Originally written by Luke Slater · 12 January 2011
Back in November last year those stalwarts of making generally great music, Mogwai, released a free download of a track called 'Rano Pano', which was taken from their new record, which comes out in 2011. You can listen and download that below, still, but more importantly, they've now made available another track for download, and one that is possible even better.
This one's called 'San Pedro' and can be obtained from the Sub Pop website by clicking here. Thanks. What do you reckon? To my ears it sounds like Sleater-Kinney, which is certainly no bad thing.
The new 'gwai record comes out on February 14 and is called Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. Look forward to it. There's also some tour dates, including a very recently announced one at the very small Hoxton Bar & Kitchen in London, although that has now sold out. If you did manage to get tickets for it then lucky you!
January: 26 - Stirling, Tolbooth 27 - Paisley, Town Hall 28 - Perth, Theatre 29 - Abdereen, The Lemon Tree 30 - Glasgow, Grand Ole Opry
February: 9 - London, Hoxton Bar and Kitchen 13 - Belfast, Mandela Hall 14 - Galway, The Live Lounge 15 - Dublin, Olympia Theatre 17 - Bournemouth, O2 Academy 18 - Cardiff, University 19 - Bristol, O2 Academy 20 - Leeds, O2 Academy 21 - Edinburgh, Picture House 23 - Oxford, The Regal 24 - Birmingham, Institute 25 - Brixton, O2 Academy 26 - Manchester, Academy 27 - Gateshead, The Sage