[DID NOT ATTEND: April 8, 2025] Mogwai / Ye Gods / Brainiac
There were four shows that I wanted to go to on this night. But this was my top choice.
I saw Mogwai and Ye Gods almost exactly 3 years ago at this same venue (April 6).
Mogwai were amazing. And I knew I’d want to see them again.
I liked the name Ye Gods, but my take away was
I wonder if it would have been more enjoyable from further back? If the sound was better back there. Or maybe seeing how the sausage was made was a little weird? Either way, it was fine and it was fun to see him as he made the sounds, but I felt like with a name like Ye Gods, it might have been a bit more fun.
Brainiac (3RA1N1AC) was the unknown quantity for me. I had heard of them but didn’t know much about them. I have since learned that they were a weird, electro-driven, frantically spastic, experimentally noisy art-punk band. They put out three albums and then disbanded after the sudden death of lead singer Tim Taylor in a car accident on May 23, 1997.
I’ve seen a few live clips. This one from KEXP is particularly good and it makes me really wish I had seen them. But my wife had just had surgery and I wasn’t going anywhere.
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