get yer dvds out	16/05/04
mogwai celebrate their tenth anniversary in 2005. to mark the occasion, plans are afoot for a dvd compilation. at this stage, none of the content is fixed but i'm sure you can imagine the sort of thing that will be included. fancy being part of it? stuart has asked brightlight to put the call out for interesting fan-shot footage to be considered for inclusion. it's very tentatively scheduled for next year (our 10th anniversary!) so now would be a good time to start collecting footage. we won't be able to pay folks but i'm sure we'll give them something nice and credit them. spread the word my good man! got anything good? brightlight is, at the band's request, collecting footage over the next few months. mail rob-bl@youngteam.co.uk and i'll let you know where to send it. a couple of ground rules: anything submitted probably won't be returned - please don't send your only copy dvd preferred, mail before sending anything else further info will be published here as it becomes available. -rob
additional 'curiosa' dates	12/05/04
unconfirmed additions include toronto, san diego and phoenix - see the gigs page -rob
official site confirms 'curiosa'	09/05/04
mogwai.co.uk confirms the already-announced details on the 'curiosa' tour. in addition, mogwai will be playing some dates of their own on 'days off'. -rob
further curiosa shows tbc	09/05/04
the 'curiosa' tour will run to 25 shows, meaning there are 9 further dates to be announced in addition to the 16 we reported yesterday. -rob
curiosa - mtv report	08/05/04
mtv's report on the forthcoming 'curiosa' tour, culled from the ever-reliable chain of flowers: cure announce festival tour with interpol, rapture, mogwai time to get out the hairspray and black eyeliner again. less than a week after headlining the coachella festival in the southern california desert, goth pioneers the cure have unveiled plans for a full u.s. tour this summer. the curiosa festival 2004 will feature the cure headlining a bill that also includes three bands plainly influenced by robert smith and company: interpol, the rapture and mogwai. a second stage will also be part of the traveling road show, with muse, thursday, cursive, melissa auf der maur, cooper temple clause and head automatica rotating as performers. the cure formed in 1976, and only iconoclastic singer/songwriter smith remains from the group's initial lineup. simon gallup, who joined the group in 1979, is the only other longstanding member in the current lineup. the group plans to release a new eponymous album on june 29, the band's first lp since 2000's bloodflowers. the first single from the album bears the cheery title "the end of the world." the tour kicks off july 24 in the unlikely tropical setting of west palm beach, florida, and ends august 27 in los angeles. additional dates are still being added. dates for the curiosa festival 2004, according to a band spokesperson: 7/24 - west palm beach, fl 7/25 - tampa, fl 7/28 - nashville, tn 7/29 - atlanta, ga 7/31 - new york, ny 8/1 - camden, nj 8/3 - cincinnati, oh 8/4 - cleveland, oh 8/7 - boston, ma 8/11 - detroit, mi 8/12 - chicago, il 8/14 - dallas, tx 8/15 - houston, tx 8/17 - denver, co 8/18 - salt lake city, ut 8/27 - los angeles, ca further details can be found on the gigs page -rob
coachella #2	07/05/04
setlist, a photo and some commentary here: gig020504.php. thanks, chad and michael. michael also kindly sent in these links: www.threeimaginarygirls.com/cwars102103mogwai.asp: coffee with a rockstar - stuart interviewed in seattle www.threeimaginarygirls.com/imaginaryboymogwai.asp: review of the seattle show, 25th september 2003. -rob
coachella	06/05/04
anyone go? setlist? reviews? photos? apparently afi and cooper temple clause have been added to the 'curefest' tour. muse have also been mentioned, but their august tour schedule would appear to preclude their participation. the official announcement is scheduled for monday 10th may. -rob
aligre #2	03/05/04
friday's aligre fm broadcast of the mogwai show from elysée-montmartre, paris (5th june 2003) has been archived at helterskelterfm.com for the rest of may. visit the "live" section, or follow these links: hi-res 44kbps stereo lo-res 28k modem tracks broadcast were: kids will be skeletons mogwai fear satan hunted by a freak killing all the flies 2 rights make 1 wrong helicon 1 i know you are but what am i? ratts of the capitol thanks, vivian. -rob
a question of blood	03/05/04
a mogwai fan of some long standing, author ian rankin's new book 'a question of blood' (part of his series of inspector rebus novels) includes the following passage: make my day : a reference to clint eastwood's dirty harry? nobody. she wasn't sure whether she was meant to get the 'cody' reference, but straight away she new what it meant : 'come on, die young'. she knew it because it was the title of a mogwai album, one she'd bought a while back. a piece of american gang graffiti, something like that. who did she know, apart from her, who liked mogwai? she'd loaned rebus a couple of cd's months ago... the book also mentions 'rock action'. thanks to rita eglinton. -rob
corymb #2	03/05/04
tower records suggests that the release date for boom bip's 'corymb' cd, including 'the use of unacceptable colors in nature (mogwai remix)', has been pushed back to 31st may. -rob
pixies support	02/05/04
