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| 2009/12/15
- LIFE ON TOUR |
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Pat Graham will be spending some time this week blogging for , sharing some insight into life on the road with Modest Mouse and the Cribs.
Pat also has a new book in the works called "Instrument," due out Spring 2011.
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| 2009/12/10
- ISAAC'S TOP 25 |
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Rolling Stone magazine gives us some insight into Isaac Brock's top 25 and for the past decade. Thanks to Kirk for the links.
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| 2009/12/10
- MISSED OUT ON ANY OF THOSE NEW 7"S? |
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Isaac's Glacial Pace Recordings' web store has some copies for sale (remember, these were limited to 4000 copies each), as well as some other Modest Mouse merchandise.
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| 2009/12/04
- IRELAND/UK MINI TOUR KICKS OFF |
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After some dates moving around and some venues changing, Modest Mouse's short Ireland/UK tour kicks off in under 24 hours. Starting in Galway, IE, the band will then play 11 shows (with only one day off in between), including a stop at this years ATP festival in Minehead, before wrapping up what is expected to be their last show of the year in London on the 16th.
Heading out to a show? We appreciate your and anyone willing to report a .
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| 2009/09/24
- ANOTHER NEW UK DATE |
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Modest Mouse will also be performing at the Electric Ballroom in London on December 15. Tickets are now on sale.
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| 2009/09/14
- MODEST MOUSE RETURNING TO IRELAND |
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Modest Mouse will be returning to the island in early December, as has been learned from support act Frightened Rabbit's tour schedule. This marks the second time Modest Mouse has toured there. The first time was in 2007, for an extremely short set at the . This time however, they will be performing five shows in four cities they have never played in before.
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Black Box |
Galway, IE
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Dolans Warehouse |
Limerick, IE
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Academy |
Dublin, IE
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Academy |
Dublin, IE
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Spring & Airbrake |
Belfast, UK
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Tickets are not yet known to be on sale. We will try our best to keep you updated. Thanks to Neil for seding us the dates.
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| 2009/09/13
- THE WHALE SONG GETS A MUSIC VIDEO |
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Stills from a new video created for by have been uploaded to the company's Flickr account. The video was directed by Brazilian Director . There was a link to the video, but it's now been password protected. The video's concept is described as:
After entering his personal sanctuary, an artist is presented with a hand-crafted drawing tool that assists him in materializing his mental impressions. The machine discharges his thoughts as an endless web of yarn that guides him through his physical thoughts. The story progresses to reveal that he is divided between two worlds, one of dull reality and the second of warped memories. In the process of finding a way out of his consciousness, he is trapped between the two competing spaces, which eventually inflict lethal damage, acting as metaphors to self-destruction.
UPDATE: It's been uploaded to , if you haven't already seen it.
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| 2009/09/09
- NEW UK DATES |
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Two new dates have been added for later this year. December 10 in Glasgow and December 13 in Manchester, taking the band to a total of 4 dates in the UK. Please see the for more info.
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| 2009/09/03
- INSIDE HEATH LEDGER'S MODEST MOUSE VIDEO / NEW ALBUM IN THE WORKS? / JOHNNY MARR GONE |
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An article in the latest Rolling Stone magazine reveals lots of details regarding the planning of Heath Ledger's video. Isaac talks about his meetings with Ledger and the additional work that Terry Gilliam provided. He also talks about his last encounter with Ledger during a brake from shooting The Dark Knight.
Towards the end of the article, Isaac also talks about his work with the Shins' James Mercer on the documentary. It then goes on to mention that:
And the follow-up to 2007's should be finished in the next six months, with the band road-testing some of the material on its current tour. "It'll take some effort," Brock says. "But that will make it more fun."
Now Modest Mouse has never been one to stick to any kind of release timeline, their albums have always been delayed, but as of today no new material has been performed on the so far. Hopefully things will change before the tour is over and then this quote will make more sense.
Some people over at ModMouse.com have been able to talk to band members after some of the shows and have learned things that seem to support this. In Eric stated that the they are planning on working on a new album once this tour is over, that they are planning an east coast tour and that he doesn't think Johnny Marr will be returning.
In Jeremiah said that they are beginning work on a new album, that he thinks Jim Fairchild will stay on as a guitarist and that he is hoping Brian Deck (, & ) will produce it.
Thanks to Jedidude77 for the tip on the Rolling Stone article.
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| 2009/09/03
- DOWNLOAD ORENDA FINK'S HIGH GROUND |
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The first advanced track from Orenda Fink's latest solo album, , has been released and it just happens to be the one with Isaac Brock on backing vocals.
The album is being released October 6 on CD/LP via Saddle Creek and can be pre-ordered on their .
Saddle Creek is also offering the track featuring Isaac, , as a free download.
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| 2009/08/29
- OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL STREAM |
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Modest Mouse's performance on August 30 at the Outside Lands Festival will be streamed live on YouTube tomorrow at 16:20 PST. Unfortunately it seems that the stream is only available for the US though.
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| 2009/08/18
- "CREEPING ACROSS CANADA..." |
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Modest Mouse began their new tour last night in . Despite the fact that the band is apparently feeling pretty sick, intense heat, and their stage lights blowing out during , the band still managed to pull out a few surprises. made it's live debut, and was pulled out after a seven year absence.
If you were there, please or help us correct the order of the set list we have so far.
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| 2009/08/13
- BILLBOARD CHARTS |
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For those of you keeping score, debuted at #15 on the Billboard 200. It also charted on:
- #3 Rock Albums
- #2 Digital Albums
- #2 Alternative Albums
- #14 Canadian Albums
Thanks to JohnB for the info.
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| 2009/08/04
- KING RAT VIDEO |
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The animated video created by Heath Ledger for is available for viewing on the band's .
However the video does not seem to be available for countries outside of the US, so it might be better to catch it on . Thanks to mm_2108 for the alternative link.
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| 2009/08/04
- NO ONE'S FIRST AND YOU'RE NEXT |
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Modest Mouse's seventh EP is officially out today on CD.
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