Subject: Modest Mouse

• Girl Talk

  April 12, 2007

• Girl Talk

  April 12, 2007

• Over the Weekend ... The Knew, Light Travels Faster, the Get Down @ Lion's Lair

  January 14, 2008

• Thoughts on Five Songs While I Pretend to Work

  March 5, 2008

• Last Night...R.E.M., the National and Modest Mouse @ Red Rocks

  June 4, 2008

• In case you missed it: Backbeat's ten most-read blogs of 2008

  The Mile High Music fest drew a lot of interest from local music fans in '08. This blog churned out more than 1,400 posts in 2008, about life, death, plastic surgery, and even some music. Here, in case you just joined us or are really taking stock of your year, a quick-clicking guide to the ten most popular blogs of the year. Stay tuned in '09 for even more reviews, previews, insight, and inanity. 1. AEG's Mile High Music and Arts Festival It was all a dream ... 2. Amy Fisher, RIP A music-sc

  December 19, 2008

• Week in Review: 1/26/09 - 1/30/09

  In terms of music news this was a slower week in the Mile High City. The biggest items were news of Overcasters being invited to perform at South By Southwest on the heels of a particularly harrowing trip to the East Coast a few weeks ago with the Fluid, followed closely by DJ Vajra's inclusion in a Serato Scratch ad in BPM Magazine. This week, the first review of the Fray's new record also came down from Rolling Stone, who panned it and tossed in a Coldplay comparison for good measure. Beyond

  January 30, 2009

• Fruit Bats

  April 18, 2002

• Letters to the Editor

  November 28, 2002

• Holopaw

  February 27, 2003

• Best White-Trash Jukebox

  March 27, 2003

• The Beatdown

  October 28, 2004

• Soundbites: Cheap Girls, Bon Iver, Frank Turner, Papermoons and Lemuria

  Welcome to another edition of Sound Bites, our economy-sized album reviews. This week, Andy Thomas weighs in on five recent national releases from Bon Iver (pictured left), Cheap Girls, Frank Turner, Papermoons and Lemuria after the jump.

  February 27, 2009

• The members of Bad Weather California are just young punks at heart

  March 12, 2009

• Magic Mice

  hi-dive

  February 28, 2008

• Light Travels Faster

  Larimer Lounge

  December 13, 2007

• Stung By Bees

  Skylark Lounge

  August 9, 2007

• Raleigh

  Training Wheels EP
  Few Hit Records

  July 26, 2007

• Modest Mouse

  We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
  Epic

  April 5, 2007

• Chin Up Chin Up

  The Harness Can¹t Ride Anything (Suicide Squeeze)

  October 26, 2006

• Wolf Parade

  Monday, August 28, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

  August 24, 2006

• Sun Kil Moon

  Tiny Cities (Caldo Verde)

  November 17, 2005

• Rogue Wave

  Descended Like Vultures (Sub Pop)

  November 3, 2005

• Wolf Parade

  Tuesday, September 13, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  September 8, 2005

• Nik Freitas

  Tuesday, May 3, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  April 28, 2005

• Modest Mouse

  Monday, July 26, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497

  July 22, 2004

• Critic's Choice

  Curious Yellow

  April 22, 2004

• Critic's Choice

  Hackensaw Boys

  January 22, 2004

• Tin Men

  Tintin packs an epic, spacious sound into a modest frame.

  December 18, 2003

• Hit Pick

  DeNunzio

  April 11, 2002

• Mouse on the Moon

  Modest Mouse, the band that would be indie rock's king, navigates a major-label existence.

  September 7, 2000

• Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Frank Black shows annouced

  The Flaming Lips know all about putting on a hell of a show, and the Monolith Festival gig at Red Rocks in 2007 was one most phenomenal things to happen to that venue in the last few years. Lets hope for a repeat performance when the Lips return to Red Rocks Sunday, August 23 with Explosions in the Sky and Star Death & the White Dwarfs, which features Wayne Coyne's nephew Dennis. Tickets, which run from $36.75 to $46.50, go on sale Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m. And as an added bonus, all tick

  June 16, 2009

• Prints Charming

  June 25, 2009

• Other Girls

  July 2, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 3, 2009

  As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  August 4, 2009

• Twista on top at Independent Records

  ​Twista moved back to the number one spot and knocked Fabolous, who was the top seller last week, down to the second slot for the week ending August 9. It's Twista's third time in the first slot in the last month. Eminem and Tech N9ne, who have been top sellers for the last few months, continue to hold to spots in the top ten while Modest Mouse's No One's First and You're Next, released last week, debuted at number three. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  August 10, 2009

