The Moon & Antarctica (Expanded Edition) by Modest Mouse

Pros: Some amazing songs, entertaining lyrics, diverse arrangements

Cons: Bogs down a little in the middle.

The Bottom Line: Great indie (or is it mainstream?) pop from an oft overlooked band. Modest Mouse impresses me with The Moon & Antarctica.

Review: It took until the rest of the world also stumbled upon Modest Mouse for me to get a taste of the band. I am embarrassed to admit that it took so long to discover such an exuberant, intelligent, and well rounded band. Boasting some of the most appealing ...

Pros: It's Great From Start to Finish

Cons: None, really

The Bottom Line: Come drink Coca Cola with Modest Mouse.

Review: Modest Mouse is a band that has blown up in the last couple of years, especially with their last CD Good News for People Who Like Bad News. One of the singles, Float On, was played endlessly on the radio and the band enjoyed popularity it hadn't had in ...

Pros: Smart, clever, fun, eery. Like finding the center of the universe, and it's a dancefloor.

Cons: Product placement. Drinking Coca Cola. Nissan commercials. Satan. Satan. Satan.

The Bottom Line: It's Modest Mouse's loudest, grandest statement. And there's more to it than on a cursory listen. It's as close to a masterpiece as these guys are gonna get, I figure.

Review: It's 3 a.m. and the sheets are suffocating you. Beneath the curl of your cracked, pale lips, barely a breath comes out. You get up and sit down in your chair, a creaking scream of wood emanates, "Get offa me!". and so you refuse, and so the chair ...

Pros: Intelligent songs not too heavy yet not too light.

Cons: They are a little full of themselves.

The Bottom Line: A solid, though not life-changing, glimpse of what rock should be.

Review: If any given person goes onto a guitar-based chatroom they will find without fail a debate about rock being dead, alive, asleep, or some combination thereof. Also without fail there's somebody saying 'oh yeah? you think rock is dead? check out Modest ...

Pros: creative; good live performances; better than other mainstream junk

Cons: sometimes their sound gets annoying

Review: This is a prety solid album from start to finish. It may not be for the average music listener, but those into various forms of indie-rock should dig it. Modest Mouse has a distinct sound that you'll either love or hate. They are creative, ...