25 years after The Moon & Antarctica expanded indie rock’s horizon lines, Isaac Brock is still finding new ways to stretch the world of Modest Mouse—and it feels, as he tells me the moment we connect, ...

Modest Mouse is going to have a huge 2026, they hope. That includes a new album and a bunch of new tour dates.

I first listened to Modest Mouse in 2008, in my family’s old, beat-up Acura that still had a cigarette lighter in it. My friend had burned me a couple CDs from the band’s discography, with the album ...