When Deafheaven played their first show in Boise on March 25 – at Mardi Gras, a venue typically reserved for wedding functions – they provided the five-day Treefort Music Fest with its only dose of shoe-gazing black metal. Continue reading
Archive for Mogwai
From the Vault: Deafheaven’s 2017 Tour Setlists and First-Ever Show in Boise – An Analysis
Posted in Concert Reviews, Essays, Reviews with tags Bosse-de-Nage, Deafheaven, George Clarke, Mogwai, Shiv Mehra, Treefort, Treefort Music Fest on 09/22/2025 by Kurt OrzeckCloth on ‘Cracking Jokes’ With Mogwai Frontman
Posted in Interviews with tags Cloth, Mogwai, Stuart Braithwaite on 04/27/2025 by Kurt OrzeckGo to FLOOD to read my interview with electronic-rock duo Cloth on their irresistibly intimate and inviting new record, which comes courtesy of Rock Action Records, the label run by fellow Glaswegians Mogwai.
The Unwinding Hours’ The Unwinding Hours: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Aereogramme, Mogwai, Silversun Pickups, the Delgados, the Unwinding Hours on 01/17/2010 by Kurt OrzeckIsis’ Aaron Turner In ’02: Oceanic Is ‘The Best Material We’ve Ever Written’
Posted in Interviews with tags Aaron Turner, Bad Wizard, Cable, Cast Iron Hike, Cave In, Dälek, Fugazi, Isis, Mike Patton, Mogwai, Neurosis, Scissorfight, Sonic Youth, the Cancer Conspiracy, Thrones, Tool on 01/08/2010 by Kurt OrzeckLast week saw the publish of a post drawing possible connections between what many consider to be Isis’ ultimate masterpiece, Oceanic, and one of the most important novels to come out of the 20th century, Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon.” Keeping the Oceanic momentum going, here’s an interview I conducted with the band in October 2002, just weeks after the album came out. Continue reading
Meet And Greet: Cougar
Posted in Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet with tags 65daysofstatic, Aphex Twin, Auetchre, Cougar, Four Tet, Fugazi, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, John McEntire, Mogwai, Slint, Tortoise on 01/03/2010 by Kurt OrzeckCougar want to be clear: In choosing their moniker, the last thing the Midwestern instrumentalists wanted was for people to think of older divorcées hunting for young men. Continue reading
Best Albums Of 2006
Posted in Lists with tags Aereogramme, In Flames, Isis, Mastodon, Mogwai, Muse, Silversun Pickups, Sonic Youth, Unearth, Yakuza on 12/30/2009 by Kurt Orzeck1. Silversun Pickups – Carnavas (Dangerbird)
2. Mastodon – Blood Mountain (Warner Bros.) Continue reading
















