post-rock' band mogwai

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One word keeps surfacing in the conversation with Glasgow's beloved post-rock band, Mogwai—"weird." That was "psychedelically weird" when their last album, As The Love Continues, tops the UK charts in 2021. A surreal success if ever there is one, but it happened amidst a global pandemic. "So we couldn't even go to the pub to talk about how weird it was," frontman Stuart Braithwaite remembers with a laugh. The success did take them as far as the Mercury Prize gala, however, which, being something of a quirky affair, was "such a weird ceremony." But despite all the unexpectedness, the band didn't let it impact their creative process while working on their latest album, The Bad Fire. SuperVirtual, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In fact, they were so disconnected to the notion of being chart-toppers that they didn't even mention it to their new producer, John Congleton—who has worked with the likes of St Vincent, The Killers, Blondie, and Modest Mouse. It was only in an interview with a French journalist that he came to know of it. "He was like, 'Wait, your last album went to number one?' And we were like, 'Yeah'.". "And he was like, 'Wow, that's weird'. To be fair, he had a point. Mogwai never seemed the kind of band destined for mainstream chart dominance. They started as a group of longtime friends with a shared love for making "serious guitar music," crafting sprawling, atmospheric instrumentals brimming with emotion. Their rise to number one took an astonishing 25 years, helped in part by the UK chart rules, which give more weight to physical record sales than streaming numbers. Mogwai, with their fiercely loyal fanbase that treasures vinyl, found themselves in the right place at the right time. For one triumphant week, they outsold pop heavyweights like Dua Lipa and Harry Styles. "It was a huge surprise," Braithwaite admits. "We want our music to do as well as it can, but we're not uber-ambitious. We're not like Queen, plotting world domination." However, just as they could have ridden the momentum of their surprise victory, life threw a series of challenges in their way. Personal Battles Behind The Bad Fire As the group prepared to start recording on their new album, keyboardist Barry Burns was delivered some shattering news: his daughter was gravely ill. Diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, a rare condition where the body stops producing enough blood cells, the diagnosis was nothing short of terrifying. "She had blood coming out of her gums and bruises all over," he shares. "It was extremely stressful." The disorder is incredibly rare, occurring in only around 30 to 40 children a year in the UK. For Burns, the diagnosis cut even deeper, thanks to a childhood memory. "The weird thing was that my neighbor when I was a kid had it, and sadly, she died," he says. "So obviously, I really panicked because I thought I knew the outcome-but thankfully, the treatment is completely different now." After a bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy, his daughter recovered. "She's going to be fine, but I've had an awful two years." The band had to suffer through more pain. Long-time live agent Mick Griffiths died of cancer. Bassist Dominic Aitchison lost his father. Even Braithwaite's favourite pooch, Prince, got cancer and had to lose a leg three months before the recording sessions started. As much as one might expect The Bad Fire to be a sombre reflection on pain and death, this is not the style of Mogwai. "If anything weighty happens in my life, the last thing I want to do is write a song about it," Braithwaite once told The Herald—a philosophy that still holds true. Predominantly instrumental, Mogwai’s music has always been open to interpretation. They deliberately give their songs abstract or nonsensical titles to avoid boxing listeners into a specific meaning. Tracks like You’re Lionel Richie, Secret Pint, and Simon Ferocious are part of that tradition, and the new album follows suit with intriguingly named compositions such as Pale Vegan Hip Pain and Fanzine Made of Flesh. Still, there is a faint sense of the band's emotional journey. The massive, distortion-heavy 18 Volcanoes finds Braithwaite whispering, "Hope has come another day / Hold me close in every way." "Some journalists in France said the album was really cathartic, and I can kind of see that," he says. "But I don't think it's maudlin at all. It's vaguely upbeat, by our standards." Looking Ahead Released last Friday, The Bad Fire has already started sending ripples out into the nation, vying for a Top Five spot alongside big names Central Cee and Teddy Swims. Again, physical sales favour Mogwai. "The streaming world is very murky and hard to understand," Braithwaite says. "It does make a lot of money, but it makes a lot of money for old music and artists with popular back catalogues, and I think that's really discouraged a lot of big labels from investing in new music." He also attacks the generic AI-generated music that floods platforms such as Spotify, especially in the ambient genres such as chill-out and lo-fi. "You absolutely know that if anyone's going to be making generic AI music, it's going to be the streaming services, just so they don't have to pay humans." Yet digital channels have also brought the band an unforeseen amount of publicity. The band's 2005 single Take Me Somewhere Nice has received 85 million YouTube views thanks to a video uploaded by a fan who depicted a girl with her head inside an upside-down goldfish bowl, which is the original illustration from game designer Ken Wong. Fans have become so associated with the song that they have tattooed the image on themselves. "I almost want to go, 'Mate, you know, that's not the cover of the record'," Braithwaite jokes. "But it's cool. And the comments under the video are like an endless message board of young kids supporting each other. There's an agony aunt vibe about it." For a band that once sold T-shirts making fun of its rivals, Mogwai has come a long way. And as they celebrate their 30th anniversary, the journey from scrappy Glaswegian upstarts to respected rock veterans feels both surreal and hard-earned. So, did they ever picture themselves here when they first practiced together in Braithwaite's parents' house all those years ago? "Well, I thought we'd have flying cars by now," he chuckles. "So any excitement at the fact that I was still scratching by as a musician would likely be tempered by the lack of jet packs." In other words, it all just feels. odd. Read the full article

