Modest Mouse

Video: Playdough Samples "Bohemian Rhapsody" for "King of Queens"

As a teaser for his upcoming album Writer Dye: Deux or Die, which comes out October 22, Dallas rapper Playdough just unveiled this video for "King of Queens." The Queen part is taken literally, as the whole song hinges on a sample of "Bohemian Rhapsody," which Playdough repurposes for his own ride o ... More >>

Rubber Gloves at 15: Four of Josh Baish's Favorite Moments

Clubs are born to die, but in Denton, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios remains. This Saturday marks 15 years of too much smoke, barely functional restrooms and super cheap drink specials, with performances from Slobberbone, Chris Flemmons, Dove Hunter, Pinkish Black and more. We spoke to owner Josh B ... More >>

10 Top Acts With Dual Drummers

Tonight, The Melvins will perform at Trees. While perusing the Internet in search of photos, I realized the band has two drummers. I thought about how pointless and excessive it is to actually employ two drummers to support a band, but then I considered how powerful the result can be. Two drummers s ... More >>

A Lull, Deleted Scenes and Botany Throw Tempo Tantrums at Dan's Silverleaf

A Lull, Deleted Scenes, Botany Dan's Silverleaf Tuesday, January 31 Chicago five-piece A Lull took the Dan's stage at 11:30 p.m. with two drummers in tow, in front of roughly 20 people. Raucous, tribal beats rolled along for a majority of the set and, propelled by these rhythms, the high-pitched, r ... More >>

Modest Mouse Nail the Beat, but Lose Their Sloppy Sincerity

Modest Mouse Palladium Ballroom November 10 Better than: the person who did a karaoke version of "Float On" at the Double Wide after the show Mike BrooksThe best photos in the slide show​ A decade ago I counted Modest Mouse amongst my very favorite bands. Ten years, two full-lengths, a pair ... More >>

Modest Mouse, Civil Wars and Another Solid Round of Show Announcements

Modest Mouse​Modest Mouse is an elusive, upper-tier act that only releases material when it damn well pleases. At least that's what frontman Isaac Brock would have you believe. The music, though, is generally always well worth the wait. But far less common? The chance to see the band per ... More >>

Dance the Tears Away

BUZZ KILL: Fifteen Songs About What Happens To You When You Do Drugs.

​Good morning, potheads. Enjoy your wake and bake? Good, good, glad to hear it. We hope your early-morning sesh was, like, "totally killer."Where were we, you ask?Oh. About that. Well, sorry to "harsh your mellow" and all, but, um, some of us don't work behind the counter at the local head shop; w ... More >>

35 Conferette Day Two: Yes, That Was Michael Cera

Stephen MaskerMichael Cera playing his infinite playlist. (GET IT?!?!)​Two days down. Two more to go. Last night saw bands like Dr. Dog, Japanther, Babar (the band, not this dude), and Mister Heavenly. And if you're not familiar: Mister Heavenly is the freshly formed super group just recentl ... More >>

The Southern Sea

Theoretically, Yes. Honestly, No. (Old House)

Bonus MP3: The Southern Sea -- "These Things Always End Badly"

In this week's print edition of the Observer (at some newsstands already, but on your Internet now), you'll find a review of The Southern Sea's Theoretically, Yes. Honestly, No. in our Home Grown CD review section, which, really, despite the thoughts of one quick-to-comment reader, is meant as quite ... More >>

The Paper Chase Avert Disaster with New Disaster Album.

