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Modest Mouse are selling vintage music gear on Reverb, including Moog synthesisers, a Korg drum machine, a Soursound Audio Custom Amp head, and old Soviet-era equipment.
In a video posted on Reverb’s YouTube channel, frontman Issac Brock admits that he has a habit of stocking up on maybe too much gear, which often gets unused, and now he’s getting rid of over 500 pieces from his massive collection.
The shop launches on September 5, and its description online says that some of this gear has been around the world with Modest Mouse – which now “they’re passing on” to their fans.
Speaking about how he managed to build up such a big collection, Brock said: “I would go down to the music store, and I would just buy anything that looked interesting to me.
“I could just take it back or resell it, but then I wouldn’t do that—I would be like, eh—you’ll have a purpose someday. I’d kind of panic that if I didn’t have a whole bunch of new gadgets and tools to work with, I was gonna make the same songs.”
In the video, Brock said: “A large part of why I decided to clear out some stuff that I even like is because I have option fatigue. If I get interest in something, I get way too interested for a short amount of time. So I ended up buying every shitty drum machine I could possibly find.”
The Modest Mouse Reverb store will feature a Moog Mother-32 and Arp Odyssey, several Fender amplifiers, rare pedals such as the Electro-Harmonix Rhythm-12 and an original MIJ Boss Chorus Ensemble, along with a 50-watt Soursound Audio Custom Amp head, complete with a road case.
Additionally, Modest Mouse is also unpacking three gold Telefunken M80 microphones from various of the band’s tours, Soviet-era items such as a Polivoks Polyvox and two Lell UDS Soviet Analog Drum Synthesizers, Modest Mouse merchandise, stadium seats from a 1956 Elvis concert, and a Moog Voyager XL, which Brock describes in the video as “too nice for me.”
Last month, Modest Mouse announced details of a US tour, celebrating the 20th anniversary of ‘Good News For People Who Love Bad News’.
It comes following the band marking the milestone anniversary earlier this year, when they shared a reissue consisting of an expanded edition of the LP – it features eight additional remixes from the likes of MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden (‘The View’), Jacknife Lee (‘Bury Me With It’), Dan the Automator (‘Float On’), and Justin Raisen (‘The Good Times Are Killing Me’).
Running between the end of October and the entirety of November, the Modest Mouse 2024 tour will kick off with an opening night at The Republik in Honolulu on October 28. Any remaining tickets for the US dates can be found here.
OCTOBER
28 – Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
30 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theater
NOVEMBER
1 – Portland, OR @ Rev Hall
2 – Portland, OR @ Rev Hall
3 – Portland, OR @ Rev Hall
5 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
6 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
7 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
8 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
9 – San Diego, CA @ The Sound
11 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
12 – Omaha, NE @ Steelhouse Omaha
13 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Riverside Theater
14 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
11/16 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
17 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
19 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
20 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
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Brad Paisley has called Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding “one of the least pretentious weddings he’s ever seen”.
The country star attended the ceremony alongside his actress wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley. They joined around 1,000 guests at New York City’s Madison Square Garden earlier this month as the global pop icon married the American football star.
Although the celebration attracted enormous attention and involved tight security and a stunning makeover of the famous arena, Paisley said the occasion never came across as excessive.
“Ironically, (it) was one of the least pretentious weddings that I've ever seen or ever will see,” Paisley told The Associated Press during an interview. “It meant a lot to be (invited). It was, kind of, a big thank you from her to invite us.”
Paisley, who chose Swift as an opening performer for his tour when she was a teenager in 2007, said he was delighted to be included in what many considered the biggest celebrity wedding of the year.
“They were very clear with the invite, and I took this personally when I got the invite, because in the invite, it said, ‘If you're getting this, you mean a lot to us,’” he revealed.
The musician also explained that guests were not told the wedding’s exact location until the date drew nearer.
“It was really fun to watch the cat and mouse game of, like, ‘We can tell you roughly where it's going to be, we're not gonna say what building... and here's the date. If you're in, we'll tell you more,’” he continued. “I went to my wife, I said, ‘Want to go?’ and she said, ‘Absolutely, we gotta be there!’ So, we did it, it was RSVP yes.”
Other famous attendees included Brad Pitt, Gigi Hadid, Bradley Cooper, Ed Sheeran, Sabrina Carpenter, Hugh Grant, Haim and Tom Hanks.
