Before you head out into your weekend of fun, we wanted to remind you that there are just FOUR DAYS left before we close the ingeniously titled Stereogum Presents: Another Freakin' Green Screen…   Read Story »

Look, if even Björk is doing it, who are we to resist? So when Modest Mouse approached us about doing a fan-made video contest for the We Were Dead... cut "Fire It Up," we just couldn't say no.…   Read Story »

When we ask you guys to don your graphic designer caps and weigh in on new album cover art, we're looking for interpretation as much as we're hoping for erudite "sucks donkey balls" slams. Some…   Read Story »

SPIN's cover story for April traces the romantic story of when Johnny met Isaac. After reading Marr's words, all we can say is ... Brock's got balls.SPIN: So Isaac Brock just called you out of the…   Read Story »

No leak was gonna sink We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, turns out. The Marr-infused Modest Mouse debuts at #1 on this week's Billboard Top 200 (their last effort Good News... entered at #19),…   Read Story »

Here's one way to make sure you're band name is still on people's lips by your album's release day, even if you suffered a high-profile leak months before: whip out a knife onstage and engage in some…   Read Story »

Post Puppet Show, we waited on line with the rest of Austin for Blonde Redhead at Emo's. Things were looking dire, until we got word via BBerry that Simon, Randy, Paula, and Ford Fusion had a treat…   Read Story »

Head to Overdrive to watch the tall tale of how Fisherman Brock became Capt. Mic, encountering a nasty creature on the Sargasso Sea. Around the tune's bridge, Isaac is captured by a strange race of…   Read Story »

Between their huge success with Good News..., adding Johnny Marr to the lineup, and being covered by Kidz Bop, expectations are high for Modest Mouse's new one. Based on the 200 emails you guys have…   Read Story »

We haven't done an album cover watercooler in   Read Story »