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Libertines Reunite for Reading and Leeds; Guns n’ Roses, Arcade Fire, Blink-182 Set to Headline

Photo: Quinton/WireImageGuns n’ Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink-182 have been recruited to headline this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals, but the big news for the August 27-29th U.K. events is the reunion of the Libertines, who will perform together for the first time since their breakup six years ago. Weezer, Paramore, Modest Mouse, Queens of the Stone Age, LCD Soundsystem and Phoenix will also rock both Reading and Leeds in 2010. Tickets are available now at the Reading and Leeds sites. The Li

Published: 2010-03-29 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Festivals, Reunions, Rock News, The Libertines

Minimalist guitar-craftsman Randy Parsons rocks out in new documentary

Music & nightlifeRandy Parsons, of Seattle's Parsons Guitars, makes handcrafted instruments for rock stars such as Jimmy Page, Jack White and the bands Death Cab for Cutie and Modest Mouse. Reporter Ted Fry talks to him on the eve of the release of a rock documentary in which he appears, "It Might Get Loud," directed by Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth").

Published: 2009-08-16 Provider: Seattle Times

Modest Mouse coming to Bumbershoot

Music & nightlifeBumbershoot: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival announced part of its 2009 lineup, including Sheryl Crow, Modest Mouse, Katy Perry, Michael Franti & Spearhead, De La Soul, Raphael Saadiq, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, and The Long Winters. Bumbershoot 2009 will be Sept. 5-7 at Seattle Center.

Published: 2009-04-03 Provider: Seattle Times

Sheryl Crow, Modest Mouse headline Bumbershoot lineup

Music & nightlifeSheryl Crow, Modest Mouse, Katy Perry and Michael Franti & Spearhead lead a long list of performers on tap for this summer's 39th annual Bumbershoot festival at Seattle Center.

Published: 2009-04-02 Provider: Seattle Times

R.E.M., Death Cab, Modest Mouse stalk Sasquatch!

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Published: 2008-02-25 Provider: Seattle Times

Download Festival will upload fans

Music & nightlifeLanding the weekend before Bumbershoot and just three months after Sasquatch, Download Festival's inaugural appearance at the Gorge Saturday...

Published: 2007-08-23 Provider: Seattle Times

Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Artist: Spoon Review: After a rocky start ? two so-so records followed by a major-label dumping ? Spoon have been on a modest roll for the past half decade, turning out three good-to-great albums between '01 and '05 that dramatically beefed up their fan base. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga might be Spoon's commercial breakthrough, doing for them what Good News did for Modest Mouse, but for certain it's one of the Austin, Texas, trio's finest records. It sounds like Spoon: spiky, painstakingly detailed songs that deliver indie-pop... Rating: 4 Stars

Published: 2007-07-19 Provider: Rolling Stone

Seventy-Seven Drummers Rock Out With The Boredoms In New York

Think Spinal Tap had a few drummers? Legendary Japanese noise-punks the Boredoms brought seventy-seven of them together in a Brooklyn, New York park on Saturday for a July 7 event dubbed 77BoaDrum. Andrew W.K., Modest Mouse percussionist Andy McLeod and Lightning Bolt’s Brian Chippendale were among those that participated in the two-hour drum-a-thon, which was far from a cacophony of disorganized sound: The piece was intricately composed and the drummers were physically arranged like a coiled snake. Watch out for an even more ambitious performance next summer, to mark 8/8/08. [photo courtesy of Jane Lerner]

Published: 2007-07-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Readers’ Rock List: Animal Bands

Rock Daily is amped to be hitting the SXSW festival later this week, where we’ll surely be encountering dozens of bands named after animals. So we dedicated the Weekend Rock List to all the Animal Bands that looked to wildlife for inspiration. To avoid a landslide, bugs — and thus the Beatles — were banned. With the Fab Four out, our readers voted Animal Collective as the king of the rock jungle, thanks to their new Merriweather Post Pavilion. The Collective edged out Eagles, Animals and many more furry and feathered bands. To see if your favorite Animal Band made it, check the Readers’ List below: 1. Animal Collective 2. Eagles 3. The Animals 4. Fleet Foxes 5. Grizzly Bear 6. Modest Mouse 7. Super Furry Animals 8. Cat Power 9. Panda Bear 10. Wolfmother 11. The Monkees 12. Def Leppard 13. Steppenwolf 14. Wolf Parade 15. Phish 16. The Byrds 17. Gorillaz 18. The Turtles 19. The Yardbirds 20. Dr. Dog

Published: 2009-03-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Weekend Rock List: Animal Bands

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty We’re going to the SXSW Festival next week, where bands like An Horse, Department of Eagles, Kittens Ablaze and countless more acts are playing, so we’re dedicating this week’s Rock List to bands that looked to the animal kingdom for inspiration when it came to time to name their group. Tell us your favorite Animal Bands, and on Monday we’ll count up the votes and reveal the king of the rock jungle. And just to keep this from being a landslide for one certain band — cough, the Beatles — bugs don’t count, but birds do. So set your TVs on Animal Planet and check out our picks below: • Eagles • Snoop Dogg • Modest Mouse • Fleet Foxes • Phish

Published: 2009-03-13 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Morrissey Turned Down Mega-Bucks Smiths Reunion Offer Over Johnny Marr

Morrissey has once again broken the hearts of millions of already-damaged Smiths fans by refusing to reunite the band. The Mozzer’s publicist has confirmed that the crooner declined a $75 million offer to tour as the Smiths in 2008 and/or 2009 even though the only requirement was that Johnny Marr also be a part of the reunion. What does this new information tell us? That the theory surmising that Morrissey’s legal battles with former Smith Mike Joyce were behind his resistance to reuniting the band is flawed. Apparently Morrissey isn’t up for any kind of Smiths reunion … yet. In the meantime, Marr is still an integral part of Modest Mouse, and Joyce is counting the Smiths back pay and royalties he collected in 1996 and releasing an album with his latest band, Vinny Peculiar, in October.

Published: 2007-08-24 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Tim McGraw Kicks Modest Mouse Outta Top Ten, Bon Scott’s Progeny Appears On TV, New Wilco Tour and more

Tim McGraw’s Let It Go ended Modest Mouse’s weeklong stranglehold atop the Billboard charts, moving 325,000 units in its first week. (MM toppled from its Number One spot all the way to Number Eleven.) In all, seven new releases debuted in the Top Ten, with Now 24 (Number Two), Young Buck’s Buck the World (Number Three), and Mims’ Music Is My Savior (Number Four) leading the charge. Rolling Stone “Artist To Watch” Mika debuted stateside at Number Twenty-Nine. Glenn Danzig has braved

Published: 2007-04-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Daily News: In Brief