oh joy!

so tonight, vampire weekend at the casbah, with YACHT ... and Rafter band. geez, that's gonna be good. if i wasn't going to this already, i'd for sure be at the Bon Iver, Phosphorescent, The Paddleboat @ Che Cafe show.

sorry there haven't been many updates, i was gone all last weekend, and been busy this week. most of the modlins and I just watched the Bob Dylan documentary "Don't Look Back" on monday. i'll spare you the commentary and instead say "it's good, it's worth watching."

what's going on this week in modlin land? well of course we all know about the habitat show on friday. but we've also got some other exciting shows in the works (free/all ages?) which we're finalizing the plans on now. they'll be coming up in the next couple months, but figure we'd tickle your curiousity bones a bit.

next week will be "kick off week" .... TV slot, free casbah show w/ free CD, tour kick off .... it's all party times! check back shortly for all the juicy details.

April 19th is Record Store Day!!!

April 19th has been declared Record Store Day where everyone goes out to support their favorite local record store. Record stores across the US are participating so you'll have to check their complete list to see if your local store is involved. In our case, supporting M-Theory Records and/or if you live in north county, Lou's Records (i didn't see Off-The-Record listed yet, but i'm sure/hope they'll follow suit).

Details are a little unclear what all will make up Record Store Day, since we aren't really "in the know", but apparently there will be at 10" limited edition Stephen Malkmus record available.

if nothing else, M-Theory is an awesome record store, and i highly recommend supporting them if you don't already. they stock a great selection, have a very friendly staff, have great instores, and sell modlins albums at a reasonable price (PLUG!) ... yay supporting local music and local business.

missing lamps!!!

i don't know why i didn't blog about this earlier, but we're missing two of our lamps. the matching green lamps that we use during our set (courtesy of the rhanor's living room) have ran off in the heat of the night. last seen outside the ken club on 2/29 ..... if you have any information on their whereabouts let us know. here's the craigslist post with a pic:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/laf/601141694.html

The Habitat

so you may notice our next show is in a couple fridays from now at The Habitat. I've talked to a few people who had no idea what or where the Habitat was. so just as a quick overview: The Habitat is a house on the corner of 21st and Broadway in Golden Hills (near downtown and south park). It doubles as a recording studio and a live music venue. shows are ALL AGES and FREE (UPDATE: rosey just tipped me off that due to some issues they've had, shows are no longer all ages. we'll double check with roy, but rosey's a pretty solid source of info. that makes my flyer a double loser now!), and a good time is guaranteed. for more info, check these links out:

The Habitat's Official Website - http://thehabitat.info/
The Habitat's Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/thehabitat
The Habitat's Yelp! Profile - http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-habitat-san-diego

and of course, we'll be playing there Friday March 21st with:

The Besties (from Brooklyn, NY) - http://www.thebesties.com/
and
The Facets (from Santa Monica?/San Diego?) - i believe featuring members (member?) of red pony clock. okay, i don't have my facts straight, but i think it's gonna be good.



here's my rejected flyer idea:





and the winning, "better" alex smith submission:

No More Shows for Alibi

it's a shame, we never even got to play there (and trust us, we tried) but the "saturday night" alibi shows will cease to exist, effective immediately. In a repost from myspace (and now reposted from rosey's blog), The Alibi is no longer offering live music.

http://www.sddialedin.com/2008/03/no-more-shows-at-alibi.html#links

this also means all shows that were schedule to appear there have been cancelled, including the Frantic Romantic show on the 22nd. shame. thankfully, they've got one coming up a the beauty bar pretty soon.

TONIGHT!! BEAUTY BAR!!! APES OF WRATH CD RELEASE!!!!

tonight at the beauty bar (4746 El Cajon Blvd - 619-516-4746) ... the infamous Apes Of Wrath (www.myspace.com/apesofwrathmusic) are hosting their CD release show ... with support from yours truly and Music For Animals (www.myspace.com/musicforanimals) from San Francisco. the show is $5 and kicks off at 9:30pm with us opening the night. here's what the SD Reader had to say:

"The Modlins drop pretty pop at Beauty Bar. The natty hometowners have a knack for Beatles-y backbeats and harmonies, but the songs describe K-tel comps. Check the Mods’ ‘07 debut With Friends Like These. The boys’ll share the back-yard stage with locals Apes of Wrath and SFriscans Music for Animals.... " - Barnaby Monk, SD Reader

if you were me

you'd be headed to chaser's tonight to check out Writer (who i missed last week) and Birds and Batteries (who played with Swim Party a month or so ago, and i missed also) ..... i also have yet to check out chasers (read: "the new Scolari's") so i'm interested to see how things are shaping up around there.

and of course, if you were me, you'd be heading out to the Beauty Bar tomorrow night as it's Apes of Wrath's CD release show (these guys are good) and us and music for animals are opening. we go on at 10pm. be there or be a loser. actually, even if you're a loser, you should come. we don't mind.

Pitchfork .... TV?

say what you will about pitchfork, i am interested to see how this pans out:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/49084-pitchfork-to-launch-online-music-tv-channel-april-7

Official April Tour Announcement!!! TV Appearance!!!

so this is the "official" announcement of our short jaunt east with our good friends The Roman Spring. Albuquerque called, and we listened. If you live in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson or Albuquerque ... tell your friends ..... The Modlins are coming ......

04/03/08 The Beauty Bar (Las Vegas) w/ The Roman Spring, Action Cat
517 Fremont St
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

04/04/08 The Ruby Room w/ The Roman Spring, The Former Young Americans
717 S. Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85004

04/05/08 The Tiki Lounge w/ The Roman Spring, Lousy Robot
313 Gold Ave SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

04/06/08 The Hut w/ The Roman Spring, more TBA
313 Gold Ave SW
Tucson, AZ 85705

as if that wasn't enough, we also have a kick off show of sorts at the Casbah that we may have mentioned before. but if not, Sunday March 30th is a Free Casbah show, with Free Food, and Free "Staring at the Sun" Compilation CDs. It's also our last date in town before our ill-fated jaunt eastward. you'll not want to miss it. oh and did i mention that in support of this show we'll be playing the morning show on KUSI. Check Local listings for which TV channel it's on. we're slated to go on at 9:30am (for all you early risers).

albums now available on Itunes!!!

so we finally got hip to what you want .... and have made both "Here's To Being Happy" and "With Friends Like These" available on Itunes. apparently, itunes is kinda popular .... so we thought we'd get on the bandwagon (no pun intended). pick up single songs, or the whole collection!!! tell your friends, they'd like to know.