Sometimes a band is just better live. That was the case for Modest Mouse, an indie rock outfit best known for their 2004 hit “Float On,” which topped the Billboard Alternative Airplay charts and was ...

Bands like Modest Mouse aren’t supposed to have lingering hits that captivate the nation. Bands like Modest Mouse play music that’s a bit too prickly for mass consumption while still cultivating a ...

The evocative and often inscrutable music of Modest Mouse doesn’t exactly scream “cruise ship,” but that will change early next year when the Isaac Brock-led band hosts the first edition of the ...

Modest Mouse fans are used to waiting. The band, led by vocalist and guitarist Isaac Brock, helped define the sound of Pacific Northwest indie rock—the group formed in Issaquah, Wash., and is now ...

Everyone knows Modest Mouse for “Float On,” and rightfully so: that song is an absolute heater. There’s a reason that hit songs become hit songs, and Modest Mouse’s early brand – a variety of the ...

Over the past 20 years or so, Modest Mouse has come out with some unforgettable, inimitable tunes. Distinguished through its lead singer Isaac Brock's aggressive voice and an arsenal of odd ...

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Float Fest huh? So how does it work? Do you float the river while listening to music? No. Those two activities happen separately. You float the river in the morning or afternoon, then when you’re done ...

An indie rock band played its first concert in 24 years over the weekend.

There’s something about one century concluding and another beginning that makes artists feel extra ambitious. As the end of the ’90s loomed, it became de rigueur for forward-thinking indie and ...

The last time I saw Modest Mouse perform, I walked away feeling frustrated and bitter. About seven weeks after the Tax Day floods — which killed some Houstonians and caused flooding in tens of ...