Washington’s own alt-rockers, Modest Mouse, are returning to the Knitting Factory ahead of their new album release.

Since forming in Issaquah, Washington, in 1993, Modest Mouse has become one of the most successful and recognizable alternative-rock groups to come out to the Pacific Northwest. With its distinct ...

Modest Mouse is going to have a huge 2026, they hope. That includes a new album and a bunch of new tour dates.

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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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

In 2004, Modest Mouse released “Good News for People Who Like Bad News,” the album that propelled the alt-rock band from the indie underground into the mainstream. The group will be performing the ...

Modest Mouse should be one of your favorite alternative bands of the past few decades. Not all their songs are for everyone, and all might be for none, but if you understand the band, it's a gift.