mogwai have been asked to support the pixies at the first of their paris dates. the show takes place on 7th june at le zenith. needless to say, the show is long sold out. promoter's website thanks, arnaud. -rob
further curefest details	28/04/04
another date has been confirmed for the 'curefest' tour, in holmdel nj, on 1st august. a listing for this show appeared on the ticketmaster.com website earlier today and was hastily removed, but the site confirms that the cure have 'shows scheduled nationally'. further details to be announced, but the listing suggested that ticket prices would be around $30 - $60, and the shows would start around 5pm. -rob
insound	28/04/04
insound are running a competition to win one of 4 test pressings of the new 10" vinyl version of 'ten rapid' http://www.insound.com/promo/index.cfm?id=520 closes 30th april. thanks, steve. -rob
aligre	26/04/04
next friday (30th april), aligre fm 93.1 (france) will broadcast the mogwai show which took place at elysée-montmartre, paris in june 2003. the set will form part of the "helter skelter" show, and will then be available online in real audio for a month at www.helterskelterfm.com. visit the "live" section. thanks, vivian. -rob
curefest - second date confirmed	25/04/04
from chain of flowers: the second confirmed show on this summer's 'curefest' tour, featuring the cure, interpol, the rapture and mogwai, takes place in tampa, florida on 25th july. the venue is tbc, but is likely to be the brand new tampa bay amphitheatre, making this tour one of the first shows at the venue. -rob
remixing	21/04/04
in addition to preparations for the coachella festival, various members of mogwai are currently completing remixes for earth, longview and the magnificents. -rob
hurricane & southside stage times	21/04/04
mogwai play the second stage at the hurricane festival in germany on 25th june, 22:15 - 23:30. they then travel to the southside festival, playing the second stage on 27th june between 20:00 and 21:00. -rob
curefest - first date confirmed	20/04/04
the first confirmed show on this summer's 'curefest' tour, featuring the cure, interpol, the rapture and mogwai, takes place at sound advice amphitheatre, west palm beach, florida on 24th july. -rob
now shipping	20/04/04
the official site notes that music boxes, wristbands and posters will be added to the americas store tomorrow. seems the music boxes are back in stock for the uk/european store as well, along with further neale smith prints including the 'summer' sleeve shot. -rob
kaat	17/04/04
belgian tv show 'kaat & co' (on the vrt channel) used 'hunted by a freak' in an episode broadcast on thursday (15th april). thanks, david. -rob
curefest	16/04/04
chain of flowers, the cure fansite, is reporting that 'curefest', the cure's travelling festival in the us this summer, will kick off in florida on 24th july. supporting line-up so far is interpol, the rapture and mogwai, with dates to be confirmed. thanks, jean-phi. -rob
spring clean	13/04/04
in addition to the collaborations page, i've added an alphabetical tracks page. this will have links etc added as i get time. the links and trading pages are next up for a spring-clean. suggestions for links welcome. if you are presently listed on the trading page, please check your info -it will be removed if your link doesn't work, for example. if you want to be added, send me your details. -rob
discography	12/04/04
the collaborations page in the discography has been heavily updated over the weekend. further contributions welcome. -rob
yes! it is a long way in the future (sorry)	07/04/04
today's matador records newsletter mentions a 'matador at 15' 2-cd compilation, slated for this autumn and featuring "one disc of much-beloved songs by matador hitmakers circa 1999-2004, along with a 2nd disc comprising unreleased or too-tough-to-find tracks by many of the same superstars". presumably this includes mogwai? -rob
corymb	07/04/04
accesshiphop.com has a tracklist for boom bip's 'corymb' cd, including 'the use of unacceptable colors in nature (mogwai remix)' undergroundhiphop.com lists the release date as 19th april. thanks to travis christensen. -rob
southside	07/04/04
in addition to the hurricane festival, mogwai are also listed to play the southside festival in germany, held over the same weekend (25th - 27th june). -rob
ten rapid double 10"	07/04/04
according to this week's insound new releases update, jetset (mogwai's old american label) have repressed 'ten rapid' as a double 10", and at the same time lowered the price of the cd version to $9.99 my fading memory seems to suggest that this is at least the second time jetset have attempted to boost their coffers by re-releasing 'ten rapid', both on vinyl (previously as a single album) and cd. suffice to say, the record contains no new music and costs $12.99 plus postage. -rob
boom bip	07/04/04
we reported a while ago that mogwai had completed a remix for boom bip. the lex website now reports: a boom bip compendium cd has been put together titled "corymb" (lex021). featuring remixes from boards of canada, venetian snares, lali puna, mogwai, four tet and clouddead as well as the latest peel sessions boom bip did with his band and a few new tracks. the release date is yet to be announced, but we are shooting for april. bb is also currently doing remixes for mogwai, the free design, her space holiday, donnie darko soundtrack project, lali puna and a harvest records remix project including other artist sonic youth, jim o' rourke, sigur ros and more. also listed is a forthcoming boom bip ep titled 'morning and a day' (lex 020) - the mogwai remix was originally reported as being part of an ep, so this may be it. and it seems boom bip's remix of mogwai may be part of a larger 'hunted by a freak' remix 12" project. all this to be confirmed, of course. -rob
