In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Seattle had a problem. Many of its music stars had died. Record executives had mined the region of all its musical acts and there was veritable carnage left behind ...

When a band owns a catalog as deep and wide as Modest Mouse — seven full-length albums dating back 27 years, almost all of which contain around an hour's worth of music — fans are bound to hold their ...

It’s rare to remember the exact moments you first hear music — more ordinarily, there are vague memories attached to them: long blunt rides, summer days at the beach or pool, sprawling on a grassy ...

In the music scene of 2015, Modest Mouse is indeed a stranger. The indie rock band’s latest album is its first in eight long years. Where has the group been and what has taken so long? Touring is part ...

Every Wednesday Click Track , The Washington Post pop music blog, finds out what the city is listening to with Play Favorites -- a weekly column in which we ask a Washingtonian what's been in heavy ...

Pacific Northwest rockers Modest Mouse were quietly influential on the evolving sound of rock music even before 2004’s Good ...