Mogwai

As befits their wide-screen nature the six-piece Glaswegian outfit won't be doing things by halves either, taking in a two-night stand at Perth International Arts Festival (with special guest: Dinosaur J frontman J Mascis), a headline spot at Adelaide Festival's Thebarton Theatre, debut performances at both the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall and Melbourne's famed Hamer Hall, a return slot at the Tivoli in Brisbane PLUS the band's first ever visit to New Zealand - how's that for stamping your authority! Almost 20 years since their inception Mogwai have carved out a niche entirely their own - often copied but never bettered - that has seen the band release eight (largely) instrumental and hugely influential studio albums (including this years UK top ten debut Rave Tapes), live albums, compilations, film soundtracks (including Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait and The Fountain) while most recently Mogwai were commissioned to provide the score for SBS TV series The Returned a/k/a Les Revenant.