Modest Mouse is an easy band to take for granted. Emerging from the Pacific Northwest twenty years ago, it’s perhaps tempting to consider them just another “indie rock” band buoyed by Nirvana’s lucky break. Like Yo La Tengo, Modest Mouse almost immediately transcended such a pejorative tag, plotting a cour...

The Polish fest will be headlined by Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys and Queens Of The Stone Age

Modest Mouse have been at work on a new album for what feels like forever, and it’s been a while since we’ve heard any news about it. But this past weekend, the band played California’s Frost Revival festival and debuted a ramshackle bounce of a new song called “Heart Of Mine.” Watch a fan-made v...

Modest Mouse have lined up a number of live dates in North American in June

Metallica drummer and top Dane Lars Ulrich has spoken about the band’s controversial new festival, which features the likes of Arctic Monkeys, The Gaslight Anthem and Modest Mouse. (more…)