Mogwai live in Kuala Lumpur

Mon, 26/01/09 - 09:08AM | Filed in blog by chris | Views: 561 | Comments: 12

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Mogwai's first ever Malaysian concert last Wednesday (21 January) was a blast. No, seriously. It literally was a BLAST. As in "Mummy, where can I buy new ear drums?" kinda blast. The 1,200-odd people present were subject to a guitar-grunting wall of sound from these five Scots that could probably withstand 12 plasma cannons being fired at it.

Mogwai and crowd

For gig-deprived Malaysians who endured hours of congested traffic and dinosaur-sized rain to get to the venue, being sonically assaulted was the least we could ask for. A select few purists might gripe over the fact that the set was heavy on material from the band's weaker recent albums or that classics like 'Cody' and 'Ex-Cowboy' were skipped (the band played both songs two days later in Singapore). Others might whine over the band's general lack of melodic catchiness or the fact that crowd interaction rarely went beyond Stuart Braithwaite saying "Thank you very much" every few songs.

mogwai queue

But heck, this kind of stuff is for steroids on steroids. Some of the new piano-centric stuff actually translated very well live, particularly 'Thank You Space Expert'. There was also 'Christmas Steps'. Oh, and 'Helicon Pt 1', which is the soundtrack to heaven's gates. And suddenly, going to bed with ringing ears sounds like a very worthwhile proposition indeed.

winners

Special props go to Tuborg for sponsoring the event and for giving three contest winners Denvin, Bob and Ben the chance to meet Mogwai in person. Additional kudos to Soundscape Records for organising the event.

Mogwai set list:
1. The Precipice
2. Scotland's Shame
3. Friend Of The Night
4. I Love You, I'm Going To Blow Up Your School
5. Hunted By A Freak
6. Mogwai Fear Satan
7. I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead
8. Christmas Steps
9. I Know You Are But What Am I?
10. Thank You Space Expert
11. Helicon Pt 1
12. 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong

Encore:
13. Like Herod
14. Batcat

For those of you who went for the Singapore gig, tell us how it went!

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12 comments
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latest t-shirt mogwai at rupert rage...
contact: shukor mola(013-8248996)

Posted by shukor mola on 16 February
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i didnt get me ears ringing
its not loud enough...jk

Posted by asukirik on 01 February
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hey lookie. i can see myself in the shot of the crowd. heh.
http://smalltimetraveller.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/playing-devils-advocate-with-mogwai/

Posted by Celeste on 27 January
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Johan said
we didn't get Cody and Ex-Cowboy but Singapore didn't get Xmas Steps and Fear Satan.. fair enough :P

we did get those the first time round... peace

Posted by monotone on 27 January
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heard from the organiser that the band want to avoid the hefty custom tax imposed on their merch items, arrgh.. that sucks!

Posted by cody on 27 January
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to scottish guitar armies: thank you very much (pls read as stuart accent) for sending my ears into indefinite ringin'

Posted by posrok.pah.ceroh on 26 January
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we didn't get Cody and Ex-Cowboy but Singapore didn't get Xmas Steps and Fear Satan.. fair enough :P

Posted by Johan on 26 January
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and Tuborg doesnt count as merch :P

Posted by Johan on 26 January
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why wasn't there any merch on sale???

Posted by Johan on 26 January
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They were fantastic! it would be much sweeter if i could buy an official shirt to remember the gig by!

Posted by DeadStar on 26 January

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