Modest Mouse

Album reviews

Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Epic (2004)
Sounding more like a big-league debut than the Mouse's actual major-label bow, Good News For People Who Love Bad News will not disappoint hardcore fans, but sports more than a few trouble spots.

Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks
Epic (2001)
Modest Mouse is a difficult band for completist collectors.

Building Nothing Out Of Something
Up (2000)
The final release on indie label Up from quirky Northwestern rock trio Modest Mouse, Building Nothing Out Of Something, defines the sweet and sour of any great parting.

The Moon And Antarctica (Recommended)
Epic (2000)
With the dawn of a new millennium, singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy and drummer Jeremiah Green have put down their roadmaps and begun looking to the stars for direction.

The Lonesome Crowded West (Recommended)
Up (1997)
Long epics about America with lots of guitar effects, chanted choruses, and "Stairway"-like direction shifts are not particularly indie rock. Double LPs chock full of eight-, nine-, and ten-minute songs do not scream "rebellion against corporate excess herein." Modest Mouse are neither modest nor mouselike.

Interstate 8
Up (1996)
It's no big secret that driving has always been at the heart of rock music.

This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
Up (1996)
You're riding shotgun in your girlfriend's 1986 powder blue Honda Prelude, it is 8:00 AM and you start to feel nauseous as you enter Youngstown, Ohio. She throws in Modest Mouse's first full length album, so you do as Long Drive's opener suggests, and swallow some Dramamine.

Interviews

Shooting For The Moon
January 1, 2001
A testy Isaac Brock speaks to NATN on the eve of his first major-label release.