CD Release Show This Friday 07/02 !

two fliers for one night of two new albums! this friday, july 2nd, tin can alehouse, the modlins, late night feel, shoot the moon, jamuel saxon, secret apollo. its go time

Farewell Show & 2 New Albums

To Our Dearest Friends and Fans,

May 15th, 2005 -- A well-dressed gang of four shuffles into The Whistle Stop Bar in South Park and bursts forth with sheer pop goodness; it’s rumored an angel got its wings on that night (you know -- if you believe in that sorta thing)! ... Sound familiar? It was just over five years ago that the four of us graced the stage for the first time together, playing to a packed house of friends and family at the beloved Whistle Stop, and from that day forward, we never looked back. But! were we to look back now, we would now see three albums, four EPs, one SD Music Award for “Best Pop Album," two other nominations, a pear tree, and ourselves in a slightly less haggard state. Yes, we’re starting to smell like a combination of whiskey and grandpa (which, coincidentally, are one in the same). We loved to write the songs, we loved to play the songs, and we hope (know) you loved to hear the songs. But after many years, our train’s pulling up to its last (whistle) stop for the foreseeable future.

It is with fond memories and the warmest sentiment that we announce our plans to, come August, take a break from it all. An “indefinite hiatus,” if you will. (For the definition of "indefinite hiatus," please see current status of Sleater Kinney). In five years, we have created a ton of music and never taken a break from The Modlins. Even in months when we weren't playing live, we were always writing, practicing, recording, mixing, or all of the above, and it’s time for a rest and, for some of us, a change of scenery. But before we settle down for our long winter's (autumn's) nap -- we're gonna have a few final hurrahs. So, we would like to take this opportunity to announce a few more shows... and a couple more albums. Read on!

Final hurrah #1 – One more road trip!

Come mid-June, we’ll be heading out for one more tour. Four shows, all in California. Our apologies to the other 48 states (Not you, Alaska. Arizona, you're on thin ice. And Alaska, you're on thick ice.) Get it while it’s hot. And speaking of hot, our producer extraordinaire (aka friend) Mark Bertuldo will be bringing along his band “Hot TV” to play all dates with us, so it should be a ton of fun! They're just great, and we’ll be switching off the Headliner/Opener slot with them. Check it!

Wed, June 16th @ Soda Bar (3rd to last SD Modlins show before the break)
Thurs, June 17th @ Pehrspace in LA
Fri, Jun 18th @ Stork Club in Oakland
Sat, Jun 19th @ Old Ironsides in Sacramento.

Final Hurrah #2 – Two more albums! ONE NIGHT ONLY!

That’s right -- just over a year after Where Does It End?, we are releasing two more (yes, 2!!) full length albums on the same friggin’ night! Remember how we released both Here’s To Being Happy and With Friends Like These in 2007? It’s kinda like that, except without 10 months between them. FRIGGIN' BLAMO! Over the fall, winter, and spring, we’ve been hard at work on a large batch of new songs, all driven by one of two basic album concepts. (That's album concepts, not concept albums.) And anyway, they just won't fit on one disc. This insanity is going down at the Tin Can Alehouse on Friday, July 2nd with Secret Apollo and another special guest supporting (2nd to last SD Modlins show). More details to follow in the coming weeks ...

Final Hurrah #3 (How can it be a 3rd final hurrah? That means the first two weren’t really final, were they?) – FAREWELL SHOW!!!

What kind of band would we be without saying goodbye to all those who supported and encouraged us? And what better place to host than the one where it all began? The four of us will take to the Whistle Stop floor one last time to play a set filled with songs from throughout our discography. Come out, hear your favorite Modlin’s jams one more time, and wish us well. It’s sure to be a night of good music, good beers, and a few surprises. And hugs. Yeah, there will probably be a lot of hugs. This all will be occuring Friday August 20th so mark those calendars! more details next month ...

And contrary to what hiatuses usually mean, the four of us are actually closer, more collaborative, and more on the same page than ever before -- and we think that this will be demonstrated by our new records, of which we are enormously proud. We think that they contain some of our best material to date, and we hope you'll agree. But, this flurry of productivity makes the break all the more welcomed, and who knows what the future will hold for us musically. But for now, this chapter of the Modlins is coming to a close.