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[Video] Mogwai teilen neue Single "Fanzine Made Of Flesh"!

Bevor Mogwai am 24. Januar ihr neues und mittlerweile elftes Album "The Bad Fire" zum 30ten Bestehen über Rock Action veröffentlichen, teilt die schottische Band mit "Fanzine Made Of Flesh" einen letzten Vorab-Track.

Das gitarrenlastige Rock-Epos ist dabei mit Vocoder-artigen Synthies versehen. Eine Kreuzung aus ABBA, Swervedriver und Kraftwerk, wie Stuart Braithwaite von der Band passenderweise den Song beschreibt.

Begleitet wird die Single von einem Video, bei dem Agnes Haus Regie geführt hat. Ein Pseudo-Filmtrailer mit einer verworrenen Handlung, die sich nicht so richtig greifen lässt – es jedoch auch gar nicht soll. “I really wanted it to seem like there could be a full-length film version with vague horror tones, emotional entanglement, and nods to weird art films from the 90s, and an autobiographical storyline about growing up non-binary, but not realising it. Perhaps one day I’ll extend it into a full film.”

Live: 06.02.25 Hamburg - Große Freiheit 36 11.02.25 Berlin - Admiralspalast 12.02.25 Leipzig - Täubchenthal Booking: Goodlive

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C.L.R. James, interviewed by Stuart Hall, introduction by Phoebe Braithwaite - complete unaired BBC interview from 1976, in The New York Review

C.L.R. James, interviewed by Stuart Hall, introduction by Phoebe Braithwaite – complete unaired BBC interview from 1976, in The New York Review – requires subscription or free registration to read just this piece In May 1976, the Jamaican-born cultural theorist Stuart Hall sat down in the BBC’s studios in West London to interview the Trinidadian-born intellectual C.L.R. James. They were being…

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New Audio: Hot Pink Sauce Shares Woozy "Don't You Wake Me"

New Audio: Hot Pink Sauce Shares Woozy "Don't You Wake Me" @heygroover @romainpalmieri @DorianPerron

Hastings, UK-based musicians Evi Vine and Steven Hill have worked together in several different projects together, including EVI VINE and Silver Moth, a collective founded by Mogwai‘s Stuart Braithwaite. The duo’s latest project together Hot Pink Sauce released their debut single, the  A Storm in Heaven-era The Verve-meets-Slow Air-era Still Corners and Beach House-like “Feel.” Hot Pink Sauce…