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Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Modest Mouse Go ‘Psychic' For September Seattle-Area Festival
Earlier this month, Modest Mouse announced their own cruise, which sails Feb. 5-9, 2026, on the Norwegian Pearl from Miami to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Now, the Isaac Brock-led group has revealed plans for their first festival, Psychic Salamander, which will slither over to Remlinger Farms outside of Seattle on Sept. 13-14. Modest Mouse and upcoming tourmates the Flaming Lips will perform both nights, with the Sept. 13 bill also featuring Courtney Barnett, Built to Spill, the Vaudevillian and Mattress. The next night will offer a complete The Soft Bulletin performance by the Lips, as well as sets from Sleater-Kinney, Yo La Tengo, Friko and Sun Atoms. Tickets will be available May 2. More from Spin: Broken Social Scene Look Forward, Back With Tribute LP, Documentary Lorde Returns With New Single, 'What Was That' Riot Fest Rocks With blink-182, Weezer, Green Day The band have been away from the stage since the conclusion last November of their 20th anniversary Good News for People Who Love Bad News tour but will be back in action throughout the summer. Headline dates begin June 9 in Lake Buena Vista, Fl., and include a month-plus stint of shows in tandem with the Lips, beginning Aug. 1 in Atlanta. As for Modest Mouse's Ice Cream Float cruise, it will boast performances by Portugal. The Man, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Mannequin Pussy, Built to Spill, FIDLAR, Tropical Fuck Storm, the Brock side project Ugly Casanova, the Black Heart Procession and comedian David Cross. Fans can expect a twist on Mystery Science Theater 3000, with Modest Mouse's members offering irreverent commentary about films of their choice, a live Q&A with topics chosen by attendees, a story time during which Brock will read children's books, DJ sets and a 'Parade of Freaks,' which is, well, self-explanatory. Ice Cream Floats also includes a port day in Puerto Plata. To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, click here.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse's joint tour plots Minneapolis stop
Minneapolis is getting a dose of out-there indie rock in August. The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse have announced a co-headlining tour that will bring them to The Armory on Aug. 15. Both groups rose to prominence in the late '90s with records that have become indie rock classics. They exploded in popularity during the early '00s with the breakthrough albums Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and Good News for People Who Love Bad News, respectively. In recent years, both groups ran celebratory tours ringing in the 20th anniversaries of those seminal albums. This time, there are not complete album performances or setlist confines that have been announced. Both groups passed through the Twin Cities last year, with the Flaming Lips supporting Weezer's tour that stopped at Xcel Energy Center and Modest Mouse opening for Pixies at Surly Brewing Festival Field's summer series. This summer's tour will bring the bands to a couple of other hubs in the Upper Midwest, including an Aug. 14 show in Madison and an Aug. 16 date in Chicago. Tickets for the tour go on sale to the public on Friday, March 28, at 10 a.m. An artist presale will start on Wednesday, March 26.
