Scenes from SXSW, March 10-12

"...Mogwai at ACL Live on Monday..."

March 13, 2024 Photo Gallery

SXSW Film Review: Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound

Band doc ends up being breathtaking look at community building

"...Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound is a music..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound (United Kingdom) Director:..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Days of Being Wild: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Reflects on Source Tags & Codes

Twenty years after its release, the band and producer look back ... while always looking forward

"...the group's Merge-issued sophomore. Fatefully catching the ear of Mogwai, Peel's radio play earned the band a performance invite..."

March 4, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Shadow in the Cloud

WWII creature feature is a Frankenstein’s mess

"...a favorite creature of Hollywood, and we’re not talking Mogwai here. British Royal Air Force folklore about a beastie..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Other Music

History of a lost Manhattan record store keeps a basic tune

"...as a CBGB, but the reason they could have Mogwai drop by for an in-store performance is because the..."

April 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

This Bubblegum Is Packed With Chewy, Fucked-Up Flavor

Fantastic new novel deeply reimagines our world for better and worse

"...society was instead changed forever by the introduction of cuter-than-mogwai bio-robots that became more widespread than smartphones and bonded..."

April 20, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kin

Gritty sci-fi road trip has teen appeal

"...unconvincing adventure with strong adolescent appeal and music by Mogwai. Kin presents the story of an adopted child who..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Baker Brothers Find Their Kin

Behind the story of the gritty SF drama (plus, Mogwai!)

"...adds to the tone. So, how did you get Mogwai?..."

Aug. 30, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What’cha Watchin’?

Get in the spirit of the season with these holiday movie recommendations

"...whose early Christmas present to his son is a mogwai from Chinatown he calls Gizmo. Voiced by Howie Mandel..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Screens Column

Holiday Viewing: Gremlins

Classic black comedy has the blues

"...whose early Christmas present to his son is a mogwai from Chinatown he calls Gizmo. Voiced by Howie Mandel..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez

What’cha Watchin’?

Writer/Proofreader Greg Stitt hunts down the best horror options currently streaming

"...(e.g., adding a more gruesome climax and removing a Mogwai song), thankfully no changes were made to Robin McLeavy's..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Screens Column

The Pet Issue: Chronicle Staff Pets

"...Pet: Mogwai Human: Marc Savlov, contributing writer and film critic Lou..."

Feb. 9, 2017 Photo Gallery

Gremlins Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

$35, www.mondotees.com

"...Records are like a mogwai. Never get them wet. Never expose them to sunlight...."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Levitation Q&A: Slowdive

UK shoegazers lift off at Carson Creek Ranch on Friday

"...year, she put together Minor Victories, a quintet featuring Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite and Editors’ Justin Lockey. Their debut..."

April 27, 2016 Music Post by Neph Basedow

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Sunday Reviews

"...dissonant than Explosions in the Sky or heavy as Mogwai, TWDY prefers uplifting melodies powered by widescreen dynamics, with..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): Mono/Acid Mothers Temple

A pair of Japanese guitar storms

"...Mono’s symphonic movements birthed atomic monstrosities of sound. EITS, Mogwai, Isis, meet Gojira, the radioactive green lizard, not the..."

May 4, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Loop

Sun., 12:30am, Reverberation Stage

"...24 years. "But interesting things were being talked about. Mogwai were curating a really big festival in London and..."

May 2, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Toland

A Gilded Eternity: The Return of Loop

Seminal UK outfit returns to U.S. expressly for Psych Fest

"...triggered me from about a year ago was that Mogwai were curating a really big festival in London and..."

May 1, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

SXSW Tuesday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Tuesday night SXSW showcase

"...Coldplay. Jambinai, the first band on, are a bizarre, Mogwai-esque drone rock band, equipped with chugging bass and some..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

Eagle Claw, Tia Carrera, Megafauna, Flesh Lights, Smoke & Feathers, My Education

Highlights from first half of Free Week

"...a bounce-spitting drum machine, equal parts Hot Boys and Mogwai – eclectic all right...."

Jan. 11, 2013 Music Review by Adam Schragin

There Ain't No Sanity Clause: Nasty Videos for Your Inner Naughty Child

Counter-programming Christmas with bad cheer and body counts

"...you get past the OMFG adorableness of the "good" Mogwai Gizmo and the genius creativity of Chris Walas's unnervingly..."

Dec. 19, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Emily Hagins So Does Not Suck!

Emily Hagins secures distro deal with MPI Media

"...at age 12 while we're 45 and our dog Mogwai has more IMDB credits than we do blows our..."

Oct. 19, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

For Emma

Bon Iver brings back the slow jam at the Long Center

"...“Minnesota, WI” with a cataclysmic force normally reserved for Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky. The band worked through..."

Sept. 14, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Catastrophe and the Cure

Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album

"...as much as the accompanying list of band influences: Mogwai, Neutral Milk Hotel, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine, and..."

July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Austin Rockin' 5/16/11

Live music on Fox 7 leading up to Pachanga! this Saturday

"...Mogwai tonight, of course, and Greezy Wheels tomorrow, with the..."

May 16, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Bedside Manner: Mogwai's Travel Reading

What Savlov's dog is napping on these days

"...scouring used bookstores for cool book-scores that my dog Mogwai (seen here) can nap upon...."

Nov. 30, 2010 Books Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film

Reviews and interviews

"...Grizzly Bear, Sonic Youth, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, Grinderman, Battles, Mogwai, Les Savy Fav, Lightning Bolt..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

In a World Where ...

Plumbing the depths of Joe Dante's Trailers From Hell

"...collector, too," says Joe Dante, the man behind the Mogwai of Gremlins, the hirsute horrors of The Howling, and..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mogwai

"...MogwaiThe Hawk Is Howling (Matador)..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

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