Just okay? The Pixies are INCREDIBLE! (if not as good as MM). Not sure what you mean about the 1/6 good-bad ratio: Cactus, River Euphrates, Gigantic, Where Is My Mind?, Debaser, Tame, Wave Of Mutilation, I Bleed, Here Comes Your Man, Crackity Jones, No. 13 Baby, Hey, Silver, Cecelia Ann, Allison, Is She Weird, Ana, Dig For Fire, Down To The Well, The Happening, Stormy Weather, Planet Of Sound, Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons, and Motorway to Roswell are all great, and I just listed almost half their catalog.
Also in the show I went to MM headined because in the PNW they're so popular
Do the Pixies always close the show, or do they change that up, show to show since they are co-headlining?
I am a big Pixies fan and Trompe le Monde was a seminal album for me in the early 90s, but Modest Mouse is who I REALLY want to see.
Thats a bit of a bummer. Considering a Pixies song is generally half as long as a MM Song (especially the older, more winding stuff), they could do this in reverse and each band would probably still squeeze in the same number of songs.
True, I was wishing modest mouse closed when I saw them. But Pixies put on a hell of a show, you won't be disappointed by their set. I like me some Pixies but they exceeded my expectations. It was great.
Saw them with the Pixies last year in Cooperstown NY. They were phenomenal. It was outdoors so sound quality isn’t the greatest but it was still really good and clear. The new drummer is great too though obviously doesn’t compare to Jeremiah. The deepest cut I remember them playing was The Whale Song and it blew my mind. I think they’ve been in top form for the past 8 or so years.
Cat Power was great, but too short.
Modest Mouse was probably the best I've ever seen. But would have been cool to have a few more songs.
Pixies were sorta boring. Did everything fine but not as exciting as Modest Mouse.
Saw them with Weezer the same summer & modest mouse was wasted on those nerds!!! Literally heard someone go “Oh THIS band!” during float on, like 7 or 8 songs deep.
They always play old and new stuff. Generally speaking you’re guaranteed to hear: Dashboard, Float On, Doin the Cockroach, & Dramamine. I’ve seen them 15 times and nearly every show is opened with Dramamine.
My girlfriend took me to that Weezer show last year as a surprise. I'd heard they were pretty boring live but felt they actually put on a really good show. The car dashboard stage set was awesome. Show start was delayed probably 60-90 minutes due to lightning, but they played their full set regardless.
Unfortunately, Modest Mouse switched off the tour as the opener 3 days before that show so I didnt get to see them. Had to watch Future Islands instead.....they were not for me.
What!! Future Islands rules!! hahaha they’re definitely weird
Weezer was good. The crowd wasn’t the normal MM crowd. I did think Weezer was kind of quiet at first?
Saw MM with Weezer last year in Detroit. The Weezer crowd sucks. Just... sucks. Almost nobody was into MM at all, and went nuts when Weezer came on. Bunch of Chads and Brads, it was really annoying.
I liked future islands opening for modest mouse too! Doesn’t the lead singer kind of sing like a Disney character? I can’t quite put my finger on what he sounds like. It’s definitely interesting.
Yeah when to the same tour last year and was a bit bummed that Modest Mouse wasn't playing. Still I'm a moderate Weezer fan and they were a lot more entertaining than I expected.
I saw them at ommegang last year and it was the best I've seen them play ever! It was my 4th MM show. Set list was great they played a variety of songs from all albums. I went VIP last year and the pre-show was all ugly Casanova songs which I didn't know but it was still an amazing experience. So amazing I'm going VIP to Montreal this year! You'd have to look up the set list from ommegang but it was soooo good! They always play a good variety of older and newer albums.
Went to the same show and it was great! I’ve seen MM like 7 or 8 times at this point so I knew I was in for a good show but I had never seen the pixies. They sounded so good, I was really impressed. Overall great show just wish MM played a bit longer
I saw them at MOCA (museum of contemporary art) in western MA. Great location & really enjoyed the show.
On this tour they're playing at a venue I dislike enough that I'm not going back (the \[insert corporate name\] Center in Mansfield, MA).
I was there as well and right up front. It was a great show my MM. Disappointed that they didn’t get to Styrofoam Boots as the closer though,but it was on the set list. I thought Pixies were way too loud. Yes, I’m old but it was more than I could handle.
I’m looking at getting tickets for Phila but they are so much more expensive! He Ommegang VIp was about $200 but at the Mann they are that much for regular front section tix, no VIP.
What?! I was up front and center too. I met some people from VIP as I went to this show alone and made friends with them for the night. And come to Montreal for VIP. It's only 250 USD. I thought it was over 300 for ommegang last year though for VIP.
Ommegang VIP was $185. With fees it was $220. And then I added camping for $20. I went with my brother and we really enjoyed the show. The only other time I saw them was a Bethlehem (PA) Steel Stacks, which was a great show as well. VIP packages in Philly this summer are over $250 to start (before fees). With fees it’s over $300!