atp photos	06/04/04
brian corr's website has a stack of photos from atp1, including 89(!) from mogwai's set. -rob
hurricane	06/04/04
mogwai are playing the hurricane festival in germany, over the weekend of 25th-27th june 2004. i've been having major hard-drive problems for the last couple of weeks, so apologies if updates are few and far between at present. -rob
atp last friday	31/03/04
john peel broadcast around 45 minutes of the atp set on last night's show. the show itself was pretty damn great. if anyone wants to write a review or send in pictures, drop me a mail. on the official site, stuart mentions that the immediate future includes writing for the 5th album, and "some pretty exciting shows to announce for this summer" - intriguing! -rob
nottingham and atp	25/03/04
nottingham setlist here, same tracks as newcastle. good night it was too. seems the bbc will be busy recording sets at atp this weekend, with mogwai's show apparently due for broadcast on john peel's show on tuesday night (30th march). thanks, alan. -rob
newcastle	24/03/04
newcastle setlist here - looking good for atp - 'superheroes of bmx', 'summer', 'sinewave', 'cody'.... -rob
lo-fi music box	20/03/04
the music boxes are available from lo-fi-merchandise for 8 euros post paid. thanks, adam. -rob
atp1 - one ticket	18/03/04
if anyone wants one ticket for the first weekend of atp, mail me and i'll pass on the contact details. -rob
csi	08/03/04
a long section of 'tracy' was used on the episode of csi: miami broadcast in the uk on saturday. this episode was first broadcast in the us last november. thanks, iain. -rob
brazil rulez	07/03/04
thanks, andre! -rob
cure support	07/03/04
chain of flowers, the cure fansite, is running a poll for fans to choose who they'd like to see opening for the cure on their us tour this year. mogwai's main rivals appear to be all about eve, cranes and interpol. get voting! thanks, hugh. -rob
morr music boxes	04/03/04
from barry, re. the music boxes: there's plenty for now but if they keep selling at the rate they are, then we'll be out in a month. we want to get more though....different tune. our man craig was dropping off more today for the shop people. -rob
music boxes	04/03/04
blink and you miss it...seems the music boxes were put on sale via the official site today and have already sold out. apparently there will be more available within 24 hours? -rob
only angels	04/03/04
the only angels have wings website has an interview from toulouse on 2nd february 2004. dom is interviewed, and john and barry contribute questionnaires. thanks, david. -rob
wheels	03/03/04
john, martin and barry will be dj-ing at the journeys club in cardiff on friday 5th march, around 1am. -rob
more neale	01/03/04
as we previously reported, neale smith (mogwai sleeve photographer) is selling a limited number of prints of his work via http://www.simbiotic.info/nealesmith. two further images have been added recently. -rob
atp chalet swap	01/03/04
if anyone is interested in swapping their four-bed chalet for a six-bed chalet at the first atp festival weekend, please drop me a mail. -rob
a big hand for tom	29/02/04
the more eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed some subtle changes around here this week. brightlight has been online since march 1998. it was designed and set up by tom houghton, who ran the site single-handed for over a year before inviting me to join him. after nearly five years as a two-man operation, tom has decided that working in the it industry and then coming home to further it commitments is not something he wishes to continue with. his future role will be confined to technical advice and hosting. i'd like to take this opportunity to thank tom for his hard work on brightlight, and for the expert tuition and advice he's given me. i'm sure our friendship will long outlast the lifespan of both brightlight and mogwai. to the future, then. as of now, all brightlight-related e-mail needs to be sent to rob-bl@youngteam.co.uk. i intend maintaining brightlight's reputation as the best online source of mogwai news and information, and as ever your contributions are the only way i can do that. -rob
atp additions	26/02/04
further additions to the bill for 26th march, the 'mogwai day' at the atp festival, include acid mothers temple, turbonegro and growing. -rob
atp	25/02/04
according to the atp festival website, there's an unfounded and untrue rumour circulating that the festival has been cancelled. the diary entry for 22nd february on cex's website, www.rjyan.com, indicates that he's been asked to join the line-up. thanks, evan. -rob
shop	25/02/04
the music boxes should be available imminently through mogwai's online shop. apparently they will play 'tracy', which barry has indicated will never be played live again. -rob
italian rock action	22/02/04