So finally, and most importantly, we’d sincerely like to express our gratitude for your support over the course of the last five years. Thank you for coming to our shows, buying our records, giving us a roof over our heads when we weren’t near our own, and generally making us feel like what we did in that time was worth a damn. From the bottom of our maudlin hearts, we appreciate you and hope you make it out to some (or all) of these events so that we can show you just how much you mean to us.

Cheers,

Eric, Matt, Stoph and Alex

The Modlins



PS If someone wants to get us on an awesome label, and feature our songs in an awesome movie or commercial, give us a ton of royalties and just generally get us to "the big time," then awesome! The above all goes out the window in that case!

with friends like these... (swim party & friends @ the whistlestop)

i didn't make it out to this but the other Modlin fellows were there, plus lots more friends. will missing this be my one regret of 2010? maybe, maybe...

"alright, alright, does anybody here, does anybody here know the lyrics to King of Carrot Flowers by Neutral Milk Hotel? everybody who knows those lyrics needs to come forward and sing this with us"

thanks, guys, that was awesome

Happy Friday the 13th

(photo taken from SD:Dialed In Rosie's recap of Modlins + Exfriends @ Whistlestop, friday the 13th of April, 2k7)

and now, another poster to scare you. and by scare, i mean please.



yippee cay ay yay! Friday the 20th of February, 2009!

oh ben folds

oh ben folds, why must your tour go from Tempe, AZ to SF to LA to wherever "The Haugue" is? i'm pretty sure "The Haugue" is not in San Diego. and while we are at it, why can't you tell me when you are going to be on Conan? totally had time to catch that after catching Secret Apollo at the Ken last night, but no. and so what if i did just repost this video as posted on stereogum. happy friday.



update: here's the text message i just sent to my sister:

Hey did you buy the new Ben Folds album? Also can you tell me how to get to your house? Also, hi!

Friends Like These .... the FM 94/9 Recommended!!!

remember all those CD release shows we were telling you about? well, looks like our good friend Tim Pyles at 94/9 dug them too ... dug them so much in fact that EVERY SINGLE ALBUM is an FM 94/9 Recommended! and 3 out of 4 of these albums are nominated for best album awards!! (i'm guessing secret apollo didn't make the 6/30 deadline.... expect to see it next year for an SDMA though)

Let's Recap:

Matt Curreri and The Exfriends - "Joy of Life"
- 2008 SDMA "Best Pop Album" Nominee

Joanie Mendenhall - "On a String"
- 2008 SDMA "Best Pop Album" Nominee

Swim Party - "Pixie Dust on the Blood Range"
- 2008 SDMA "Best Alternative Album" Nominee

Secret Apollo - "Hiding Something Great"
- 2009 SDMA "Album of the Year" Nominee*

*this hasn't been confirmed, but i'm sure it'll be true in a year.

what does this mean? well sheesh. if you haven't already, you should be "doing the right thing" and be picking up a copy of each of these albums online or through your local independent record store. And of course picking up a copy of SDMA "best pop album" nominee With Friends Like These from our website.

Also, props to Apes of Wrath's "Plastic Fake and Frozen" for a 2008 SDMA "Best Alternative Album" Nomination. we played their CD release show for this record back in March. We were excited to have been a part of that day, and now continuing to see this bad boy succeed.

so what should you keep your precious eyes peeled for next? keep em tuned to the whistlestop for a double-header of release shows:

Aug 22nd - The Donkeys "Living on the Other Side" CD Release show - check it!
Aug 29th - Writer "Blood Drops" CD Release Show - 2008 SDMA "Best New Artist" Nominee

yeah, you bet those are going to KILL!!! damn, i love san diego!

You Said on YouTube!

oh yes! today is the day! our first ever official Modlins' Music Video, for the track 'You Said' off our latest With Friends Like These, is aliiiive, on YouTube. Extra super special thanks to the one and only Adam Shaw for directing, lighting, filming, editing, and all other types of -ing's as well. Not that you don't already know, but still, he is (at least?) 1/3rd of Secret Apollo, and they are playing the Whistlestop tonight for the CD Release for their new album, Hiding Something Great. but we are done hiding this music video (wow that transition was rougher than i thought it would be), so check it out, tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell your frienemies, The Modlins, You Said

update : eric was like "isn't vimeo better quality? how do we get it on that?" so here it is from there as well. overkill? maybe. happy friday!


