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Posts by bgreen
Superstition
Future Of The Left
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467 days
OK, so I've had a 467 day hiatus from posting on Mog. Some may argue that the correct term is "abandoned", but I was just gathering more musical experiences to write about...honest.So what musical highlights did I have during these last 467 days? I can name a few:1. Yoyogi Park, between Shibuya and Harajuku in Tokyo, Japan. Every Sunday, loads of musicians and bands come out and busk in and ...
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Saul has Bellowed
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Mog-why?
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The Mogwai concert was a couple of nights ago, they were fantastic, as always. They played to a sold-out Metro Theatre on a cold Friday night in Sydney. I brought along a friend who had never really heard much of their stuff and so didn't know what to expect. Mogwai came on in matching Glasgow Celtic tracksuit tops!So yes, they had the whole full-on wall of sound thing happening, first song ...
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Country Case
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A noisy gremlin in the Mog
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What better way to start a Mog than on the subject of Mogwai, the post-rock punk metal Glaswegians. I've seen them live a couple of times, one time way back in their early days in Belfast, and more recently in Sydney. They play quietly a lot of the time, punctuated with bursts of bowel-emptying loud noise with enough volume to literally take your breath away and clean that deep lodged wax fr...
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March on
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Augie March are from Melbourne, Australia and are one of my favourites. While I don't like comparing artists to other artists, I can't help but mention that their vocalist has a very Jeff Buckley-esque sound. The music is quite complex and has baroque touches and some interesting arrangements. Great songwriting though - I'll be seeing them soon in Sydney for the first time, will be interesting
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