While on their recent US tour, Mogwai’s Barry Burns had a chance to pop into a few places to flex his DJing muscles. He made it over to Viva-Radio’s Brooklyn studio on the day of the one of the band’s Music Hall show to record a DJ set and have a chat with Ted Shumaker. The results can be heard in all their glory next week.

Viva-Radio

Naked Fridays Pt. 27

Friday June 5th 4-5PM (Eastern Standard Time)

[Photo of Mogwai at the Music Hall of Williamsburg last night by Ryan Muir]

Tonights’ Music Hall of Williamsburg show is the second of Mogwai’s three sold out shows in Brooklyn. They’re taking some time while in town to DJ at some nearby radio stations

Tonight at 6:30PM EST, tune into WNYU’s New Afternoon Show for a DJ set and interview with Stuart. WNYU can be found on 89.1 for listeners in the New York City and streaming at www.wnyu.org for the rest.

Tomorrow afternoon, Stuart will bring his playlist to East Village Radio, starting at 2:30 PM EST.

Don’t miss it!

Catch Mogwai on their remaining dates and take advantage of the Hawk Is Howling CD+DVD/ticket bundle while you still can.

April
Tuesday     28    Brooklyn, NY     Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Wednesday     29    Brooklyn, NY     Music Hall Of Williamsburg
May
Friday     01    Boston, MA     Wilbur Theatre
Saturday     02    Northampton, MA     Pearl Street
Sunday     03    Montreal, QC     Metropolis
Monday     04    Toronto, ON     The Phoenix
Tuesday     05    Buffalo, NY     The Tralf Music Hall
Wednesday     06    Pontiac, MI     Crofoot Ballroom
Friday     08    Chicago, IL     Congress Theater
Saturday     09    Milwaukee, WI     Turner Hall
Sunday     10    Minneapolis, MN     First Avenue
Monday     11    Omaha, NE     Slowdown
Tuesday     12    Denver, CO     Bluebird Theater
Wednesday     13    Salt Lake City, UT     In The Venue
Friday     15    Solana Beach, CA     Belly Up Tavern
Saturday     16    Los Angeles, CA     Orpheum Theatre
Sunday     17    San Francisco, CA     Grand Ballroom

We got pretty excited about the upcoming Mogwai tour so we created a special bundle for those of you who haven’t picked up The Hawk Is Howling yet.

Click HERE or on the Ticket Hawk (scalper?) above to purchase the bundle. You will receive a ticket for the Mogwai show of your choice and receive the deluxe CD/DVD version of The Hawk Is Howling in your mailbox. You get the ticket you want for the regular price and the album you need with a generous discount. Make sure to print out your order confirmation and bring it with you to the show, you’ll be on the Matador guest list for the night!

Buy on the Tours Page for the following dates…

April
Monday     20    Houston, TX     Numbers
Tuesday     21    New Orleans, LA     Republic
Wednesday     22    Birmingham, AL     Workplay
Thursday     23    Asheville, NC     Orange Peel
Friday     24    Carrboro, NC     Cat’s Cradle
Saturday     25    Philadelphia, PA     Trocadero Theater
Monday     27    Brooklyn, NY     Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Tuesday     28    Brooklyn, NY     Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Wednesday     29    Brooklyn, NY     Music Hall Of Williamsburg
May
Friday     01    Boston, MA     Wilbur Theatre
Saturday     02    Northampton, MA     Pearl Street
Sunday     03    Montreal, QC     Metropolis
Monday     04    Toronto, ON     The Phoenix
Tuesday     05    Buffalo, NY     The Tralf Music Hall
Wednesday     06    Pontiac, MI     Crofoot Ballroom
Friday     08    Chicago, IL     Congress Theater
Saturday     09    Milwaukee, WI     Turner Hall
Sunday     10    Minneapolis, MN     First Avenue
Monday     11    Omaha, NE     Slowdown
Tuesday     12    Denver, CO     Bluebird Theater
Wednesday     13    Salt Lake City, UT     In The Venue
Friday     15    Solana Beach, CA     Belly Up Tavern
Saturday     16    Los Angeles, CA     Orpheum Theatre
Sunday     17    San Francisco, CA     Grand Ballroom

Crazy rock fest season is most def. upon us, and us such, you can look forward to the Matablog being routinely scooped this spring and summer by concert promoters and other rockblogs announcing which of our bands are playing in a big field somewhere.  Today’s joyous news has Shearwater playing the 2nd edition of the All Points West festival (Liberty State Park, NJ) on July 31, on a bill topped by the Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Vampire Weekend.  

Two days later, Mogwai — about to start a US tour two weeks from today in Houston — will play the Sunday, August 2 version of APW II , on a bill headlined by Coldplay, Echo & The Bunnymen and MGMT. 

Finally, we’ve neglected to mention previously that Shearwater are playing Austin, TX tomorrow night (March 31) in support of Neko Case at Stubb’s.

(performing “Scotland’s Shame” from ‘The Hawk Is Howling’, Aula Magna, Lisbon, Feb 5, 2009)

If tickets for all of the dates below aren’t on sale now…they will be soon. Support info coming soon. 

