Apr 24, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Modest Mouse have announced that they will be embarking on a brief tour at the end of June. More

Feb 06, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

In the latest episode of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein's hit sketch show Portlandia, St. Vincent's Annie Clark and Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock made a special appearance to help add some laughs. More

Oct 20, 2011 By Natasha Moningka

The Portland-based band, Modest Mouse, will be heading down south...and then even more down south. The band just released tour dates for Texas and Brazil. More

Jul 19, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Last week Under the Radar premiered an unreleased Ryan Adams song, "Shine Through the Dark," and now we're pleased to premiere a full stream of the album it's taken from —the 64-track charity compilation Live From Nowhere Near You: Volume Two, which is out today via Greyday Records. The album features rare and unreleased tracks from the likes of Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes (featuring Spoon's Britt Daniel), The Shins' James Mercer, Modest Mouse, Wilco, Daniel Johnston, The Helio Sequence, Blue Giant (featuring members of Sleater-Kinney, The Decemberists, and Viva Voce), and much more. More

Jun 27, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Isaac Brock has always been about change. Having already covered Buddy Holly, gotten his portrait displayed in city hall, and made waves with his day job, he’s now taking on the world of cinema.  More

Jun 20, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

The star-studded tribute, which arrives June 28, features 19 tracks of Buddy Holly's greatest hits. More

May 19, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Broken Social Scene recently tried their hand at Modest Mouse’s “The World at Large”—transforming the rocker into something a bit more sprawling. We have the video.  More

May 04, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Last week, we told you about Big Boi’s odd-couple paring with Modest Mouse. Today, Sir Lucious Left Foot himself shared more details about the project with MTV. More

Apr 28, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Modest Mouse, purveyors of odd and wonderful indie pop have teamed up with Big Boi—who makes odd and wonderful hip-hop.  More

Apr 28, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Paying tribute to Buddy Holly's influence, an all-star list of talent has been pulled together for an upcoming compilation entitled, Rave On Buddy Holly. More

Mar 23, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Modest Mouse is hitting the road for a brief tour. We have the dates.  More

Nov 29, 2010 By Lauren Barbato

Nick Diamonds of indie rock outfits Islands and Unicorns, Man Man's Honus Honus, and Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse fame have teamed up to form Mister Heavenly. The trio have just signed to Sub Pop, with an album due in 2011 and tour dates with Passion Pit in the works. More

Oct 20, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Long for the days of a less radio-friendly Modest Mouse? Now the band is giving you a chance to revisit their more experimental days with reissues of The Fruit That Ate Itself and Sad Happy Sucker.  More

Jun 04, 2010 By Laura Studarus

File this one under…well…huh? In a move that would make the gang at Parks and Recreation proud (Oh come on, you know Leslie Knope is a secret indie rocker), Portland, Oregon mayor Sam Adams has hung a portrait of Modest Mouse leadman Isaac Brock in his office. An oil portrait. Life-sized. Of Brock in lederhosen. With a boar. Say it with me…what?! We have the video of the unveiling. More

Jun 03, 2010 By John Everhart

The divisive and maddening lo-fi adventures of Wavves continue with the release of King of the Beach, due on Fat Possum August 3. It's said to be a marked departure for this notoriously homespun act, as they entered a professional studio to record the album, venturing to Sweet Tea Recording in Oxford, Mississippi for a three-month session helmed by Dennis Harring (Modest Mouse). We have the details. More

May 13, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Sad but true, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. Well, sad for us that is. Swamped with back issues—which I’m all sure we can agree is a good thing—Under the Radar is passing them on to you with a sale on selected issues. The question is, can you have too much of a good thing? We're offering two dollars off most available back issues! More

Apr 14, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Kings of the hot-weather anthem Modest Mouse (you're still humming "Float On," aren't you?) are taking to the road this summer for a string of dates beginning July 1st. We have the dates. More

Mar 17, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Modest Mouse's 2000 major-label debut, The Moon & Antarctica is one of our favorite records from the 2000s, and now it's getting a proper vinyl reissue for its 10th anniversary. It's been out of print on the format for quite awhile. Epic/Legacy are handling the reissue and the set is expected to drop April 17th for Record Store Day. More

Feb 05, 2010 By Michele Yamamoto

The details of this year's Pitchfork Music Festival are beginning to materialize. The first handful of confirmed artists includes Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Pavement, and St. Vincent. More

Aug 03, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

According to Pitchfork, a music video that was helmed by late thepsian Heath Ledger for Modest Mouse's song "King Rat" is set to premiere on Myspace Music tomorrow (August 4th). More

Jul 22, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Busy rockers Modest Mouse have announced an August 4th release of their newest EP No One’s First and You’re Next. Well, sorta newest EP. More

Jul 14, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

Our News Roundup briefly reports on various entertainment news stories that are circulating the web: Modest Mouse, Basement Jaxx, Mission of Burma, You Say Party! We Say Die! announce upcoming releases, San Diego's Comic-Con full schedule has been revealed and we've got highlights, lead parts cast for Thor and Green Lantern films, Grizzly Bear and Moby publicize tour plans. More