Stereogum — Alabama is getting a new music festival in the form of Sloss, a new music and arts festival that will take place over two days in Birmingham. The inaugural lineup is led by Modest Mouse, Band Of Horses, Primus, and local soul band St. Paul & the Brok... more info

Stereogum — Modest Mouse brought their Strangers To Ourselves press tour to CBS This Morning: Saturday today. The band performed “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box” and “Coyotes,” and Isaac Brock sat down for a surprisingly friendly interview with Ant... more info

Stereogum — Modest Mouse’s new video for their Strangers To Ourselves single “Lampshades On Fire” is a dizzy barrage of fucked-up and surreal imagery, presented almost entirely without context. A needle pierces a cheek. A mousetrap snaps on some guy’s to... more info

Stereogum — To accompany their new album Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse have released what they’re calling a “linguistic remix generator.” If you head over to this website and type in a phrase of up to 96 characters, it’ll generate a visualizer and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos: Perfume Genius @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, October 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Perfume Genius, Jenny Hval @ Stage 48 Perfume... more info

Stereogum — During all the years they spent between albums, Modest Mouse never really stopped touring. So now that it’s time to promote their new Strangers To Ourselves, they’re a polished and locked-in live band. Last night, they squeezed their full nine-pi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Modest Mouse @ Firefly Fest 2012 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Bjork @ King's Theatre Bjork's in the midst of a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — 'Strangers to Ourselves' cover art Modest Mouse's first album in eight years, Strangers to Ourselves, is out today and pretty much sounds like Modest Mouse -- which is not a bad thing at all. You can stream the whole thing... more info

Stereogum — It feels like Modest Mouse have been away forever, so it’s easy to forget that their decline into mediocrity is only one or two albums deep. (If you think The Moon & Antarctica is less than a masterpiece, you’re reading the wrong review.) Whether... more info

Nialler9 — More gig news announcements here. Before they head off to SXSW, Fight Like Apes are playing a headline show in The Sugar Club on Monday March 16th. Support comes from Bitch Falcon and DJS Dan Hegarty (2FM), Steve Reddy and Gav Icon. €10/€12. Noe... more info