thanks to jukka for this: last night i was at the rock action night at covo club in bologna. great night. james orr complex was ok, but the really exciting thing was an amazing set from part chimp : explosive, weird, no bass. for the first half of the show they played with two guitars and drums. tim sang and shouted like mad, and the other guitar player played basslines. after a few songs, john cummings joined part chimp on the stage, playing bass, and he did that for 4 or 5 songs. martin and john djed with a laptop, i-pod and some records. exciting night -rob
further supports	22/02/04
a second support has been added to the atp warm-up shows. newcastle gets the excellent bardo pond and jackie o'hippies. nottingham gets dead meadow and wolves of greece. -rob
luke	22/02/04
interesting interview with author and occasional mogwai violinist luke sutherland on the times newspaper website thanks, steve. -rob
italian interview	20/02/04
http://musica.virgilio.it/intervista/063/index.html has a lengthy (italian) interview with stuart, from the recent milan date. he discusses rock action records, guns 'n' roses and the future. if anyone can help with translating, let us know! thanks, simon*. -rob
warm-ups	19/02/04
the atp warm-up shows have been announced. mogwai play northumbria university, newcastle on 23rd march and rock city, nottingham on 24th march. bardo pond support in newcastle, dead meadow support in nottingham. tickets are on sale now. -rob
portugal	15/02/04
setlists and photos from mogwai's visit to portugal last week have been added to the 2004 gigography. thanks, javi. -rob
rock action update	07/02/04
mogwai's rock action records has a busy 2004 ahead. first up is part chimp's 'bring back the sound' single (rockact17/cd), out on 9th February. this has already attracted kerrang! 'single of the week', 7/10 in rock sound, and nme describing them as "the loudest band in the world". a new part chimp album will follow, hopefully later this year. envy's 'all the footprints...' (rockact18cd) is released on 22nd march. the 'rock action presents vol.1' has been selling well online and at shows, and will be available from most good record shops on 16th february. live rock action: part chimp w. explosions in the sky - london ica, 16/02/04 part chimp/james orr complex/mogwai djs - bologna, italy 21/02/04 james orr complex w. sons and daughters - austin texas usa (sxsw), march 2004 (tbc) james orr complex w. sons and daughters - new york, usa 24/03/04 envy/part chimp/james orr complex - atp festival, camber sands uk 26/03/04 envy uk tour - dates tbc thanks, craig -rob
neverending white lights	07/02/04
from pitchforkmedia.com: neverending white lights is a conceptual art project revolving around one daniel victor, who recently showcased material from the record live in ontario with finger eleven's scott anderson. the project, which has been in the works for two years, is now completed and looking for a label. neverending white lights is dedicated to bringing together disparate artists from the underground and the mainstream to contribute to victor's musical compositions. the first album in the series, 'neverending white lights: act i - goodbye friends of the heavenly bodies', is expected to be released some time this year. how it went down: victor wrote, produced, and recorded the music, then invited the various artists-- members of mogwai, hum, the velvet teen, creeper lagoon, shudder to think, our lady peace, starflyer 59, cirrus, finger eleven, deckard, switchfoot, 311, age of electric, and supergarage-- to embellish his compositions with lyrics, vocals, melody lines, instrumentation, and farty armpit noises. according to victor "the atmosphere is slow and lush." neverending white lights more news as we get it. thanks, michael. -rob
more coachella	04/02/04
in addition to mogwai (2nd may), coachella should be a good weekend if the rest of the line-up is to be believed: saturday 1st may - radiohead, pixies, kraftwerk, electric six, lcd soundsystem, sahara hotnights, the (international) noise conspiracy sunday 2nd may - the cure, the thrills, prefuse 73, sidestepper, t. raumschmiere date tbc - flaming lips, yeah yeah yeahs, bright eyes, air, death cab for cutie, the sleepy jackson, the crystal method, basement jaxx, moving units, the stills thanks, heather -rob
coachella	02/02/04
mogwai have announced that they will be playing the coachella festival in california on sunday 2nd may. -rob
croatian interview	01/02/04
a translation of the interview with stuart and barry, from which barry's comments on the england football team were lifted, can be found on the interviews page. many thanks to mileta okiljevic for kindly translating the article. -rob
herald	01/02/04
from the front page of yesterday's 'scottish herald' sports supplement: shiny happy people outside right has never been a big fan of scottish indie band mogwai, but, aware of our influence in the music scene, they did their best to win us over touring croatia this week. the croats have been drawn in the same group as england for the euro 2004 finals and mogwai took time out between gigs to give an interview with the local media. the band's barry burns told reporters: "i'd love croatia to beat england. please destroy those b******s." he added that he was a "proud celt" and could not bear the thought of england winning. mogwai's latest album is 'happy songs for happy people', available from all good record shops thanks, simon. -rob

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