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Zidane coming to theaters & other MOGWAI news (MP3, tour)
by Black Bubblegum
DOWNLOAD: Mogwai - "The Sun Smells Too Loud" (MP3)
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, the film that Scotland's finest, Mogwai, soundtracked in 2006 will finally be released from October 24-30 in an "exclusive engagement" at both BAMcinématek in Brooklyn and Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan.
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is a visionary meditation on French soccer star Zinédine Zidane by internationally acclaimed visual artists Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno. Spectacular match footage of the midfielder--captured by 17 cameras supervised by cinematographer Darius Khondji during a Spanish Premier League game between Real Madrid and Villarreal on April 23, 2005--is transformed into an innovative film closer to visual art than sports documentary. The filmmakers set the athlete's reflections in text over 35mm, HD, and TV images, taken from various distances and perspectives, and blend stadium sound with a melancholy score by Scottish band Mogwai. The resulting 90-minute film (the length of a soccer game) is a rigorous experiment with cinematic space and time, and an arresting study of a sports icon.In case you don't know/don't remember, "sports icon" Zidane is the man who gave "footballer" Marco Materazzi a chest full of skull during the 2006 World Cup.
Mogwai released the soundtrack in 2006 with a couple tracks appearing on the (ugh) Miami Vice soundtrack. Don't let that deter you though... check out a few of those Mogwai tracks streaming at the Zidane website.
In other Mogwai news, the band is now on tour with Fuck Buttons, and will hit both both Terminal 5 (tickets still available) and ATP next week (tickets also available).
"The Sun Smells Too Loud", available for download above, is from Mogwai's upcoming record The Hawk is Howling (out Sept 22 on Matador). Check out the videos for "Batcat" & a trailer for a DVD which comes with the Limited Edition set of The Hawk Is Howling, as well as Hawk's cover art and track list (and all tour dates), below....
The Hawk Is Howling Track Listing:
01 "I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead""Scotland's Shame", my ass.
02 "Batcat"
03 "Daphne and the Brain"
04 "Local Authority"
05 "The Sun Smells Too Loud"
06 "Kings Meadow"
07 "I Love You, I'm Going to Blow Up Your School"
08 "Scotland's Shame"
09 "Thank You Space Expert"
10 "The Precipice"
Mogwai - "Batcat" Video
Batcat
Mogwai - Adelia, I Want To Love Trailer
Mogwai - Hawk Is Howling DVD trailer
Mogwai - 2008 Tour Dates
Sep 12 - Stubbs Waller Creek Austin, Texas
Sep 13 - Granada Theatre Dallas, Texas
Sep 15 - Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 16 - The National Richmond, Virginia
Sep 17 - 9:30 Club Washington, Washington DC
Sep 18 - Terminal 5 New York, New York
Sep 19 - Starlight Ballroom Philidelphia
Sep 21 - ATP - New York Catskills, New York
Sep 22 - Wilbur Theatre Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 23 - Metropolis Montreal, Quebec
Sep 24 - Phoenix Toronto, Ontario
Sep 25 - The Crofoot Pontiac
Sep 26 - Congress Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Sep 27 - First Avenue Minneapolis
Oct 21 - Corn Exchange Edinburgh, Scotland
Oct 23 - Manchester Academy Manchester
Oct 24 - Hammersmith Apollo London, London and South East
Oct 27 - Rockhal Luxembourg
Oct 28 - Casino de Paris Paris
Oct 29 - Live Music Hall Koln
Oct 30 - Melkweg Amsterdam
Nov 1 - Oosterpoort Groningen
Nov 2 - Vega Copenhagen
Nov 3 - Mejeriet Lund
Nov 4 - Cirkus Stockholm
Nov 6 - Huxleys Berlin
Nov 8 - Grosse Freiheit Hamburg
Nov 10 - Mousonturm Frankfurt
Nov 11 - Alter Schlachthof Dresden
Nov 12 - Backstage-Werk Munich
Nov 13 - Club Aquarius Zagreb
Nov 14 - Wuk Vienna
Nov 17 - Fri Son Fribourg
Nov 18 - Rote Febrik Zurich
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Comments (18)
Don't "ugh" Miami Vice.
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 2:23 PM
huge...ive been waiting to see this for over a year.
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 2:27 PM
(tickets still available) ?
what is everyone waiting for!?
Posted by butternuts | September 12, 2008 2:45 PM
Thanks for the Cup, Zizou! Forza Italia!
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 3:06 PM
greaseballs.
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 3:19 PM
It's amazing how a split second head-butt on Materazzi changed his whole reputation. Sad.
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 3:27 PM
Cool movie, especially when screened on two screens with simultaneous footage from different cameras. Unfortunately, the match itself is pretty uneventful, lot of footage of Zizou strolling around, though he does set up a goal with a beautiful assist where he truly embodies the legendary skill and grace his name has come to evoke. There's a corny halftime montage, an attempt at poignancy where it cuts to footage of scenes filmed around the (third) world at the same time the match is being played -- this part achieves about all the profundity of Van Halen's "Right Now" video. Allez les Blues!
Posted by TenOunceBourbon | September 12, 2008 3:34 PM
Why is there a bald eagle on the cover of an album titled "The Hawk Is Howling"?
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 3:42 PM
i just saw them play here in LA on the 9th... what a beautiful show
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 4:24 PM
Saw this in Boston last year at the ICA. Was really beautiful, but I was up all night before and fell asleep for a minute.
Moral of the story: Definitely check it out but sure you've had a good night's rest.
Posted by TTFMD | September 12, 2008 4:36 PM
Is there a Mogwai on the Department of Eagles cover?
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 4:45 PM
I really like that new song, can't wait to see them in two weeks
Posted by Anonymous | September 12, 2008 10:13 PM
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Hi Black / Brooklyn Vegan,
On behalf of Wall of Sound / PIAS, Matador Records and Mogwai, many thanks for plugging “The Hawk is Howling” (release date 21st September) ...if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, preview tracks, then full-length versions of “The Sun Smells Too Loud” and other, exclusive previews are available for fans and bloggers to post / host / share etc in the run-up to release at http://www.matadorrecords.com/mogwai/music.html ... .. do also check-out www.mogwai.co.uk and www.myspace.com/mogwai for news and info on the new album and the band’s 2008 shows.
Thanks again for your plug.
Regards,
WEB SHERIFF
Posted by WEB SHERIFF | September 13, 2008 4:20 AM
Zidane can go fuck himself. Forza Azzurri!!
Posted by Anonymous | September 13, 2008 9:47 AM
That's MISTER BUBBLEGUM to you, Webby.
Posted by Anonymous | September 13, 2008 11:02 AM
"It's amazing how a split second head-butt on Materazzi changed his whole reputation. Sad."
not really. he's now viewed more in a human stature. he's flawed just like the next man. he's become a celebrated anti-hero in france.
Posted by Anonymous | September 13, 2008 6:55 PM
Web Sheriff,
You can eat my shorts. Why don't you get out of your mom's basement at least once a week and get some air? Maybe when you go back you will notice the putrid smell of your body as well. Seriously - get a life you little dinkleberry. Music belongs to the people.
Posted by No We Can't | September 18, 2008 5:09 PM
It isn't as if that red card in the 2006 World Cup final was his first red card or anything. It was just the most notorious. I am still pissed about it but at least I still have my job thanks to Zidane getting me to the final.
Posted by Rayond Domenech | September 19, 2008 12:10 PM