Nuts For Music

REMhas tapped Modest Mouseto go on tour with them this spring/summer. A 13 date tour starting May 23 in Vancouver and ending June 21 in Atlanta promises to be a good one. You can’t go wrong with a classic band like REM. Modest Mouse is a great upcoming band that should fit in with REM’s sound to make for one good show.

They’ll be at Great Woods (I refuse to call it the Tweeter Center, especially with Tweeter basically going out of business) on June 13th. I’ll be trying my damnest to be there as I’m becoming a big fan of Modest Mouse.

Modest Mouse‘s 2007 release We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sankis another regular album in my weekly rotation. I’d say I listen to it at least 5-6 times a week when I’m at work. Its great for just grooving when you’re busying writing some code for a project or even writing blog posts.

This is Modest Mouse’s fifth studio album and it definitely doesn’t disappoint. I’m quite particular to Dashboard and Florida on this album. You can’t help but bob your head or thump your hands on your desk when these songs are on. Little Motel is another good one towards the end of the album. I’d say for the most part you can listen to this one from start to finish without skipping any tracks. Their 2007 tour has come to a close, so let’s hope their back in the studio hard at work on some new material. Hopefully we’ll see them on tour sometime in 2008 or early 2009. I’ll be going if they come to the Boston area for sure.

Favorite Tracks

• Track 2 – Dashboard
• Track 3 – Fire It Up
• Track 4 – Florida
• Track 10 – Little Motel