Isaac Brock has been a father for nearly two decades now, but he has never sounded more like a dad. Behold the Modest Mouse mastermind at the outset of new album The Golden Casket — the band’s first in six years — declaring, in a stark contrast to his hallucinatory past, “Fuck your acid trip, I need to get...

Modest Mouse were always a hit-or-miss live act, but judging by the performance that the band gave on The Tonight Show last night, it sure looks like they’ve got their shit together. That’s good news, whether or not it’s for people who love bad news. Modest Mouse have a lot of live shows coming up, and they seem int...

A week from today, indie rock all-stars Modest Mouse will return with The Golden Casket, their first new album in six years. Modest Mouse recorded the LP in Los Angeles and Portland with producers Dave Sardy and Jacknife Lee, and the early singles “We Are Between” and “Leave A Light On” are big and bright ...

Last fall, the great Baltimore art-pop band Future Islands released their album As Long As You Are. Since then, they’v also covered Tina Turner and Colourbox. Right now, Future Islands are gearing up for a massive international tour, including a bunch of fall dates with Modest Mouse. And today, they’ve dropped an extremely co...

Earlier this month Modest Mouse announced their first album in six years, The Golden Casket, and shared its lead single “We Are Between.” It was a very good Modest Mouse song, and so is the album’s second single. Out today, “Leave A Light On” is sort of like Isaac Brock’s answer to Wilc...