I don’t know if this was from the actual night I was there, but I went to see Mogwai at the Astoria in 1999. It was the first night of the Brats tour. I had their records, and I was there with Tash and fellow emo kids, Mitch and Tom. I don’t think I was prepared for how good they would be live. It was awesome, transcendent. That night their quiet-loud-quiet-loud formula felt bigger. It was like a tide, sweeping the crowd helplessly along with it.