Modest Mouse: No One’s First and You’re Next EP

By Joshua O'Neill

Modest Mouse's new album of B-sides and outtakes feels in no way like a collection of castoffs. [7 August 2009]

Modest Mouse

By William Carl Ferleman

Yes, faithful friends, Isaac Brock is human, however much he strives to achieve the persona of a deft, but thoroughly imbibed, alien. [14 December 2007]

Modest Mouse—Part 3: We Still Have the Radio

By Ryan S. Henriquez

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... [23 May 2007]

Modest Mouse—Part 2: Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine

By Ryan S. Henriquez

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. [22 May 2007]

Modest Mouse—Part 1: I miss you when you’re around

By Brian Bartels

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. [21 May 2007]

Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

By Michael Franco

Having attained mainstream success -- and arguably the world's most coveted guitarist -- Modest Mouse are back. Surprisingly, they sound like neither event ever happened. [29 March 2007]

Modest Mouse

By Brian Bartels

What happens when people who love bad news get it? [22 December 2006]

Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News

By Emily Sogn

Modest Mouse: Sad Sappy Sucker

By Jeremy Hart

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 Antarctica

By Andrew Johnson

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.

Mixed Media: Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (video collection)

Mixed Media: Modest Mouse - “Satellite Skin” (video)

Modest Mouse is modestly happy [6 December 2007]

"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."

Modest Mouse’s gritty style intact after commercial hit [23 May 2007]