Mogwai Announce New Album & Tour

The last time Mogwai toured the Chicago date got cancelled so that better not happen again. Their 2008 album "The Hawk is Howling" was pretty good but I have high hopes for their follow-up simply because of it's name: "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will." It'd be hard to think of an awesomer name than that. These Scottish Post Rock veterans will be playing an insane amount of shows next year, 69 to be exact, so you have no excuse to miss this one. Unless they cancel it. Then you have an excuse. A good one too. 'Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will' is Mogwai's 7th album and it comes out February 14th on Rock Action Records and February 15 on Sub Pop Records here in the States. There will also be a Limited Edition version which includes a bonus CD featuring a 26 minute piece called ‘The Singing Mountain’ recorded for Douglas Gordon and Olaf Nicolai’s ‘Monument for Forgotten Future’ installation in Essen, Germany. Check the jump for tracklist and tour dates:


Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will:

01 White Noise
02 Mexican Grand Prix
03 Rano Pano
04 Death Rays
05 San Pedro
06 Letters to the Metro
07 George Square Thatcher Death Party
08 How to Be a Werewolf
09 Too Raging to Cheers
10 You're Lionel Richie

Mogwai Spring 2011 Tour:
01-26 Stirling, Scotland - Tolbooth
01-27 Paisley, Scotland - Paisley Town Hall
01-28 Perth, Scotland - Perth Theatre
01-29 Aberdeen, Scotland - The Lemon Tree
01-30 Glasgow, Scotland - Grand Ole Opry
02-02 Tokyo, Japan - TBA
02-13 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Mandela Hall
02-14 Galway, Ireland - The Live Lounge
02-15 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
02-17 Bournemouth, England - O2 Academy
02-18 Cardiff, Wales - Cardiff University
02-19 Bristol, England - O2 Academy
02-20 Leeds, England - O2 Academy
02-21 Edinburgh, Scotland - Picture House
02-23 Oxford, England - The Regal
02-24 Birmingham, England - Birmingham Institute
02-25 London, England - Brixton O2 Academy
02-26 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
02-27 Gateshead, England - The Sage
03-06 Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
03-07 Munich, Germany - Backstage
03-08 Vienna, Austria - WuK
03-09 Bologna, Italy - Estragon
03-10 Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
03-11 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
03-13 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
03-14 Cologne, Germany - Stollwerck
03-15 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
03-17 Paris, France - Trianon
03-18 Lille, France - Aeronef
03-19 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
03-20 Lyon, France - Transbordeur
03-21 Nice, France - Theatre Lino Ventura
03-22 Toulouse, France - Le Bikini
03-24 Bordeaux, France - Rockschool Barbey
03-25 Caen, France - BBC
03-26 Brussels, Belgium - AB
03-28 Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan
03-29 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
03-30 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
03-31 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
04-01 Gothenburg, Sweden - Tradgarn
04-02 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
04-03 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis
04-05 Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia
04-19 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04-20 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
04-21-22 New York, NY - Webster Hall
04-23 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
04-25 Montreal, Quebec - Olympia Theater
04-26 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
04-27 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
04-28 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
04-29 Chicago, IL - Metro
04-30 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
05-02 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
05-03 Salt Late City, UT - In the Venue
05-05 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
05-06 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
05-07 Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market
05-09 San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
05-10 Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theater
05-11 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
05-13 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
05-15 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
05-16 Austin, TX - Stubbs Waller Creek
05-17 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
05-19 Birmingham, AL - Workplay Theater
05-20 Atlanta, GA - Center Stage