Modest Mouse

When Worlds Collide

Indie Rockers Do It Better

Yo Yo a Go Go

Olympia festival embraces ideals of indie rock

Promise Keepers

Recovering from a badly produced debut, the Promise Ring finally delivers the goods

Indie Outings

The highs and lows of another adventurous year in the world of indie rock

Dropout Rock

Illinois foursome Braid proves itself the happy exception to the college-town rule

Mouse That Roared

The members of Modest Mouse make brilliant music, but they'd rather not talk about it

Hero Worship

Seattle's 764-HERO expands its lineup, abandoning the ranks of the Northwest's great indie duos

Ugly Casanova

Sharpen Your Teeth (Sub Pop)

What's Selling

A list of the top sellers

What's Selling

A list of the top sellers

What's Selling

A list of the top sellers

Panic! at Andersons

The madness is back -- with prizes inside

Wolf Parade

Apologies to the Queen Mary
(Sub Pop)

Singer Josh Grier puts his spin on Tapes 'N Tapes' recent reviews

Apologies to the Queen Mary
(Sub Pop)

The Academy Is . . ., Hello Monday, & We the Kings

Apologies to the Queen Mary
(Sub Pop)

Modest Mouse

Apologies to the Queen Mary
(Sub Pop)

Modest Mouse Coming To Marquee on Feb. 25

Did you hear that?! Modest Mouse is coming to Tempe on February 25. Like, less than a month from now. And tickets go on sale tomorrow. The Issaquah, Washington six-piece sold out the 5,000-seat Mesa Amphitheatre in May 2007, so these tickets for a room half that size will go fast. There's simply n ... More >>

Just Announced: David Archuleta, Authority Zero, Modest Mouse, Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen as a young, and somewhat relevant singer-songwriter.Most of this week's big announcements were already up here earlier this week when they broke -- Modest Mouse, Bruce Springsteen -- but we do have a few surprises on the next page. Like David Archuleta, the American Idol cont ... More >>

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Bruce Springsteen as a young, and somewhat relevant singer-songwriter.Most of this week's big announcements were already up here earlier this week when they broke -- Modest Mouse, Bruce Springsteen -- but we do have a few surprises on the next page. Like David Archuleta, the American Idol cont ... More >>

Dazzling duo

Don't miss Helio Sequence

Emperors of Japan

Your Freak Majesty
(Dark Black Records)

Modest Mouse

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
(Sony)

Dilated Pupils

Producing the future

A Change of Pace

Prepare the Masses
(Immortal Records)

Minus the Bear, Rocky Votolato

Northwest passages

Pinback

Northwest passages

Blood Brothers

Crimes
(V2)

Mixed Up

"I'm retiring from the humiliating art of wooing girls with music."

Helio Sequence

Helio headlines Modified Arts

Mouse Trap

Modest Mouse: On the Mellow Tip

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

Funeral for a Friend (Ropeadope)

Iron and Wine

Samuel Beam rocks the Cradle

A Modest Success

Ugly Casanova may fail as a hoax. But as an offering from Modest Mouse's enigmatic front man, it works just fine.

Unlikely Hero

Seattle indie trio makes glorious guitar rock, but it can't escape comparisons to another stellar northwestern band

Fruit Bats

Echolocation (Perishable)

Mouse on the Moon

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

Modest Mouse

The Moon and Antarctica
(Epic Records)

What's Spinning: The Blaze 1330 AM

<​The Blaze is, according to our Best of Phoenix issue, the station of choice for those jonesing to hear what's happening in local music. Here's the chart documenting what ASU's Original Alternative played over the past week.1. Fruit Bats - The Ruminant Band2. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug3. Grand Ar ... More >>

Polysics Q&A On Absolute Polysics, Kayo's Departure From the Band and Modest Mouse's Vulgarity

Fumi, Hiro, Kayo, and Yano of Polysics​Listening to Polysics is like doing a hit of acid in a vat of extra-sugar-coated Jujubes. Choose your album. Whether its 2008's We Ate the Machine, this year's Absolute Polysics, or any of the older albums in their catalog, the candy-sweet, frenetic energy th ... More >>

February 3 In Blogs: Polysics, James Garcia, Cupcakes, and Tiger Woods

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Catch James Garcia's Dream Act Play for Free, One Night Only, Guaranteed to Make Nativist ... More >>

Your Guide to Navigating Blogger-Created Genre Names

​ "What the fuck is chillwave?????" Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast tweeted back in April, when MTVU blogger Lindsay Hood described her band as "chillwave," after dismissing genres like "lo-fi," "glo-fi" and "Gorillavsbearcore" in her blurb advancing the video for the band's single "When I'm Wi ... More >>

Phoenix Filmmakers' Movie The Heart Is A Drum Machine Gets Soundtrack from Flaming Lip

​Stephen Drozd of The Flaming Lips is releasing a soundtrack to the documentary The Heart Is a Drum Machine which was produced by local filmmakers Ryan Page and Chris Pomerenke.The film, a documentary which explores why people feel such a connection to music and features cameos by George Clinton, ... More >>

Radar Bros.

​Stephen Drozd of The Flaming Lips is releasing a soundtrack to the documentary The Heart Is a Drum Machine which was produced by local filmmakers Ryan Page and Chris Pomerenke.The film, a documentary which explores why people feel such a connection to music and features cameos by George Clinton, ... More >>

Keith Richards Reportedly Recording New Material

​Keith Richards is said to be recording new material at a studio in New York City, according to Spinner.There's no word yet on whether he's been working on material for the Rolling Stones, a solo project, or producer and drummer Steve Jordan's side project band, the Verbs.Rumors have been floating ... More >>

10 Summer Songs

​It's now June, and the heat is on. Between the backyard barbeques and triple-degree temperatures, summer is here to stay.Pop music is littered with songs about summer, including "Summer Lovin'" "Summertime Blues", "Summer of '69", and how could we forget that "School's Out" for summer?Pull up a l ... More >>

PBS Website Hacked, Fake Tupac Story Posted

​One of the most awesome, hilarious, ridiculous hacking pranks has gone down. A group of hackers recently got into PBS' web system and posted an unusual story about deceased rapper Tupac Shakur, according to Yahoo News.The hacker group, which calls itself Lulzsec and the Lulz Boat, posted a fake s ... More >>

Queens of Country Soundtrack to Feature Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse), Wanda Jackson, and Classic Country

Lizzy Caplan as Jolene Gillis​Directors Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke (of Phoenix bands Less Pain Forever and Runaway Diamonds) are no strangers to "music movies." The pair's documentaries, Moog, The Heart Is a Drum Machine, and Blood Into Wine are all insightful looks at the various way ... More >>

Mister Heavenly @ Rhythm Room

Lizzy Caplan as Jolene Gillis​Directors Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke (of Phoenix bands Less Pain Forever and Runaway Diamonds) are no strangers to "music movies." The pair's documentaries, Moog, The Heart Is a Drum Machine, and Blood Into Wine are all insightful looks at the various way ... More >>

Fall Harvest: 8 Freshly Released Local Songs

Ladylike​In Arizona, we don't really get seasons. Phoenix weather is a wide swing between Satan's sweltering nether-regions and a slight chill. The only real way to indicate the passing of the seasons is with local music, wherein Phoenix's best release a cornucopia (sorry) of music come autumn (or ... More >>