Modest Mouse performs at Fox Theater in Oakland, Calif. on Nov. 5, 2024. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. OAKLAND — On Tuesday night, people of the Bay Area gathered at the Fox Theater in hopes to hear some Good News. The occasion? Modest Mouse was in town. The Portland band delivered Good…

It’s expected a band’s sound will change over time and Modest Mouse is no exception, releasing nine records since 1996. Its newest, The Golden Casket, offers a dramatic change in tone. Lead singer and songwriter Isaac Brock varies his lyrical topics from racist cowboys to Charles Bukowski or an indifferent…

You should be excited about new albums from (clockwise from top left) Kelly Clarkson, Foo Fighters, Lorde, My Bloody Valentine, Lykke Li, Tierra Whack, Modest Mouse, GZA, Ghost and The Cure. Will this be the year Zack de la Rocha releases one of his shelved solo albums? No! But…

Empire of the Sun performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug, 12, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. Sonoma Harvest Music Festival producers Monday announced the lineup for the third annual event at Glen Ellen’s BR Cohn Winery. This year’s festival will again take place on four days over…

The Black Keys perform on the “Let’s Rock” tour at Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 20, 2019. Photos: Steve Carlson. SAN FRANCISCO — Few rock bands today can fill an arena with the mere promise of riffs and catchy choruses. Yet that’s exactly what the Black Keys did…

Photos: Chloe Catajan OAKLAND — Modest Mouse took the Fox Theater stage to sound clips of birds chirping and rainfall, and the roars of a sold-out crowd. The Northwest indie rock greats broke into “The World at Large,” a staple off Good News For People Who Love Bad News. Modest Mouse…

Courtesy: Dan Monick Mister Heavenly has quite the indie rock pedigree; it was founded by Honus Honus (Ryan Kattner) of Man Man, Nick Thorburn of The Unicorns, and drummer Joe Plummer of Cold War Kids and Modest Mouse. The band got its start when Plummer’s Modest Mouse and Kattner’s…

Photos: Chloe Catajan Live music has always been a constant for me, but nothing like the way it was in 2017. This year, I’ve attended approximately 30 concerts and three festivals, which I think sets the record for the most times I’ve ever left my house in a year. As…

Photos: Gary Chancer SAN FRANCISCO — Modest Mouse mixed new and old material throughout the band’s two-hour set Saturday at the Masonic, but the final setlist left some fans wanting more. The show concluded a two-day tour in the San Francisco Bay Area. After opening with “Dramamine,” followed directly by…

Warren G performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. NAPA — Sunshine and cool breezes were the true star on Friday at BottleRock Napa Valley. It was possibly the first moderate date at the festival in its five-year run at the Napa…