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Heath Ledger made the three-and-a-half minute film for London-born rap act No Fixed Abode, his close childhood friend Photo: GETTY The Australian actor, who died in January 2008 following an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, directed the video Cause An Effect shortly before starring in The Dark Knight.

Uber-catchy indie rock band Vampire Weekend is due in Visalia on Nov. 9, the latest concert coup for promoter Aaron Gomes.

While there's a decent good chance Johnny Marr will be doing some writing in the future with Isaac Brock and the rest of Modest Mouse , Marr's days on the road with the band might be done.

The 411 Music Top Five 10.20.09: Top 5 Favorite Songs From 2003 Posted by Ben Czajkowski on 10.20.2009 2003 was a good year for music, and this week, the 411Music Critics talk about their top five favorite tracks from that year.

Uber-catchy indie rock band Vampire Weekend is due in Visalia on Nov. 9, the latest concert coup for promoter Aaron Gomes.

There is a certain amount of dissonance in this DK's Donut shop, listening to Bill Vaun talk about pop music as Modest Mouse's weird, lovely, 2004 crossover album Good News For People Who Love Bad News plays in the background.

Two years after their last studio album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank," indie band Modest Mouse returns with their newest EP "No One's First and You're Next," and it doesn't disappoint.

The indie rock band Modest Mouse is getting the royal treatment from Bent Image Lab's new director/partner Nando Costa.

Modest Mouse first showed us that they had visual creativity through their video for " Float On ." It was one of the true indie videos that MTV2 had on rotation for a while, and it was also the song that garnered them mainstream success.

Brock and his pearly whites. For a track that kinda sounds like a practice-space jam session caught on tape , "The Whale Song" sure has an amazingly lavish video: As if a cow's head rapidly rotting down to a skull that then explodes wasn't enough, we see Isaac Brock hurtling through empty space, his bowels unraveling from his gut and splattering on ...

When we were deep in No One's First And You're Next mode, I called "Whale Song" the most interesting material from the collection.

The final installment of Pitchfork's Top 100 albums of the decade hits stands today.

Compiling a list of the top 10 rock songs of the 2000s is a difficult task, as the genre encompassed everything from folk to emo to metal to whatever you want to call Nickelback and Creed.

Modest Mouse have announced a show in Ireland. Playing Dublin Academy on December 7, the band are expected to play songs from their 2007 album 'We Were Dead Before The Ship Sank' , which featured The Cribs current guitarist and former Smiths man Johnny Marr .

As a prelude to a four night run by Modest Mouse at the Crystal Ballroom this week, Casey Jarman of Willamette Week caught up with Isaac Brock and delved in to his side project - Glacial Pace , an indie label which is home to emerging bands Mimicking Birds and Morning Teleportation .

While Sonic Youth just keep getting older and Dinosaur Jr are now all seniors, The Cribs have taken a shortcut to making their own baby-based name sound ironic.

Be honest, considering all the booze, rumors, lineup changes sudden success and drama, did you ever really think Modest Mouse would end up like this -- the elder statesmen of Portland music? Elliott Smith never played three nights at the Crystal Ballroom.

If anything's wrong lately for Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock, it was a torn muscle near his ribs that kept him from swimming while vacationing in Hawaii.

John St. Cyr, music industry sophomore,right plays base with JohnMichael at Tipitina's Saturday,Sept 5. Saturday night, Tipitina's hosted the "Back2School" show, with local bands Gamma Ringo, M@ Peoples Collective and MyNameIsJohnMichael.

The Main Street Cruisers will perform 8 to 11 tonight at the Charles Chrin Community Center, 4100 Green Pond Road, Palmer Township.