The Modlins - You Said (Official Video)

SD Album Release Shows acomin' ...

albums are like babies to musicians ... one passionate night of writing and there's no turning back, a few weeks thinking about what you've done, fear of things going wrong, the hard work, preparing for it's arrival ...

i don't have a baby, so it's probably nothing like it, but it's as close as i can get right now (kinda like passing a kidney stone is the closest i could come to giving birth) ... but it's an important time for us. and we want to share what we've done with everyone.

there's been quite a few albums i've been anticipating, and it appears they're all gonna get dropped on our collective laps in a whirlwind of release shows. ready?

July 9th, The Belly Up - Matt Curreri and The Exfriends - "Joy of Life"
July 14th, Casbah - Joanie Mendenhall - "On a String"
July 25th, Whistlestop - Swim Party - "Pixie Dust on the Blood Range"
Aug 1st, Whistlestop - Secret Apollo - ... i dunno what it's titled, but it'll be good, promise

damn. and i know the guys in Writer are putting the finishing touches on their new one, and i hear The Donkeys have an album in the works as well .... so i'm really glad we don't have all that to compete with. and thank you to all of them for coordinating so we could actually catch each show. that makes it easier.

art around adams

another post mostly for my own good, but

http://www.artaroundadams.org/performance.htm

if you haven't seen it, some good stuff on there. apes of wrath @ the ken @ 2:10pm, with echo revolution thereafter, and team abraham after them. predicates @ "smitty's service" at 4:35. anna troy band at lestats around 6pm, and the might that can only be described as Secret Apollo back at the ken at 6:30pm. what a saturday. wham bam bamina. just hoping i can recover from the casbah night tonight early enough to get to my grandparents' house early enough tomorrow AM to eat lunch quick enough to get to adams ave by 2... keeping fingers crossed...

91x Loudspeaker 4/28/08 love

if you missed it, most likely because, like me, you were already sound asleep from 1am - 3am on 4/28, 91x had a most awesome 2 hours of Loudspeaker. lucky for you, though, you can stream the whole show, and a few of the past ones as well, at 91x.com/loudspeaker.html. lots of some harder-rock-than-Modlins in the first hour, but even that all has solid rock and backup vocals. i thought about making some sort of muxtape after the review of the Staring At The Sun comp came out, because there were comments that that comp. didn't really reflect on San Diego music. i think this most recent loudspeaker fills in for that quite nicely, even if some of our bestest best friends are missing...

the playlist includes, just to name a few, and entice you a bit more :

Get Back Loretta (who we are playing with on June 20th at the Beauty Bar), Vision of a Dying World, Japanese Sunday, Dynamite Walls, Cosmo Speedway (another one of the many excellent bands on the Spanish Archer One compilation), Calico Horse, Red Pony Clock (who we are playing with on May 23rd at Chasers), Thin Man, and your very own The Modlins. and not to hint at too many things all at once, but, you just might see a very awesome music video for the very same song that 91x played, You Said, sometime in the near future. when? well, that is for us, and the master of disaster, Adam, who also happens to be one-third of Secret Apollo, to know, and you to find out at some not-too-much-later point. word.

94/9 Local Member of the Day, Thursday!!!

monday's been a busy posting day, but wanted to also note that this thursday we're the local member of the day on fm 94/9. they'll be playing "Her Political Heart" around 9pm on 94.9fm in san diego. listen in your car, or at home, or if you aren't in San Diego, you can stream it online here. in fact, in support of that CD release show on sunday, there's quite a few of the compilation folks as "members of the day". check full listing here.

3.24.2008 through 3.28.2008
Monday – Cabron “Silencio”
Tuesday – Secret Apollo “Piccolo”
Wednesday – Echo Revolution “Come Down”
Thursday – The Modlins “Her Political Heart”
Friday – Shark Attack “Dead Last”

.... now seems like as good a time as any to say, if you haven't already picked up With Friends Like These, you must be a crazy person. i mean, granted we made it so we're a little biased, but it's good. it's real good. to order yours via paypal today go here and click on the "buy now" link next to the picture of the album. Or just head on down to M-Theory, Off The Record or Music Trader in PB and pick up a copy. you won't regret it.

