Catch Modest Mouse at The Masonic over Memorial Day weekend
The firecracker of emotion from the Pacific Northwest known as Modest Mouse has announced a brief Northern California tour stint to take place over Memorial Day weekend. Following the start of the tour with a pair of shows in Spokane and Eugene, frontman and primary antagonist Isaac Brock and crew will headline Friday night of Bottle Rock Music Festival (May 26) in Napa Valley before heading down to The Masonic in San Francisco on Saturday, May 27. Although Modest Mouse loves to dance around the Bay, playing Shoreline in 2015 and co-headlining The Greek in Berkeley with Brand New last summer, the last [...]
Live 105’s BFD 2015 lineup abounds with local independent acts
Live 105 bills itself as "The Bay Area's Alternative," and the radio station is living up to this title with its BFD 2015 lineup, which was announced this morning. Headlined by indie rock stalwarts Modest Mouse, Icelandic indie-folkers Of Monsters And Men, and indie-pop act Panic! At The Disco, and with main stage support from the likes of Cold War Kids and Atlas Genius, BFD 2015 will also feature a host of local independent bands playing three of the festival's four stages on June 6 at Shoreline Amphitheatre. That's right, this year's iteration of the alternative radio station's summer [...]
Review & Photos: Modest Mouse brings the hits to sold out Masonic show
It’s been seven years and counting since there has been a new Modest Mouse album, and a scant five album releases in total from the breakout indie rock act that has been together for over 20 years. Yet none of that stops Modest Mouse from selling out the recently-reopened and gorgeous Masonic last Friday night and completely warranting it. Fronted by Isaac Brock and a band that grew from six to nine members depending on the song, Brock yelped and shook his guitar with energetic zeal over the course of 90 minutes of songs that dug all the way back [...]