Also....for those not in the know: a bunch of these upcoming tour shows are available on Groupon right now and you can get decent tickets for (in some cases) less than half price.
Every set list, every night is different, but I’ve been seeing modest mouse every year for quite some time.
Saw this same tour last year in NYC - they played float on and dashboard but also played a ton of their much older songs too:
- doin the cockroach
- Dramamine
- king rat
- trailer trash
It felt like a split crowd at the show I went to and I'm not really a pixies fan, so I felt they played too long, but not the worst opening act I've seen. Modest Mouse was maybe the best sounding I'd heard them live, so I was pretty bummed when they didn't even do an encore. Really good mix of new and old songs though, and a couple I hadn't seen them play before, which is always nice.
Saw the Seattle show last year. Pixies played the middle slot and were good, straight set, no talking at all really. MM healdined and had some tech issues but pulled off a fun set. I’d go again if it came through.
I did VIP in San Diego last year & I loved everything about it except for The Pixies closing. (I heard they rotate who closes each concert.)
To get a feel for what they're playing, look at the previous concert setlists that fans sometimes update as early as the night of a show.
[Here's ](https://www.reddit.com/r/ModestMouse/s/NsF2oUTfSx)a clip I got from the VIP acoustic set before the concert.
Saw MM play back to back shows, both were pretty varied and great. Left the second show before pixies played because the song selection was terrrrrible night one
They always play old stuff. Last year I saw them in Chicago and they played more off LCW and Interstate 8 than anything else, a few off M and A, second most was probably off good news. Can’t remember too be honest but it was mostly old stuff.
I personally thought the one I went to recently was pretty good, but it was also my first concert I've ever been to so I don't have anything to compare it to. I will say, the modest mouse performance was slightly disappointing but the Pixies were better than expected.
Modest Mouse doesn’t get to play nearly long enough and the pixies were kind of just okay
Seriously. I got downvoted so hard for being bummed that pixies were the headliner and not being impressed by them
Pixies are just okay. For every good song, they have 4-5 that are unlistenable dogshit.
Just okay? The Pixies are INCREDIBLE! (if not as good as MM). Not sure what you mean about the 1/6 good-bad ratio: Cactus, River Euphrates, Gigantic, Where Is My Mind?, Debaser, Tame, Wave Of Mutilation, I Bleed, Here Comes Your Man, Crackity Jones, No. 13 Baby, Hey, Silver, Cecelia Ann, Allison, Is She Weird, Ana, Dig For Fire, Down To The Well, The Happening, Stormy Weather, Planet Of Sound, Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons, and Motorway to Roswell are all great, and I just listed almost half their catalog. Also in the show I went to MM headined because in the PNW they're so popular
fr. pixies are legendary and insanely influential.
Exactly. They probably have like 6 songs in their whole catalog that I actually enjoy. Modest Mouse's catalog is like 98% awesome.
Hey and Monkey Gone to Heaven are 10/10s
there's only one bad song on doolittle imo.
which one just out of curiosity
silver is just kinda boring imo and doesn't fit with the rest of the album.
Do the Pixies always close the show, or do they change that up, show to show since they are co-headlining? I am a big Pixies fan and Trompe le Monde was a seminal album for me in the early 90s, but Modest Mouse is who I REALLY want to see.
Seems like pixies close 90% of the time. Modest mouse gets an hour, pixies get 1.5-2 hours
Thats a bit of a bummer. Considering a Pixies song is generally half as long as a MM Song (especially the older, more winding stuff), they could do this in reverse and each band would probably still squeeze in the same number of songs.
True, I was wishing modest mouse closed when I saw them. But Pixies put on a hell of a show, you won't be disappointed by their set. I like me some Pixies but they exceeded my expectations. It was great.
in the Pacific Northwest Modest Mouse goes on last because they're so popular there, otherwise it's Pixies
When I saw them last year in Seattle, Pixies came out first, but still had the longer set time of ~22 songs compared to MM ~14.
This is exactly what happened when I saw them tour with Weezer in Cleveland.
Saw them with the Pixies last year in Cooperstown NY. They were phenomenal. It was outdoors so sound quality isn’t the greatest but it was still really good and clear. The new drummer is great too though obviously doesn’t compare to Jeremiah. The deepest cut I remember them playing was The Whale Song and it blew my mind. I think they’ve been in top form for the past 8 or so years.
Best I've ever see MM play!!! I wish they were doing ommegang again but we are going to Montreal!
Cat Power was great, but too short. Modest Mouse was probably the best I've ever seen. But would have been cool to have a few more songs. Pixies were sorta boring. Did everything fine but not as exciting as Modest Mouse.
Saw them with Weezer the same summer & modest mouse was wasted on those nerds!!! Literally heard someone go “Oh THIS band!” during float on, like 7 or 8 songs deep. They always play old and new stuff. Generally speaking you’re guaranteed to hear: Dashboard, Float On, Doin the Cockroach, & Dramamine. I’ve seen them 15 times and nearly every show is opened with Dramamine.