This Sunday, We Go BIG!!!

so the moment we've all been waiting for, the famed free casbah show this Sunday and TV performance on KUSI!

first, casbah .... Doors are at 7:30pm, all attendees will get in free, and receive a free compilation CD featuring us, secret apollo, anna troy, action andy and his haunted honky tonkers, echo revolution and a slew of other great bands. i make note of those ones as they'll all be playing with us that night. get there early and enjoy stellar sets from all.

sponsered by FM 94/9 and Blindspot Records , it's a show not to be missed.



but earlier that morning, we'll be playing on Good Morning, San Diego on KUSI to support the show that night. Tune in around 9:30am for the action. THE MODLINS ON TV?!?!? Heck YES!!!

shows aplenty

the calendar is stacking up with shows. we're giving you nearly a month off from the mods before we come back. Hard. in addition to the previously announced 2/29 ken club and 3/7 beauty bar (both fridays for those who can't stand midweek shows) ... how about an all ages saturday show and a free sunday at the casbah? yeah, cause we're that nice. here's how it's looking ....

02/29/08 The Ken Club .... w/ Syndicate, Repeater
4079 Adams Ave
San Diego, CA 92116

03/07/08 The Beauty Bar ..... w/ Apes of Wrath, Music For Animals
4746 El Cajon Blvd
San Diego, CA 92115

03/22/08 The Habitat (ALL AGES!!!) .... w/ The Facets, more TBA
21st & Broadway
San Diego, CA 92102

03/30/08 The Casbah - CD Release for Staring at the Sun Compilation
2501 Kettner Blvd
San Diego, CA 92101

The Casbah show will be extra good as we're playing with Secret Apollo, Anna Troy, Echo Revolution and Andy & The Haunted Honky Tonkers. apparently The show is FREE!!! (wha?!) ... a FREE compilation will be given out (free music,what/!?) and the drinks .... will still cost money. but with all that money you'll save at the door and on merch, you can now buy enough booze to get you and your friends drunk without breaking the bank (and still afford the taxi home). yay sundays!

if you were me

... you've been sick the last 5 days, and watched more movies than you have fingers. you missed great shows from Roxy Jones, Roman Spring, Vision of a dying world, The Prayers, the muslims, the sess (who i've been wanting to see), Anna Troy, the list goes on.

hopefully you're feeling better and looking forward to a show this tuesday at the Zombie lounge. Secret Apollo, us, Love Pentagon. it's gonna be ... legend ... wait for it ... dary!!!

so yeah, come on out. if you don't trust us. take these guys words for it:


"The Modlins are busy spreading their pop-rock seed in support of their second album With Friends Like These. Love Pentagon is an all-female band from Las Vegas with a thing for 'psychedelic dance rock' and unicorns. I could tell you something about Secret Apollo but, well, -it’s a secret." -SD City Beat

"Well-heeled indie oddities the Modlins bolster what's already been a catch-all week for Zombie Lounge. (Keep it up, undead booking guy.) Check out last year's Shins-y Here's to Being Happy and tell me again San Dagans cain't do Baroque. Cherry bill includes Love Pentagon, Secret Apollo, Pan de Sal, DJ Ding Dong, and Horror Nate" -SD Reader

if you were me

if you were me, you'd be heading to Scolari's office on saturday. Secret Apollo and Joanie and the Secretaries. free. why wouldn't you go? you wouldn't.

also, rosey has a cool little list of a bunch of SD bands "top 5" local band list. check it out here

so i've got a bunch of new music recently (or music i should've owned before) that i bought or got for xmas ..... the list?

Rivers Cuomo - Alone: The home recordings of rivers cuomo
The National - Alligator
Dappled Cities - Granddance
Yo La Tengo - and then nothing turned itself inside-out
Jeff Mangum - Live at jittery joes
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Neutral Milk Hotel - Everything is
Arcade Fire - EP
Arcade Fire - Power Out (single)
Grizzly Bear - Horn of Plenty
Walkmen - Pussy Cats
MF Doom - Special Herbs box set vol. 0-9
Sigur Ros - Hvarf/Heim

how the hell am i suppose to absorb all this? damn! not that i'm complaining, quite the opposite, i'm ecstatic.... elated!