Mogwai

Music is great therapy. It eases stress, helps to allay fears, and combats boredom all at once—and during these unsure times, every little helps. While there is no perfect formula for a playlist to soothe the lockdown anxiety that the…

The NO ENCORE crew summon Daithi from the subs bench for a typically raucous episode that tackles ALL aspects of the past seven days or so in the music world. Were you at Electric Picnic 2017? Us neither, but we have a review... ACT…

Look, it happens. The bad news is that this episode of NO ENCORE finds that Craig's tones are less dulcet than usual. The good news is that you can still hear him, but yeah, technical difficulties tried to scupper the gang BUT TO NO AVAIL.…

Happy Twin Peaks day, everyone! Er, that is if you're listening to this on the Monday. If not, fear not, for the NO ENCORE wrecking crew kick this edition off with some thoughts on the cult phenomenon. Talk soon moves to the sad passing of…

Welcome to THE PLAYLIST, where we pick a theme and, er, make a playlist around it. Sometimes you might get an essay, other times you might get just one sentence as a precursor to the laser-focused audio delights that await below.…

Minor Victories Minor Victories It has to be said, the 'supergroup' is surely one the most underwhelming concepts in all of popular music. More often than not, the term proves to an ironic oxymoron, more self-serving than super. The…

It’s hard to believe that Mogwai have been on the go for the guts of 20 years. Having formed in 1995 and they released their first album Mogwai Young Team in 1997 amid the hype and glory of the all conquering brit-pop. But the Glasgow…