Let’s be honest. You’re itching for a new Modest Mouse album. They haven’t released a full-length studio album since 2007’s We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank with the last piece of music being released in 2009’s No One’s First and You’re Next EP. But, your answers and prayers may be answered come next […]
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Modest Mouse Are Reissuing Their First Two Albums
September 3rd, 2014 
Tyler Hanan Modest Mouse have finally announced the release of an album – actually, two albums. Neither is the one they’ve been working on for a few years, though. They are reissues of the first two full-lengths, This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About and The Lonesome Crowded West. This move is […]
Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew to Tour with Modest Mouse, J Mascis, Belle and Sebastian, Thurston Moore
July 22nd, 2014 Nina Corcoran Broken Social Scene‘s founding member Kevin Drew released a new solo album this year titled Darlings on Arts & Crafts. In support of the album, he has announced a North American tour that features Drew playing with a slew of all-stars: Belle and Sebastian, Modest Mouse, J Mascis, and Thurston Moore. Talk about a good line-up. Check out the full […]
Modest Mouse Announce 2014 North American Tour Dates
June 3rd, 2014 James Shotwell Fans may still be waiting on news regarding a proper follow-up to 2007’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, but earlier today UTG learned that those who believe in the musical power of Modest Mouse will have a chance to see the group live later this year. According to a press release sent […]
Brand New and Modest Mouse Announce MASSIVE One-Night-Only Stadium Show In Queens
April 29th, 2014 James Shotwell Hold on to your butts, fans of indie rock laced with emo tendencies. The end of summer just got awesome. Brand New and Modest Mouse have announced a one-night-only stadium performance at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, NY for August 9, 2014. The venue is one of the largest either artist has ever headlined, […]
Watch Brand New Cover Coldplay and Modest Mouse
April 15th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Brand New have done their fair share of covers over time, often showing a lot of love for Neutral Milk Hotel way back when. A few days ago, though, the band played a show at the London Troxy and mixed up “The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot” with a little bit of Coldplay and […]
Modest Mouse Announce US Tour Dates
March 11th, 2014 Tyler Hanan Modest Mouse has reemerged, announcing several US tour dates in May. It has been seven long years since the release of Modest Mouse’s most recent full-length, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Signs of relief started popping up last year, though. Rough audio and video started popping up from Modest Mouse sets at various […]
Shaky Knees Music Festival Will Feature The National, Modest Mouse, and More
February 6th, 2014 Kyle Florence In the coming months, the shifting seasons will yield warmer temperatures, which will in turn signal the arrival of a most joyous time of year for all music lovers: festival season. This coming Spring, it seems like Atlanta, GA will the place to be, as it will play host to the second annual Shaky Knees […]
Brand New, Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse Headlining Boston Calling
January 27th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Last year Boston threw its first big music festival in quite some time — and they saw it pay off. Boston Calling Music Festival put on a two-day festival in May and September, both of which sold out, allowing them to bump their third installment (May 23 – 25, 2014) to three days. Tonight they hid […]
Cage The Elephant’s ‘Melophobia’ Influenced By Modest Mouse
October 15th, 2013 Rebecca Docter In a recent interview with Fuse, members of Cage The Elephant revealed that they have Modest Mouse to thank for the band’s newest release, Melophobia. After years of touring in support of previous releases Cage The Elephant and Thank You, Happy Birthday, the band feared writing music that “catered to be perceived as artistic, poetic, cool, commercial or anything […]
WATCH: One Hundred Year Ocean Perform Set As Modest Mouse
June 13th, 2013 Dan Bogosian I wish more bands did things like this for Halloween. Phish is known to “be” other bands for Halloween, putting on what they call “musical costumes” and performing entire sets as a different band. That idea has spread to the New England indie scene, with The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No […]
Modest Mouse Finishing New Album, Cancel Tour
June 6th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Here’s some good news and some good news for people who love bad news. The bad news is if you’re a Modest Mouse fan from Europe, the tour is cancelled and you won’t be seeing them very soon. The good news is, they cancelled it to finish work on their newest album, which would be […]