The Guild slipped Philly four-piece Modern Baseball onto the slate for tonight’s show at The Fire, as a late edition solidifying a youthful pop-rock-emo-tinged lineup that already featured San Diego’s Weatherbox and Gainesville’s Dikembe, who are set to release a new LP Mediumship next month, as well as fellow locals Hightide Hotel (whom along with Dikembe were part of a four-way split single last year). For their part, Modern Baseball’s open approach toward personal expression touches home in an easily relatable humor-laced appeal toward honesty, lyrically finding ways to sneak in and tie down, while instrumentally rushing forward at a pace in the wheel house that cruises yet demonstrates aggressive tendencies. It’s a good opportunity to get intimate with all the acts this evening. The Fire, 412 W. Girard Ave., 7pm, $10, All Ages – Michael Colavita
