
Artist
Mogwai
Mogwai is a post-rock artist from Glasgow, Scotland formed in 1996. 54 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Post-Rock · Glasgow, Scotland · Best post-rock albums
- 54
- Releases
- 1997–2025
- Active years
- 1996
- Formed

Artist
Mogwai is a post-rock artist from Glasgow, Scotland formed in 1996. 54 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Post-Rock · Glasgow, Scotland · Best post-rock albums

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Rave Tapes
2014

As the Love Continues
2021

Every Country's Sun
2017

The Hawk Is Howling
2008

Atomic
2016

Mr. Beast
2006

Happy Songs for Happy People
2003

Rock Action
2001

Come On Die Young
1999

The Bad Fire
2024

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (Soundtrack)
2025

Mogwai Young Team (Remastered)
2023

Black Bird (Season 1)
2022

ZEROZEROZERO
2020

KIN
2018

Before the Flood (Music from the Motion Picture)
2016

Central Belters
2015

Les Revenants Soundtrack
2013

A Wrenched Virile Lore
2012

Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will (Music for a Forgotten Future)
2011
Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will
2011

Special Moves Bonus Tracks
2010

Special Moves
2010

Government Commissions (BBC Sessions 1996-2003)
2005

Ten Rapid
1997
Young Team
1997
Ten Rapid: Collected Recordings 1996-1997
1997

Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1.
EP · 2014

Les Revenants
EP · 2013

Fanzine Made Of Flesh
Single · 2025

Lion Rumpus
Single · 2024

God Gets You Back
Single · 2024

Boltfor
Single · 2022

Take Sides
Single · 2021

The Reach
Single · 2021

Ritchie Sacramento
Single · 2021

Dry Fantasy
Single · 2020

Donuts
Single · 2018

We're Not Done (End Title)
Single · 2018

Coolverine
Single · 2017

Eternal Panther
Single · 2017

Party in the Dark
Single · 2017

Ether
Single · 2016

Mexican Grand Prix
Single · 2011

Earth Division
EP · 2011

San Pedro
Single · 2011

Rano Pano
Single · 2011

Bat Cat
Single · 2008

Miami Vice Tracks
Single · 2006

Glasgow Mega Snake
Single · 2006

Travel Is Dangerous
EP · 2006

Friend of the Night
Single · 2006

Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait, an Original Soundtrack by Mogwai
Single · 2006

My Father My King
EP · 2001
Mogwai were formed in Glasgow in 1995 by Stuart Braithwaite and Dominic Aitchison, who had known each other since 1991, along with childhood friend Martin Bulloch on drums. The name is taken from the creatures in the film Gremlins — Braithwaite has admitted it means nothing in particular, and that they always intended to find a better one but never got around to it. After a string of singles that quickly caught the attention of the British music press, debut album Mogwai Young Team arrived in 1997 — a record that landed like a bomb in the post-rock landscape and is still regarded as a milestone in the genre. With Barry Burns on guitar, piano and synth from second album Come On Die Young (1999), the classic line-up was in place. Eleven studio albums later — from Rock Action (2001) and Mr Beast (2006) to As the Love Continues, which in 2021 reached number one on the UK Albums Chart — Mogwai are one of the most influential and enduring bands in modern instrumental rock. They have also composed music for film and television, including the soundtrack to the French series Les Revenants and the documentary Atomic. The music operates in the space between the barely audible and the deafeni…