Episode sixteen: Stuart Braithwaite, Mogwai

I love Mogwai, so it was a pleasure to speak to Stuart Braithwaite for this sometimes feisty (hey, I was a teenage Blur fan!), often illuminating episode of my music podcast. I did intend to ask the Mogwai guitarist and sometimes singer about the bands lucious tenth album, As The Love Continues, which was released in February this year, topped the UK album charts, and, earlier this month, saw the band in contention for the Mercury Prize. That conversation didn’t happen, but an interesting one – one by two fanzine-loving-DIY-punk-indie rock-fans of an age, confused about where the world they grew up in went to – played out instead. I’m sure we’ll reconvene at some point for part two!

A quick note on this episode. It’s not the greatest audio. I’ve worked really hard to tidy things up the best I can and I can only think that there were gremlins at play during my conversation with Stuart. But hey, stick with us because there’s some good stuff in here.

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