Sometimes a band is just better live. That was the case for Modest Mouse, an indie rock outfit best known for their 2004 hit “Float On,” which topped the Billboard Alternative Airplay charts and was ...

Modest Mouse were the perfect “right time, right place” band for the early Aughts indie-rock gold rush. They had legit Nineties alt-rock bona fides (Beat Happening’s Calvin Johnson co-produced Mouse’s ...

Everyone knows Modest Mouse for “Float On,” and rightfully so: that song is an absolute heater. There’s a reason that hit songs become hit songs, and Modest Mouse’s early brand – a variety of the ...