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  Exclusive Song: Modest Mouse, "Perpetual Motion Machine"

  July 13, 2009 – Good news for people who love Modest Mouse: if you can't wait to hear the band's upcoming EP, No One's First and You're Next (out Aug. …
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  Free Download: The Cribs' New Song with Johnny Marr

  July 7, 2009 – He helped Modest Mouse climb to the top of the indie rock mountain. Can Johnny Marr do the same for retro-minded British punk trio the Cribs? Well, it's time to find out. The Cribs -- with Marr officially joining brothers Ryan, Ross, and Gary Jarman as a full-fledged band member -- are offering up "We Were Aborted," the first track from Ignore the Ignorant, their fourth album, as a free download via their official website. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  June 19, 2009 – We've showered up, washed the mud out of our shoes, and properly detoxed -- yep, this year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival is a wrap. We saw great sets from MGMT, Bruce Springsteen, Phish, NIN, Phoenix, and many others. …
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  Listen: New Modest Mouse Song

  June 17, 2009 – Modest Mouse's new song, "Autumn Beds," sounds upbeat with its catchy, sing-along chorus, foot-stomping beat, and jangly banjo. …
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  Video Battle: Killers vs. Modest Mouse

  May 18, 2009 – Modest Mouse and the Killers both have new music videos -- and they both unfold in a forest. Whoda thunk it: Isaac Brock and Brandon Flowers actually have something in common... and that might be the only thing. …
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  Shins Frontman Talks New Lineup, Album

  May 7, 2009 – Two longtime members of the Shins were notably missing from the band's recent Washington State tour-opener. Bassist/keyboardist Marty Crandall was replaced by Ron Lewis (Fruit Bats, Grand Archives) and drummer Jesse Sandoval by Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer. Members of indie rock bands aren't exactly trading cards -- so people had questions! …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  April 4, 2009 – It was a big week for concerts: Bruce Springsteen and Lily Allen both knocked 'em dead at their U.S. …
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  Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow, Katy Perry Top Bumbershoot Bill

  April 2, 2009 – The initial lineup for the 39th annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival has been announced, along with the promise that there's "much more to come." Sheryl Crow, Modest Mouse, Katy Perry, and Michael Franti & Spearhead lead off the lineup, which also includes MSTRKRFT, Matt & Kim, Holy F**k, the Long Winters, No Age, Entourage star Adrian Grenier's group the Honey Brothers, and Natalie Portman's Shaved Head. The festival, …
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  Modest Mouse to Release Heath Ledger Video

  March 13, 2009 – Modest Mouse plans to release the music video actor Heath Ledger directed before his death in January 2008, the band's spokesperson tells SPIN.com. The Dark Knight actor helmed the animated clip for "King Rat," a bonus tune off 2007's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. …
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  Listen: Modest Mouse's Tour Mates

  January 29, 2009 – Modest Mouse will hit the road this February on a 12-date U.S. tour -- and they'll be bringing frontman Isaac Brock's latest musical discovery, Mimicking Birds, along for the ride! Brock, a former Sub Pop A&R man who discovered and signed Wolf Parade, recently inked Portland, OR, folkies Mimicking Birds to his record label, Glacial Pace. …
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