• Modest Mouse top seller at Twist and Shout

  ​Modest Mouse's No One's First and You're Next, released last week on Sony, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout while Yim Yames (aka Jim Jones of My Morning Jacket) nabbed the second slot for the week ending August 9. Wilco's Wilco (the album), Levon Helm's Electric Dirt and Dead Weather's Horehound rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  August 10, 2009

• Chris Gaffney tribute top seller at Twist and Shout

  ​Since Twist and Shout hosted an autograph signing with Dave Alvin at the L2 Arts and Culture Center, it might have helped push the Chris Gaffney tribute, Man of Somebody's Dream, to the top of the store's best sellers for the week ending August 16. After Gaffney died last year, Alvin recruited Joe Ely, Boz Scaggs, Los Lobos, James McMurtry, John Doe and others to pay tribute Gaffney, who was a member of the Hacienda Brothers. Portugal the Man, who performed at the store last week, grabbed the

  August 17, 2009

• Twista top seller at Independent Records again

  ​Twista's Category F5 topped the charts at Independent Records for the second week in a row while Eminem's Relapse, which has also been a strong seller, nabbed the second slot for the week ending August 16. Slaughterhouse, Behemoth and Jeremih rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  August 17, 2009

• Less is more at three20south in Breckenridge

  August 20, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of August 17, 2009

  ​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  August 20, 2009

• Twista continues to dominate at Independent Records

  ​Eminem dominated Independent's charts for quite a few weeks after the release of Relapse, but Twista's Category F5 knocked Relapse down to the number two slot for the second week in a row. Fabolous and Tech N9ne continued to be strong sellers while Third Eye Blind's Ursa Major, released last week on Megaforce, debuted at number four. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  August 24, 2009

• Third Eye Blind grabs top spot at Twist and Shout

  ​Third Eye Blind's fourth studio album, Ursa Major, released last week on Megaforce, topped Twist & Shout's charts for the week ending August, 23. Brendan Benson, who was releasing his own albums years before joining the Raconteurs, debuted at the number three slot with his latest effort, My Old Familiar Friend while Modest Mouse, Wilco and the Dead Weather rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  August 24, 2009

• Pissed Jeans grabs top spot at Wax Trax again

  ​Pissed Jeans' King of Jeans grabbed the number one spot on Wax Trax's top seller list the second week in a row while Arctic Monkeys' Humbug, released last week on Domino, came in second for the week ending August 30. Dead Weather, Modest Mouse and Jay Reatard rounded out the top five while the Rocky Mountain Low and Local Anesthetic compilations continue to stay in the top ten. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  August 31, 2009

• Twista top seller at Independent Records again

  ​Twista continues to dominate Independent's charts and grabbed the top spot for the third week in a row while Mr. Capone-E's latest effort, Diary of a G, debuted at the second slot for the week ending August 30. Eminem's Relapse and Matisyahu's Light, released last week on Sony, nabbed the third and fourth slots. See the full breakdown after the jump. 

  August 31, 2009

• Matisyahu top seller at Twist and Shout

  ​Matisyahu's Light, released last week on Sony, grabbed the top spot while Boulder Acoustic Society's in store performance last week might have helped Punchline, which has some insanely cool packaging, nab the second slot for the week ending August 30. Arctic Monkeys' Humbug, Imogen Heap's Ellipse and Ingrid Michaelson's Everybody, all released last week, rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  September 1, 2009

• Pissed Jeans top seller at Wax Trax for third week in a row

  ​Pissed Jeans nabbed the top slot at Wax Trax for the third week in a row while Pictureplane's Dark Rift moved up to the second slot from the seventh spot last week. The Fine Print, Drive-By Truckers new collection of oddities and rarites, debuted at number three, Apples in Stereo's #1 Hits Explosion, released last week on Yep Roc, came in fourth and Jonsi & Alex rounded out the top five for the week ending September 6. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  September 8, 2009

• Pissed Jeans top seller at Wax Trax for fourth week in a row

  ​Pissed Jeans latest effort, King of Jeans, continues to dominate the Wax Trax's top sellers list by grabbing the number one for the fourth week in a row while the Local Anesthetic and Rocky Mountain Low compilations moved up to the second and third slots respectively for the week ending September13. The Apples in Stereo's new album, #1 Hits Explosion, came in at number four and BLK JKS rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  September 14, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 19, 2009

  ​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  October 21, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 26, 2009

  ​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  October 28, 2009