It's a Mogwai Monday here in Austin. more ›

Photos courtesy Austinist contributing photographer Briana Purser more ›

So this business is going to be LOUD. Let's get that off our chests, and then we'll be able to talk about this show in nice, reasonable voices, like grown adults who aren't going to push each other down on the playground. You know, if that's even possible, given the fact that talking about Mogwai—Scotland's renowned post-rock trendsetters and masters of the indomitable loud-soft dynamic—almost begs a person to scream and shout and knock shit around. Toss in the possibility that they are the less torrential of the two acts on this bill, and you should probably consider earplugs and a flak jacket. But really, that's just how much fun you're going to have, because people on MoPac are going to be able to hear this night at Stubb's. more ›