Modest Mouse at the Crystal Ballroom on May 2, 2014

“You think there’s going to be new music?” a pumped fan asked me in the minutes before Modest Mouse took the Crystal Ballroom stage for the second night in a row on Friday, August 2. “I really hope we get to hear some new shit!” Night two of Modest Mouse’s back-to-back tour opening shows in Portland, like the first, did not bring with it the debut of any new music—and that was Good News for People Who Love Bad News.... read more