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Articles tagged "modest mouse"Mixed MediaModest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (video collection)by Tyler Gould[23.Nov.09] :. Twelve years ago this week: future platinum-selling Modest Mouse released their second full-length album, The Lonesome Crowded West, one of the best albums of the ‘90s. It was a... Mixed MediaModest Mouse - “Whale Song” (video)by Tyler Gould[8.Oct.09] :. “Whale Song” comes from the odds-and-ends collection, No One’s First and You’re Next and proves that Modest Mouse throws away songs most bands would sell their soul to...  Events ReviewModest Mouseby William Carl Ferleman[14.Dec.07] :. Yes, faithful friends, Isaac Brock is human, however much he strives to achieve the persona of a deft, but thoroughly imbibed, alien.  NewsModest Mouse is modestly happyby Brian McCollum [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][6.Dec.07] :. "It's not fair to a record to go in married to one idea," he says. "You've got to keep it a little loose in case things want to develop in a different direction."  Events ReviewModest Mouse—Part 3: We Still Have the Radioby Ryan S. Henriquez[23.May.07] :. In the final installment of PopMatters' immodest Mouse debate, Ryan S. Henriquez gets down to brass tacks, using a recent live show to examine the Good News and see if the ship's really sunk... Modest Mouse’s gritty style intact after commercial hitby Shay Quillen [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)][23.May.07] :. "It's the most family-like this whole band's felt since it was just a three-piece when we were younger," Brock says. "I think the whole band is a lot more comfortable right now." Modest Mouse—Part 2: Teeth Like God’s Shoeshineby Ryan S. Henriquez[22.May.07] :. In section two of PopMatters' internal battle royale for critical supremacy, the gloves come off and the great debate begins... with a pox for foul-weather friends. Modest Mouse—Part 1: I miss you when you’re aroundby Brian Bartels[21.May.07] :. In section one of a three-part series chronicling recent chart topper Modest Mouse's rise and the fallout from their newfound flirtation with fame and fortune, PopMatters reexamines a pre-breakthrough concert bummer. Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sankby Michael Franco[29.Mar.07] :. Having attained mainstream success -- and arguably the world's most coveted guitarist -- Modest Mouse are back. Surprisingly, they sound like neither event ever happened. Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad Newsby Emily Sogn[23.Apr.04] :. Modest Mouse are one of those rare bands whose fragile but spirited music constantly seems to teeter precariously between brilliance and catastrophe. Since their inception in 1993 the trio has... Modest Mouse: Sad Sappy Suckerby Jeremy Hart[24.Apr.01] :. Taken on its own merits, Sad Sappy Sucker is pretty good, but the out-and-out strangeness of it all and the fact that it doesn’t hold together as a real album may throw off the uninitiated. Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antarcticaby Andrew Johnson[13.Jun.00] :. The scenario here is a familiar one. Guitar, bass, drums trio Modest Mouse, heroes of the indie scene and its self-appointed rock intelligentsia have signed with a major and everyone is mighty concerned that the band will turn sell-out and leave the kids sad and alone. |
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