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Mogwai are a loud band. The Scottish noisemakers will probably make you forget about last year's middling The Hawk Is Howling-- and pretty much everything else, for that matter-- when they turn the knobs way past 11 on a U.S. tour starting in April. The Twilight Sad will open some dates. Until then, they're making their way through Europe and Australia. If listening to your iPod for hours a day will leave you deaf in a matter of a few years, going to any one of these shows will leave you soundless in a matter of a few hours, maybe. So make those hours count:

Mogwai:

02-20 Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205
02-21 Thessaloniki, Greece - Mylos
03-03 Brisbane, Australia - The Tivoli
03-04 Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre
03-05 Melbourne, Australia - The Forum Theatre
03-07 Meredith, Australia - Golden Plains Festival
03-08 Perth, Australia - Beck's Music Box
03-20 Dublin, Ireland - Dublin Academy
03-21 Dublin, Ireland - Dublin Academy
03-22 Dublin, Ireland - Dublin Academy
04-20 Houston, TX - Numbers %
04-21 New Orleans, LA - Republic %
04-22 Birmingham, AL - Workplay Theatre %
04-23 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel %
04-24 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle %
04-25 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero %
04-27 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg %
04-28 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg %
04-29 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg %
05-01 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre %
05-02 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street %
05-03 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis %
05-04 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix %
05-05 Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall %
05-06 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom %
05-08 Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre %
05-09 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
05-10 Minneapolis, MN- First Avenue
05-11 Omaha, NE - The Slowdown
05-12 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
05-13 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
05-15 San Diego, CA - Belly Up Tavern
05-16 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre

% with the Twilight Sad