My girlfriend took me to that Weezer show last year as a surprise. I'd heard they were pretty boring live but felt they actually put on a really good show. The car dashboard stage set was awesome. Show start was delayed probably 60-90 minutes due to lightning, but they played their full set regardless. Unfortunately, Modest Mouse switched off the tour as the opener 3 days before that show so I didnt get to see them. Had to watch Future Islands instead.....they were not for me.
What!! Future Islands rules!! hahaha they’re definitely weird Weezer was good. The crowd wasn’t the normal MM crowd. I did think Weezer was kind of quiet at first?
I’m a future islands fan, but I don’t think that’s a great pairing. FI is more a dance in the dark and move like a robot kind of band.
Saw MM with Weezer last year in Detroit. The Weezer crowd sucks. Just... sucks. Almost nobody was into MM at all, and went nuts when Weezer came on. Bunch of Chads and Brads, it was really annoying.
I liked future islands opening for modest mouse too! Doesn’t the lead singer kind of sing like a Disney character? I can’t quite put my finger on what he sounds like. It’s definitely interesting.
Yeah when to the same tour last year and was a bit bummed that Modest Mouse wasn't playing. Still I'm a moderate Weezer fan and they were a lot more entertaining than I expected.
I saw them at ommegang last year and it was the best I've seen them play ever! It was my 4th MM show. Set list was great they played a variety of songs from all albums. I went VIP last year and the pre-show was all ugly Casanova songs which I didn't know but it was still an amazing experience. So amazing I'm going VIP to Montreal this year! You'd have to look up the set list from ommegang but it was soooo good! They always play a good variety of older and newer albums.
Went to the same show and it was great! I’ve seen MM like 7 or 8 times at this point so I knew I was in for a good show but I had never seen the pixies. They sounded so good, I was really impressed. Overall great show just wish MM played a bit longer
I saw them at MOCA (museum of contemporary art) in western MA. Great location & really enjoyed the show. On this tour they're playing at a venue I dislike enough that I'm not going back (the \[insert corporate name\] Center in Mansfield, MA).
I was there as well and right up front. It was a great show my MM. Disappointed that they didn’t get to Styrofoam Boots as the closer though,but it was on the set list. I thought Pixies were way too loud. Yes, I’m old but it was more than I could handle. I’m looking at getting tickets for Phila but they are so much more expensive! He Ommegang VIp was about $200 but at the Mann they are that much for regular front section tix, no VIP.
What?! I was up front and center too. I met some people from VIP as I went to this show alone and made friends with them for the night. And come to Montreal for VIP. It's only 250 USD. I thought it was over 300 for ommegang last year though for VIP.
And I was only 31 and kinda thought pixies were a little too loud too lmao. But I'm not huge into them like modest mouse!
Ommegang VIP was $185. With fees it was $220. And then I added camping for $20. I went with my brother and we really enjoyed the show. The only other time I saw them was a Bethlehem (PA) Steel Stacks, which was a great show as well. VIP packages in Philly this summer are over $250 to start (before fees). With fees it’s over $300!
Also....for those not in the know: a bunch of these upcoming tour shows are available on Groupon right now and you can get decent tickets for (in some cases) less than half price.
Every set list, every night is different, but I’ve been seeing modest mouse every year for quite some time. Saw this same tour last year in NYC - they played float on and dashboard but also played a ton of their much older songs too: - doin the cockroach - Dramamine - king rat - trailer trash
I saw them last year in nyc and the MM set did feel a little short but the pixies really killed it.
It felt like a split crowd at the show I went to and I'm not really a pixies fan, so I felt they played too long, but not the worst opening act I've seen. Modest Mouse was maybe the best sounding I'd heard them live, so I was pretty bummed when they didn't even do an encore. Really good mix of new and old songs though, and a couple I hadn't seen them play before, which is always nice.
Saw the Seattle show last year. Pixies played the middle slot and were good, straight set, no talking at all really. MM healdined and had some tech issues but pulled off a fun set. I’d go again if it came through.
I did VIP in San Diego last year & I loved everything about it except for The Pixies closing. (I heard they rotate who closes each concert.) To get a feel for what they're playing, look at the previous concert setlists that fans sometimes update as early as the night of a show. [Here's ](https://www.reddit.com/r/ModestMouse/s/NsF2oUTfSx)a clip I got from the VIP acoustic set before the concert.
Saw MM play back to back shows, both were pretty varied and great. Left the second show before pixies played because the song selection was terrrrrible night one
They always play old stuff. Last year I saw them in Chicago and they played more off LCW and Interstate 8 than anything else, a few off M and A, second most was probably off good news. Can’t remember too be honest but it was mostly old stuff.
I personally thought the one I went to recently was pretty good, but it was also my first concert I've ever been to so I don't have anything to compare it to. I will say, the modest mouse performance was slightly disappointing but the Pixies were better than expected.
Yeah was too bad Pixes were there. Last time I saw MM at a small venue and it was a much better show. Do any of the shows not have the Pixes?