Mogwai Tickets

Mogwai is my favorite band of all time! They absolutely killed it! Best Band in the world hands down!! Thank you for coming to Texas MOGWAI!!! Come back soon please!!

Mogwai was a bucket-list show for me. I'd never seen them live before even though I've been a fan since '04. They don't come through Dallas very often and I missed them in 2019. I've seen a lot of concerts and shows over the last 50 years and Mogwai's show on May 4th was the most intense music event I've ever seen. Nothing but raw power. The venue was small (that's a plus) and the sound system was incredible. It was very LOUD (loudest show ever) but no distortion. I didn't really appreciate how powerful their music was until it scattered and recombined my molecules. The band was tight and organized and put on a fantastic show for the fans here in Dallas.

Had a perfect evening at Echo Lounge seeing Mogwai with good friends. Was right up front. Not too crowded, respectful crowd, sound was great, bartenders were nice, acts started on time, background music volume before opener allowed us to actually talk to each other. Zero complaints.

If Post Rock is your shtick, than last evening's performance of GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPORER at the Phoenix 'Crescent Ballroom', would have scratched a big itch. This small and intimate venue is well known to me, but the 9-member Canadian band had only come to my attention via YouTube magnificence – and so, too, the experimental guitar opening act, MAT BALL. Paraphrasing his website - Mat Ball holds the head of his guitar up against an amplifier as he picks a melancholy tune. The sound that emerges is guttural: A mighty buzz swarms up and creates a cloud around every pluck of the strings. At another point, the Montreal-based musician places his instrument’s head perpendicular to the floor, dragging it across the ground to make the sound wobble. He uses these techniques as ways of shaping the feedback from sustained guitar tones as it grows and changes. In the front of the line to get into the auditorium, I felt a tap on my arm which was from a young man who asked if he'd seen me some evenings before at the MOGWAI gig at the Van Buren. The Phoenix music scene is certainly wonderfully eclectic. All dedicated early birds like myself have unfettered access to the very front of the small stage – the visual aspect of the strategically laid out instruments forming a tranquil prologue. GY!BE, as they are also known, show themselves to be masters in the aforementioned technique, their undulating cascade of guitars, bass, violin, cello and drums crashing into one focal point towards a similar cognizance as would the paintings of Rothko and Newman – their massive dimensions allowing a total immersion into a universe that has no end. Sophie Trudeau's Violin opening, accompanied by another member on the cello very soon ascended into an interesting addition when the cellist added new dimensions to the drummer's cymbals with his bow, so, too, the careful use of two guitarists' screwdrivers' metal shaft and ribbed handles to bend the rich variation of tones. And before we knew, it was all over – the 90+ visceral minutes sadly offering no encore. Although loud, I eschewed the use of my earplugs for the maximum effect this music had on me – and all others. Closing my eyes and allowing my body to completely absorb the heavy billowing surges and waves of sound, my burgeoning thoughts for new paintings were busy being born. ps - I greatly appreciated the fact that you could print out your e-ticket instead of it having been sent to the irretrievable depths of your phone.

Really enjoyed seeing Mogwai (one of my favorite bands) at the newer Bellwether. It was my first time to this venue and the staff was friendly and the sound system seemed very modern with a lower ceiling that trapped the sound. The venue had food and drink options and a patio

The Varsity Theater was a unique venue! Older building but updated. The music was outstanding, starting with the opener Papa M. The only thing I would change would be the advertising. No mention of an opener. Also, the time listed should have said "Doors open at 7, music starts at 8". It only said 7 p.m.

Zero stars, spent over a hour trying to find parking, first time having this problem. Even looking blocks away to walk to destination wasn't happening.

Great show, love the venue, the sound could have been a bit better.

I really enjoy the music of Mogwai and have done so for many years. I was an early adopter though, admittedly, wasn't a deep-dive-level completist. So I had a couple of early CDs, was always glad to hear them on soundtracks or 6Music from which I Shazam relentlessly but likely couldn't link specific pieces with the right (and usually amazing) title if pressed. I'd heard that the full sonic-assault was their thing live and was prepared for a kind of Swans or Glenn Branca kind of experience. Indeed, it was freaking loud so after a few songs close to the columns, we moved back a bit and I opted for earplugs (thanks for providing, History - which, BTW, was the perfect venue for this show). So I had both the pure and the (barely) protected experience. But the truth is that: a) the sonic assault style leaves little room to manoeuvre in terms of dynamics. You start a bit quiet, you go super loud, and then maybe you trail off quietly at the end. Do that a bunch of times in a row and it gets a bit.... boring; b) usually, drums get soundchecked first. You want to dial that full range in as the bedrock of everything. I presume they did that and Martin Bulloch is an amazing drummer to watch. But, honestly, except for in the quiet moments when you could hear the full sonic range of the drums, all you got was kick, the faint hiss and crash of cymbals and an amorphous rat-a-tat from everything else. Toms indistinguishable from other toms or snares – all quite dead-sounding. They're just no match for everything else coming out of the columns. And that experience was the same both with and without the earplugs. Glenn Branca was just 18 guitars turned to 15 and no drums so it was a kind of thrilling endurance test with only the guitar range to contend with; c) apart from a couple of vocoder vocal appearances, there's little for the arc of a "performance"to hang its hat on other than dynamics (unlike, say, Swans). So, again, a bit boring after a while. I will continue to enjoy the recorded music of Mogwai and consider myself a fan, but I'm not sure I need to see them live again.

I have not been to a Mogwai concert in over 10 to 15 years, but they have THE loudest sets, spot on EQ and they let this music take you to where you need to go. Totally worth it. If someone said that Mogwai were the stars, I would not object.