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[AustinMusicScene]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28899695/
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Indie rock band Modest Mouse is returning to the road for a 12-date U.S. tour, beginning February 22 in Oakland, Calif. The trek concludes March 8 at the Langerado Festival in Miami.

Former Grandaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild will join Modest Mouse on stage, replacing Johnny Marr, who has become a member of U.K. rock act the Cribs in the time since Modest Mouse was last active.

The opening act on the tour will be Mimicking Birds, the latest band signed to Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace label. Tickets go on sale Thursday (January 29).

Here are Modest Mouse's tour dates:

February 22: Oakland, Calif. (Fox Theater)

February 23: Visalia, Calif. (Fox Theater)

February 24: Los Angeles (Hollywood Palladium)

February 25: Tempe, Ariz. (Marquee)

February 26: Albuquerque, N.M. (Convention Center)

February 28: Boulder, Colo. (Balch Fieldhouse)

March 2: Kansas City, Mo. (Uptown Theater)

March 3: Oklahoma City (Diamond Ballroom)

March 4: Austin, Texas (Stubb's)

March 5: Oxford, Miss. (the Lyric)

March 7: Atlanta (Tabernacle)

March 8: Miami (Langerado Festival)

[Hewletts Daughter]

Jim Fairchild = cool the rest of this story, not so much live Modest Mouse is one of the most painful things in life.

[solace]

Jim Fairchild = cool

the rest of this story, not so much

live Modest Mouse is one of the most painful things in life.

TRUTH

[nole.kennedy]

Really? I saw them and liked them quite a bit.

[Gluehead]

I saw them on their last tour and while it was cool to see Johnny Marr up there they all seemed to be going through the motions and did not want to be there. Man Man opened up for them and had more energy in one song than they did in their entire set.

[Hewletts Daughter]

Really? I saw them and liked them quite a bit.

you must be confusing them with Mouse on Mars

or 30 Seconds to Mars

or any other band in the world

[washing machine]

Although they're my favourite band, I've had hit or miss experiences with them live. The first time I saw them was at a headlining show and they were incredibly mediocre, even downright bad at points. The second time was when they were on the tour with R.E.M. and The National, and it was much better, but still not great. The third time was another headlining show between dates with the two aforementioned bands, and they put on one of the best shows I've ever seen. Seriously.

[solace]

they are def hit or miss live. i've seen them 6 or 7x now going back to '97 and only 2 i'd consider that were pretty good shows, and 2 were just horrendous. they were OK opening for REM, but The National blew them away, and the crowd response was evident others felt that way too. the '07 headlining show w/ Marr i saw wasn't very good either, but one of the band members was pretty sick and they canceled the second night in Minneapolis as a result.

[arkin]

I wouldn't say the band has ever been awful when I saw them, just underwhelming. On the Good News tour, they were pretty 'ehhh' But I saw them a year or two before that and they were really good. There weren't as many of them, played more older songs. More energy.

[washing machine]

Maybe it's because they're my favourite songs I've ever had the delight of hearing, but I go crazy when any pre-Good News stuff shows up in the set of the show I'm at.

[jayayseekay]

Well if their inconsistent live performing isn't enough to put you off, the quality of their last record (Steam Engenius and maybe one or two others aside) should. In fact, stretch that back to cover not just We Were Dead but also Good News... - both pretty aimless albums relative to early Modest Mouse.

[arkin]

Well if their inconsistent live performing isn't enough to put you off, the quality of their last record (Steam Engenius and maybe one or two others aside) should. In fact, stretch that back to cover not just We Were Dead but also Good News... - both pretty aimless albums relative to early Modest Mouse.

aimless? I dunno about that. You could argue against the quality, but they're pretty consistent pop records.

[nole.kennedy]

The third time was another headlining show between dates with the two aforementioned bands, and they put on one of the best shows I've ever seen. Seriously.

This was the case for me. It was a one off show featuring The Breeders, The National (so good), and Modest Mouse headlining. The entire band had energy and their performance was really good. It was really cool seeing Johnny Marr and he seemed really into all the songs, even the ones he had no part in writing. Was it the best concert I've ever seen... of course not. But it was WAY more than "underwhelming."