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”
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”
“Scotland’s Shame”, my ass.
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
