Features
Friday, December 24 2010
The Best 20 Re-Issues of 2010
The year's best re-issues are highlighted by a trio of rock gods in the Stones, Lennon and Bowie as well as a bona fide American jazz genius and a bevy seminal '70s and '80s British bands.
Reviews
Friday, November 19 2010
Modest Mouse: Sad Sappy Sucker / The Fruit That Ate Itself
Modest Mouse reissue Sad Sappy Sucker and The Fruit That Ate Itself, both works that give an interesting glimpse into the band's early days -- and one definitely worth the time to listen.
Wednesday, July 28 2010
Modest Mouse: 18 July 2010 - Knoxville, TN
Most of the crowd was so involved in the idea that they were seeing Modest Mouse live that they didn't seem to give much of a damn about the sound quality. They were in the palm of Brock's hand the whole night.
Friday, August 7 2009
Modest Mouse: No One's First and You're Next EP
Modest Mouse's new album of B-sides and outtakes feels in no way like a collection of castoffs.
Friday, December 14 2007
Modest Mouse: 16 November 2007 - Norman, OK
Yes, faithful friends, Isaac Brock is human, however much he strives to achieve the persona of a deft, but thoroughly imbibed, alien.
Wednesday, May 23 2007
Modest Mouse -- Part 3: We Still Have the Radio
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...
Blogs
Monday, February 28 2011
A Long Drive: Modest Mouse - “Styrofoam Boots / It’s All Nice on Ice, Alright”
The Lonesome Crowded West ends on a note of comfortable abandon, with Isaac Brock momentarily shrugging off his existential questions for a well-deserved drink.
Monday, February 21 2011
A Long Drive: Modest Mouse - “Bankrupt on Selling”
“Bankrupt on Selling” manages its melancholy with an expert hand, making it one of the most moving tracks on an album full of full-steam heartwrenchers.
Monday, February 14 2011
A Long Drive: Modest Mouse - "Polar Opposites"
On "Polar Opposites", Isaac Brock and Modest Mouse turn frustration into energy, anthemizing listlessness in a way that only the best of rock ’n roll music can do.
Monday, February 7 2011
A Long Drive: Modest Mouse - “Truckers Atlas”
If The Lonesome Crowded West is an album born of and fixated upon car culture, “Truckers Atlas” is the engine at the heart of it. Jack Kerouac, take a seat and learn something.
Monday, January 31 2011
A Long Drive: Modest Mouse - "Shit Luck"
"Shit Luck" swings with both fists right away, the most focused burst of aggression on an album full of it.
News
Thursday, December 6 2007
Modest Mouse is modestly happy
"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."
Wednesday, May 23 2007
Modest Mouse's gritty style intact after commercial hit
"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."
