Tonight might be the biggest show in Modern Baseball’s short and exciting existence. The band, which began as collaboration between insert names two young songwriters, has flourished, in just a couple years becoming one of the most talked about bands around. The quartet recently released their second album You’re Gunna Miss It All, on Run For Cover Records. The album firmly places itself in the present with references to Instagram and Iphones, but feels timeless in the way it captures the wandering, borderless years of twenty-somethings. The sound can be placed somewhere between the quirk-rock of They Might Be Giants, and the earnest folk-punk of The Front Bottoms, but the inability to firmly position them in a genre is a large part of their appeal. Their run of success landed them on a tour with The Wonder Years, who are rolling into a SOLD OUT Electric Factory. They probably could have sold out two nights, so this place is sure to be packed to the brim.
Check out what else is going on this weekend…
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.) FRI Bang, Serpent Throne, The Company Corvette, SAT Bird Watcher, Vita and The Woolf
The Boot & Saddle(1131 S. Broad St.) FRI Work Drugs, Teen Men SAT Into It. Over It. (Acoustic)
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Address, Podacter SAT Flightschool, The Yuzh; Space Drugs, Baker Man, Alarms & Controls SUN Roof Doctor, Outer Spaces, Olive Drab, Candice Martello
North Star Bar (2639 Poplar St.) FRI Future Rock, The Beating, The Manhattan Project SAT 8Static 3F
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI Tin Horses, Strawman, BE. Godfrey & Co SAT The Shackeltons, Hot Jam Factory, A Deer A Horse SUN Philly Cannons
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Andrew Winter & The Reckless Dodgers, Big Stall, Pulling Punches SAT Barbaric, Wise Guys, Bunny, Savage Doom Whore, Spinechain, Come And Get It
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Jen Hess & Hotch, Roi & The Secret Police SAT Dave Steel Blues Band SUN Rusty Cadillac
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Local Smokes, Andrew Jude, Matt Gauss, Too Hot for Sleeves SAT Somewhere South, The Funky T, Chronic Wolf
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E Lancaster Ave.) SAT Johnny Showcase And The Mystic Ticket, Martha Graham Cracker
Great Indoors (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI The Ambulars, Jason Anderson, Thin Lips
The Pharmacy (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Albis, The Fantastic Imagination, Overly Polite Tornadoes, Trifels, Tender Vision
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