When Modest Mouse took the stage at Denver’s Mission Ballroom on Oct. 1, the crowd reflected the band’s multigenerational reach. Whether it was kids in their dad’s old band tees or the dads themselves ...

Pacific Northwest rockers Modest Mouse were quietly influential on the evolving sound of rock music even before 2004’s Good News for People Who Love Bad News, the breakthrough album that came about a ...

I first listened to Modest Mouse in 2008, in my family’s old, beat-up Acura that still had a cigarette lighter in it. My friend had burned me a couple CDs from the band’s discography, with the album ...

There’s a particular magic to a good concert — the thrill of an unforgettable live performance, the ambiance of an iconic venue like Hearst Greek Theatre and the comforting presence of strangers who, ...

Longtime indie rock bands Modest Mouse and The Flaming Lips teamed up to dazzle the Santa Barbara Bowl for their appropriately named, It’s Summertime 2025 tour. A picture perfect Friday night (Sept. 5 ...

With as many bands as the Seattle area has produced over the years, it’s somewhat surprising that none head a proper music festival of their own back home. It seemed like natural timing. With Modest ...

25 years after The Moon & Antarctica expanded indie rock’s horizon lines, Isaac Brock is still finding new ways to stretch the world of Modest Mouse—and it feels, as he tells me the moment we connect, ...

The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse both delivered topnotch sets during their co-headlining tour stop on Sunday (Sept. 7) at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. Yet, there was one specific moment that ...

It was one of those Los Angeles nights where the Greek Theatre felt more like a time machine than a venue. A warm September breeze drifted through the Hollywood Hills, and thousands of indie-rock ...

Here are three cool concerts worth checking out in September: Modest Mouse, Flaming Lips We don’t even know how many times we’ve seen Modest Mouse over the decades. It’s a lot — well over two dozen ...

Haboob be damned. Or, fuck a haboob. The storm sentiment is your choice. Either way, late-summer, Arizona-style weather didn’t stop Modest Mouse fans, including me, from heading downtown last night to ...