Tom Dunne: Mogwai and magic memories of a misspent youth in Glasgow

A chat with Stuart Braithwaite revealed he's writing an autobiography. It might even contain the secret of why so many great bands came out of that Glasgow scene

Stuart Braithwaite, centre, with the other members of Mogwai.

Fri, 06 May, 2022 - 08:30

Tom Dunne

Tom Dunne is a music-lover extraordinaire who, as well as presenting radio and TV shows, can also be seen in the wild as the lead singer with Something Happens.

“I haven’t spoken about this at all yet. This is an exclusive.” The words of Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite twelve hours before the deadline for this article. I won’t lie, I had been struggling with another idea. “Okay Stuart,” I said, blessing myself, “tell me everything.”

We were ostensibly talking about Mogwai’s upcoming appearance at the Body and Soul festival, June 17-19 at Ballinlough Castle, Co Meath. That is one superbly and lovingly curated festival which this year will also feature Roisin Murphy, CMAT, Yves Tumor, Pillow Queens and more.