Reuters - Feb 5, 2010
Pitchfork Music Festival, the three-day music event in Chicago organized and curated by the indie-centric website of the same name, has announced Pavement, Modest Mouse and LCD Soundsystem as headliners...
More »AP - Aug 4, 2009
Heath Ledger s latest directorial work has been released. The music video Ledger directed for King Rat by Modest Mouse debuted on MySpace.com Tuesday. The six-minute, animated video is both whimsical...
More »Reuters - Aug 4, 2009
An animated music video directed by the late actor Heath Ledger debuted on the Web on Tuesday, and it's an attack on the whaling industry set to the song King Rat by alternative rock band Modest Mouse...
More »AP - Mar 18, 2009
A Modest Mouse music video directed by the late Heath Ledger is set for release this year. A spokeswoman for the band says Ledger directed an animated video for King Rat, a track off the band s 2007...
More »Reuters - Jan 28, 2009
Indie rock band Modest Mouse is returning to the road for a 12-date U.S. tour, beginning February 22 in Oakland, Calif. The trek concludes March 8 at the Langerado Festival in Miami. Former Grandaddy...
More »AP - Oct 19, 2007
Johnny Marr, the co-founder and guitarist of 1980s icons The Smiths, is turning to academia as a visiting professor of music. Marr, whose distinctive guitar style propelled hits by The Smiths including...
More »E! Online - Mar 28, 2007
Mickey they're not, but this Mouse certainly nabbed the biggest piece of cheese on the charts. Just three years ago, Modest Mouse's Good News for People Who Love Bad News gave the group a career...
More »AP - Mar 22, 2007
Given the unlikely, phenomenal success of Modest Mouse s 2004 disc Good News for People Who Love Bad News, the story line on their new album seemed sure to focus on the long-indie band s response to their...
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