Given the unlikely, phenomenal success of Modest Mouse's 2004 disc "Good News for People Who Love Bad News," the story line on the new album seemed sure to focus on the long-indie band's response to ...

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Johnny Marr played to a sold-out crowd at the Eastern on Thursday evening. Marr, who rose to fame as the guitarist and co-songwriter of The Smiths, has also ...

Here’s the new video from Johnny Marr, who some people know as the legendary UK guitarist from the Smiths. You, however, know Marr as a local face around town—he’s been a Portland resident since ...

Modest Mouse A brand new album from the belly of the beast. Can we all stop caring about the old Modest Mouse now? The days of the arrests, meltdowns, random member shifts, talking to God… those days ...

Playing the same room for the third time in five years, Modest Mouse's lineup is constantly changing, but the mix of trippy, jangly pop stays the same, thanks to the singing/yelping of frontman Isaac ...