Pat Duffy, formerly of Pop Tarts Suck Toasted (RIP), checks in for us! For this year’s Pitchfork Fest, a lot of emphasis is being put on the headliners, and why shouldn’t it be with acts like Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem and Pavement wrapping up the action each night. To end things the first night Pitchfork brought out Modest Mouse, a band with perfect albums, radio friendly singles and a reputation for solid, if not spectacular shows. Friday night they fit right in with the mellower acts Pitchfork had booked for the day. As good as their music is, Modest Mouse never fully bring it on stage – though you probably shouldn’t tell the kids up front that. They play the songs the way they recorded them, they do it well enough and they feel that should be enough. For some it is, for others it’s not, and we’re finding ourselves somewhere in the middle camp. The band really sounds great, but at this point in their career would it kill them to be a bit more engaging on stage? Modest Mouse didn’t kill it on Friday night but they rocked us gently into the night allowing us to retain our hearing going into Day 2 of the festival. Day 1 was a bit light overall, only 8 bands hitting the stages and most of them going for gentler sounds than what we’ll see on Day 2, but it was a good night overall & the tunes were definitely solid all night long. SPTR: 7.8.
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Catch ‘em at:
7-1 Broomfield, CO – 1st Bank Center
7-2 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Theater
7-6 Kansas City, MO – Crossroads
7-9 Santa Fe, NM – Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre
7-12 Sioux Falls, ND – Ramkota Exhibit Hall
7-13 Fargo, ND – Hub
7-14 Minneapolis, MN – The Orpheum Theatre
7-16 Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
7-17 St. Louis, MO – Pageant Theatre
7-18 Knoxville, TN – The Valarium
7-19 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
7-20 Charleston, SC – Music Farm
7-22 Montclair, NJ – Wellmont Theatre
7-23 Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Waterfront
7-24 Boston, MA – House Of Blues
Watch ‘Satellite Skin’ here.
MP3: Modest Mouse – Dashboard
Catch ‘em at:
8-17 Halifax, Nova Scotia – Forum Multipurpose Room
8-19 Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis
8-20 Kingston, Ontario – Ale House
8-21 Toronto, Ontario – Sound Academy
8-24 Columbus, OH – Lifestyle Pavilion
8-25 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
8-28 San Diego, CA – Street Scene
8-30 San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
9-1 Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
9-2 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
9-3 Billings, MT – Alberta Blair Theater
9-4 Missoula, MT – Wilma Theater
9-5 Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
Watch Modest Mouse’s new video for ‘Satellite Skin’ here.
MP3: Modest Mouse – Dashboard
Enjoy this week’s stunning rendition of ‘The Night Sky’ in the feature below.
MP3: Modest Mouse – Dashboard
The rumor turned out to be true.
May 23 – Vancouver, BC – Deer Lake Park
May 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
May 31 – San Francisco, CA – Greek Theatre
June 3 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 6 – Chicago, IL – United Center
June 8 – Toronto, ON – Molson Amphitheatre
June 10 – Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
June 11 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 13 – Boston, MA – Tweeter Center
June 14 – Long Island, NY – Jones Beach
June 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center
June 19 – New York, NY – TBA
June 21 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
MP3: Modest Mouse – Dashboard
The National’s frontman, Matt Berninger, spills the beans (of sorts) to Triple J: *”I don’t know if we’re allowed to say but I think we might be doing some shows with them when their new record comes out. So that’ll be unbelievable for us. I think Modest Mouse are also going to be part of those shows too.”*
Thanks for the tip, Baby!
MP3: The National – Slipping Husband
Modest Mouse – This Devil’s Workday (LL Remix)
Learn more about Luke Lindemeyer here.
Visit Modest Mouse at their official site.
MP3: Modest Mouse – This Devil’s Workday (LL Remix)