Radio, Radio: Ayo Says Adios, While We Look at Just What Passes for "Quality Rock"

Two follow-ups in this particular radio round-up. First, I exchanged a few messages with Alan Ayo via Facebook, and the long and short of it is, he's not at all upset that Clear Channel gave him his walking papers yesterday. Writes the former midday host and music director at KDGE-FM:I'm feeling rat ... More >>

Download: Three New Tracks From Red Monroe

Yeah, it's already been mentioned elsewhere, but it's worth spreading around some more, I think: If you head over to Red Monroe's website, you can download--for free--three brand-new, very different Red Monroe tracks. And they're worth checking out: "Eastern PA" features a vocoder (I think), plus s ... More >>

Today in Music News: The Gamblers Get A Nod, Modest Mouse Releases Ledger Video, Alan W. Livingston Passes

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 16, 2009... The former Dentonites in The Riverboat Gamblers were named in Rolling Stone writer David Fricke's "Fricke's Picks" this week. Modest Mouse will soon release the Heath Ledger-directed video for their b-side, "King Rat".& ... More >>

Last Night: Tapes 'N Tapes, Wild Light and Les Americains at Club Dada

Tapes n' Tapes, Wild Light, Les AmericainsClub DadaFriday, January 30, 2009 Better Than: Watching Ghostbusters on the big screen at the Inwood? Maybe. Download: We had a couple photographers at this show, so expect a slideshow by Monday. Before the Minnesotan indie-band Tapes 'n Tapes sta ... More >>

Good Friday: Caleb Jones, Dan Dyer, Dallas' Hidden Talents, The Demigs, Titus Andronicus, Dove Hunter, Mount Righteous, King Bucks and More

So you already know about tonight's shows, which include Tapes 'n Tapes at Dada and Nervous Curtains and Dust Congress opening for Daniel Folmer's CD release at 7 p.m. at Good Records. And Saturday night, Los Campesinos and Titus Andronicus play at Club Dada, Somebody's Darling celebrates a CD relea ... More >>

Breast Inauguration Ever? (Or, How Obama Became The "Magic Man" At The Lodge This Morning.)

At, oh, about 11:15ish last night, Robert gave me a call. Earlier in the day, we'd half-kidded about going to a strip club to watch the inauguration--surely, it was the most inappropriate place we could think of for watching the festivities (without putting ourselves in harm's way, at least). But n ... More >>

Biting Back

Wolf Parade's Arlen Thompson takes the time to critique the critical responses to his band's new release

Mount Righteous' Dispatches From The Road: Day 10, Co-Starring Andy Dick!

Born Ruffians

Red, Yellow & Blue (Warp)

Band of Horses

Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)

Black Tie Dynasty Bring Constant Pop Fluidity

The "Vice and Virtue" of The Happy Bullets' New Video

Bishop Allen, Page France, The Teeth

Saturday, July 28, at Hailey's, Denton

Modest Mouse

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Sony)

Independence Day

What's indie rock? Who cares? Here are 10 great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition.

A Spune Christmas 2006

Saturday, December 9, at Hailey's, in Denton

Shapes and Sizes

Shapes and Sizes (Asthmatic Kitty)

Get Inspired

Matisyahu pumps out the Hasidic reggae

Gabi

Loneliness Keeps Company (self-released)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Plus: The Glasgow School, History Lesson

Wolf Parade

Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)

Holopaw

Quit +/or Fight (Sub Pop)

Rogue Wave, Helio Sequence, Voxtrot

Saturday, June 25, at Hailey's

Marrying the Mainstream

White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records.

Rockin' Around

Holiday gifts for the music lover in your life

Hot Hot Heat

The Texas sun outshone the stars at the Austin City Limits Music Festival

To the Limits

Elvis tanks, the Pixies rock and other tales from the 2004 ACL Festival

The Finn Brothers

Everyone Is Here (Nettwerk America)

Talking Heads

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (Rhino)

Odds & Ends

ACL Music Festival, Chaz's Live and Local Show and an interview with David "Fathead" Newman

Modest Mouse

Good News for People Who Love Bad News (Epic)

Modest Mouse

March 16

Cab Fare

Death Cab for Cutie are the kings of rock. Sort of.

Mary Timony

June 25

Bleed American

Desaparecidos want to return to a simple kind of life

Out & About

Cave In

Modest Mouse

The pros and cons

Mighty mice