Mogwai @ Webster Hall, 2nd Night

First off, let me just say that I'm pretty sure I'm the ONLY person who went from seeing The Threepenny Opera with Nellie McKay and Cyndi Lauper yesterday afternoon to seeing Scottish faves Mogwai at Webster Hall later in the evening. And I loved them both, so, ha!

But the review, yes, the review. Fucking amazing.


The best I've ever seen them.

They all came out at the start of the show in matching green Adidas track jackets. It was like the post-rock Backstreet Boys! I've yet to see them perform "My Father My King" before last night and it was truly remarkable. Whoever was doing the light show as well, was in fine form.

Also, the opening riffs of "Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home" garnered the most cheers from a crowd I've seen at Webster, since.. I guess since the Arctic Monkeys. But those people would cheer if Alex Turner took a piss on stage.

They even joked about their sometimes trite song titles last night, upon hearing many hecklers screaming out for some of the older tracks in their cataolog. "You realize how stupid the titles are after they are being shouted at you".

Here's a Mogwai song to quench your thirst: "Hunted By A Freak" (live)















Setlist:

yes! i am a long way from home
friend of the night
folk death 95
travel is dangerous
kids will be skeletons
mogwai fear satan
tracy
hunted by a freak
acid food
my father my king
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cody
christmas steps
glasgow megasnake