04/​20 Houst​on,​ TX- Numbe​rs
04/​21 New Orlea​ns,​ LA- Repub​lic
04/​22 Birmi​ngham​,​ AL- Workp​lay Theat​re
04/​23 Ashev​ille,​ NC- Orang​e Peel
04/​24 Carrb​oro,​ NC- Cats Cradl​e
04/​25 Phila​delph​ia,​ PA- Troca​dero
04/​27 Brook​lyn,​ NY- Music​ Hall Of Willi​amsbu​rg
04/​28 Brook​lyn,​ NY- Music​ Hall Of Willi​amsbu​rg
04/​29 Brook​lyn,​ NY- Music​ Hall Of Willi​amsbu​rg
05/​01 Bosto​n,​ MA- Wilbu​r Theat​re
05/​02 North​ampto​n,​ MA- Pearl​ Stree​t
05/​03 Montr​eal,​ QUE- Metro​polis​
05/​04 Toron​to,​ ON- Phoen​ix
05/​05 Buffa​lo,​ NY- Tralf​ Music​ Hall
05/​06 Ponti​ac,​ MI- Crofo​ot Ballr​oom
05/​08 Chica​go,​ IL – Congr​ess Theat​re
05/​09 Milwa​ukee,​ WI – Turne​r Hall
05/​10 Minne​apoli​s,​ MN- First​ Avenu​e
05/​11 Omaha​,​ NE- The Slowd​own
05/​12 Denve​r,​ CO- Blueb​ird Theat​re
05/​13 Salt Lake City,​ UT- In The Venue​
05/​15 San Diego​,​ Ca- Belly​ Up Taver​n
05/​16 Los Angel​es,​ CA- Orphe​um Theat​re

This coming Tuesday, the limited-edition double vinyl gatefold 10″ EP from Cat Power hits the stores. Entitled Dark End Of The Street, it includes six bewitching cover songs from the Jukebox sessions and not included on that album. This would make a wonderful Christmas or Hannukah present for someone who likes gatefold covers, or cover songs, and it’s available for preorder now.

We have a lot of other deluxe packages from this year appropriate for stocking-stuffers or under-the-tree action. The deluxe 44-song, 48-page book, die-cut slipcase edition of Pavement’s Brighten The Corners, for example (and if you preorder now, you can still – just – get the ultra-limited live vinyl bonus LP, exclusive to this release). Two weeks ago we released Belle and Sebastian’s justly acclaimed BBC Sessions, with essential radio performances from their early 1996-2001 period. The deluxe version of the CD comes with a second disc containing a complete concert in Belfast from December 2001. The set includes covers of I’m Waiting For The Man, The Boys Are Back In Town and Here Comes The Sun. This is strictly limited and once it goes, it’s gone.

There’s also the deluxe version of the Mogwai’s latest, The Hawk Is Howling, which comes with a bonus DVD containing two videos for “Batcat” (including one nightmarish one directed by Dominic Hailstone of Chris Cunningham / Aphex Twin video fame), and a short documentary about the band by Vincent Moon.

And of course, last March, we released to-die-for versions of the three original Mission Of Burma albums on Ace of Hearts. We’ve banged on enough about the real all-analog mastering from the original tapes, the precious live footage from the late ’70s and early ’80s, the gatefold sleeves on the vinyl, and the books with interviews and photos and more. We’re prouder of these packages than any other reissue we’ve ever done. All three are available for a very short time longer in a vinyl bundle deal for 50 bucks.

There are also a few deluxe copies of Cat Power’s Jukebox left with the gatefold foil digipak and second CD. Then there’s just about every vinyl release from this year, nearly all printed at Stoughton and pressed on RTI HQ180 vinyl. Single LPs here and double LPs here.

And of course, there are also Matador T-shirts, record bags, and slipmats… not to mention bundle deals.

The Matador Store.

photo of Chan Marshall by Stefano Giovanini

“Zidane : A Twenty-First Century Portrait”, the feature length documentary by Douglas Gordon and Philppe Parreno, is being shown from tomorrow through October 30 at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music.  As lovers of between-Matador-releases are well aware, Mogwai provided the original soundtrack for this stunning visual work. 

In 2006, the Frenchman Zinédine Zidane, the most gifted—and certainly the most enigmatic—of recent soccer players, received a suitably unusual tribute. “Zidane: A Twenty-first Century Portrait,” screening at Anthology Film Archives and at BAM Oct. 24-30, is a documentary directed by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno and filmed by the great Darius Khondji. It focusses on Zidane alone during a match in April, 2005, between his club at the time, Real Madrid, and Villarreal. There is no commentary, no buildup, nothing about his career or his Algerian background. We are granted only fleeting opportunities to observe the patterns of the game; most of the movie tracks its man in solitude as he bides his time and bursts into activity. Even when he is ejected near the end, for his role in a brawl, we barely see the incident—all of which will be exasperating, to filmgoers and soccer fans alike. Allow yourself to submit to the film’s design, however, to the scuffling roar of its recorded sound and the pulse of its music, and, like a session of hypnotherapy, it may just work its magic. – Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

We regret to be passing the following information along…

After playing at ATP last night, Martin was rushed to hospital with complications relating to his heart condition. He has since been discharged and has been advised by doctors to return home
for further medical treatment. Details regarding ticket refunds will be announced shortly on Mogwai and Matador’s website. The band however are planning to reschedule the
shows for early 2009.

More news to follow. Thanks. These are the dates affected :