Yup! The band’s set included many old favorites like Dramamine, I Came as a Rat and of course Cowboy Dan, but it is the  two new tracks, Lampshade on Fire and Poison, that really peaked my interest. With their past couple of albums, Modest Mouse has lost a bit of that old sonic sting. Reports say they have been working with Outkast’s Big Boi to produce their next album, offering the possibility of an entirely new direction beyond the softer super-produced songs of late. Lampshade on Fire doesn’t get me too excited, sounding like yet another lost tune from We Were Dead Before This Ship Even Sank. But Poison offers a tiny sliver of throwback to the fast, loud, and aggressive side we haven’t seen in a while. Listen to the new tracks at Stereogum or download the entire show at NPR Music.

Full Set List:

• “Shit Luck”
• “Gravity Rides Everything”
• “Dashboard”
• “Bukowski”
• “The View”
• “Lampshades On Fire”
• “Cowboy Dan”
• “I Came As A Rat”
• “Baby Blue Sedan”
• “Dance Hall”
• “King Rat”
• “Dramamine”
• “Wild Pack Of Family Dogs”
• “Poison”
• “Float On”
• “Here It Comes”
• “Spitting Venom”

In celebration of the 1 year anniversary of Steel Train‘s self-titled third album the band is giving it away for free.

Steel Train (the album) was my favorite record of 2010 and is full of high energy tacks, perfect for the summertime. Already have the album? There’s something for you too! The band has included two bonus tracks only previously available to members of Steel Train’s 7″ of the month club.  PLUS when you download the album you automatically enter to win all 4 releases from the 7″ club.

Here is the first track from the album, Bullet.

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Remember your favorite dismembered band, The Format? Remember that time you searched all over the internet in vain for a version of their song Swans that wasn’t a live recording or rip from that awful movie, Moving McAllister?

REDEMPTION!
This appears to be the same studio recording used at the end of Moving McAllister, now without dips in audio and people talking all over it! I don’t know it originated from, but I’m so have finally found it. (originally posted on Mellow Ds Tumblr)

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Enjoy!