It’s been a week since Modest Mouse released We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, easily one of this most heavily anticipated albums of mid-March. More »
The blurry Isaac Brock photo above was taken during Sunday night’s Modest Mouse show in Sioux Falls, S.D., during which Brock engaged in some knifeplay, according to the Argus Leader‘s blog:
After wrestling with his guitar and guitar strap, Brock threw his six-string off his body and began uncoiling the microphone cord wrapped around the mic stand in front of him. After spazzing out while singing some quasi-decipherable vocals, Brock stepped back in a frenzy and sliced his chest.
Watching from in front of the opposite side of the stage – but with a clear view of Brock’s body – I wasn’t close enough to exactly determine what he was doing. But it appeared he had some sort of object in his hand that he used to make two swift cuts on his torso.
Judging by Internet/blogosphere reaction, last night’s American Idol rendition of “Float On” is clearly the most disturbing thing to ever happen to our country’s yup-rock taste-barons–more disturbing than Vietnam (the war) and Vietnam (the band) combined. More »
We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, the first album featuring the Johnny Marr-fortified lineup of Modest Mouse, is set to come out next month, but MP3s have started to make their way around the Web’s back alleys. More »
netZoo has some “rough-sounding” mp3s from last night’s Modest Mouse show in Los Angeles; two new tracks are below (at least, we think they’re new). We don’t have titles for these yet, but surely there are some Brockheads out there who can hook us up with the info. More »
-The Insane Clown Posse is one of several artists playing a series of MySpace-sponsored concerts for Darfur relief. More »
