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New Tracks: "Everyday" & "Apple Cider, I Don't Mind" - Modern Baseball

Modern Baseball premiered two songs yesterday from their forthcoming album Holy Ghost, over at NPR Music. The MB team is co-captained by songwriters Jake Ewald and Brendan Lukens, who will each be getting their own sides on the new record to sort through snapshots of their lives, working to make sense of it all. Ewald does so with the steady jogging pace of "Everyday," while Lukens goes the anthemic route with "Apple Cider, I Don't Mind." Holy Ghost, which was produced by Joe Reinhart (The Headroom), is set to drop on May 13 via Run For Cover Records, and Modern Baseball is scheduled to head out on a girthy tour, with Thin Lips and Joyce Manor, that starts towards the end of May and will run into the beginning of July, with a stop home on Sunday, June 26 at The Fillmore.

Published: March 04, 2016 |
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Weekend Warrior, February 12 - 14
Yikes – below freezing temperatures and harsh winds this Saturday! You might think that those are good reasons not to leave the comfort of your home. Unless, you were smart enough to snag tickets for Modern Baseball’s intimate, sold-out performance at PhilaMOCA tomorrow night. While the stages of larger venues like Union Transfer and the E Factory have been more commonplace for the beloved quartet these days, you have to know that they’ll be plenty amped to share brotherly shoves and lead full-room sing-alongs with friends and fans. It’s a locals-only evening with the blistering haze of The Spirit and the Beehive and the warm pop melodies of Three Man Cannon. Totally a good reason to brave the elements (and Valentine's Day weekend)! PhilaMOCA, 531 N. 12th St., 8pm, Sold Out, All Ages - Alexis V.
 
Other places to escape the chill this weekend…
 
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.)  SAT Grubby Little Hands, Grandchildren, The Orange Drop, SUN Little Strike
 
Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2nd St.) FRI Cheerleader, Suburban Living, SUN Aaron Parnell Brown
 
Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) SUN R.R. Perkins, Clique, Woven In, Bad Mood Randall, Shane Luck
 
Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Throbbing Chakra/Loafass, Beer Me, SAT Backslider/Emmett Drueding, Sarah M, SUN The Up Up Ups!, Booze Radly, Travis J And The Rhinestones
 
Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI (Black Box) Taiwan Housing Project
 
The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.) FRI (Balcony) Eat The Turnbuckle, SAT Civil Youth, A Better Class Of Criminal, The Moxy, The Bad Tequila Experience, The Aponic Blue/(Balcony) GASH, SUN PNB Rock, Kid Twist, Gina Da Vinci, DJ Kees
 
World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) FRI (Downstairs) Peek-A-Boo Revue, SAT (Upstairs) Don McAvoy & the Great Whatever /(Downstairs) (7pm/ 10:30pm) ALÔ BRASIL CARNAVAL, SUN (Upstairs) Sara Street
 
The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI Dwellers on the Threshold, The Bul Bey, SAT West Philadelphia Orchestra, Schoolly D, Fishtown Beats, SUN Truck North, Dante Kennedy, Miles Chancellor, Ronnie Riggles
 
MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) FRI Among Criminals, The Loud Company, Canyon Ride, Bikini Spiders, SAT Up The Chain, SUN Kat C.H.R 
 
Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3rd St.) FRI BC Camplight, Jesse Hale Moore, Rosali SAT Heavy Temple, Surgeon, Witch Fist, SUN Cardinal Arms
 
Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI Paul Thorson, Sean Hearn, SAT DJ Deejay, SUN Francisco Collazo
 
Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) SAT Dave Steel Blues Band, SUN Rusty Cadillac
 
Tin Angel (20 S. 2nd St.) FRI Roadshow Relics, SheWho, SUN (7:30pm/10pm) Hoots and Hellmouth
 
Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9th St.) FRI Could've Been Kings, Tyler Kingsley, Dead Fretts, Dead:Stop, The Evergreen Drive, Kinda Alright, SAT Katie Barbato, Kelvin Cochrane, Nicklas Hughes, Ben Tinsley, Alec Stewart, Jayson Verdibello, SUN Sister Blue
 
Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7th St.) FRI Left To Vanish, Wolves Attack, Extractus, Kill The Sigmatic
 
Frankie Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) SAT LSDXOXO, Dame Luz
 
The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Argonautic (CD Release), The Jawn, Flotel, SAT Riverside Odds, Thorazine, Son and Heir, The Prisoners
 
Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) SAT Splintered Sunlight
 
The Rotunda (4014 Walnut St.) SUN Johnny Popcorn, Hardwork Movement, Silverton, Red Cedar Strings
 
Goldilock’s Gallery (723 Chestnut St., 2nd FL) FRI Fake Boyfriend, Kississippi
 
The Sound Hole (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI King Azaz, Bike Crash, Guts
 
Bond Villain (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Spacin’, Igneous Eyes, Beat Jams
 
Beaumont Warehouse (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SAT Drums Like Machine Guns, SCC, Hero/Victim, New Age Reality
 
Published: February 12, 2016 |
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Q.D. Tran’s 50 Favorite Philly EPs/LPs of 2015
I guess what was spawned from pure procrastination has turned into an annual tradition here at The Deli Philly. We are now at our final post of 2015, and here’s my list of 50 favorite Philly EPs/LPs from this year. Do what you want with it. Hopefully you'll take a listen for yourself. So many good albums this year, I feel bad about cutting it off at 50; otherwise, I would never post this. And without further ado…
 
1. Nightclub (Self-released) - Blood Sound

 

Blood Sound crept into my subconscious in 2015. So much so that I contemplated starting my own record label to release their material. But then, I watched the Stones Throw and Creation Records documentaries, and decided maybe I should direct my energies elsewhere. Well, I’m glad that Manimal Vinyl (Bat for Lashes, Warpaint) was smart enough to snatch Blood Sound up for their next single releases. Nightclub is just the beginning of the 80's dance party that they are about to unleash on the rest of the world. To quote my buddy, Alex, whom I am absolutely jealous of for coming up with this description first: “It sounds like Ian Curtis fronting New Order.”
 

 

2. Downer (Infinity Cat) - The City & I

What can I say - “the weed-buttered food baby” of Colins “Bear” Reginsford (Mannequin Pussy, Kids, Ghost Gum), known as Downer, is dope. It’s such a diverse-sounding album with doses of weirdness and grit in all the right places. I thoroughly enjoyed gettin’ high to this one.
 

 
  
3. Pale Horses (Run For Cover) - mewithoutYou
 
 
It’s probably been almost a decade since I first heard of mewithoutYou, who was featured in a Philly alt-weekly at that time. The band continues to morph, evolve, and intrigue me after all these years. Pale Horses is thought-provoking material from a seasoned band.
 
 
 
4. Cemetery Highrise Slum (Collect) - Creepoid
 
 
What is a common question that circulates around Creepoid: “How are they not bigger?” I don’t know the answer to that, but I hope to stop hearing the question soon. Cemetery Highrise Slum is heavy, grungy psych rock that you need to get into.
 
 
 
5. The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us (Polyvinyl) – Beach Slang

 

There is a youthful exuberance to The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us, which is oddly made by old punks. However, it's rather cathartic. Beach Slang's rapid ascension is not at all surprising within the first listen.

 

You can check out the rest of my list HERE. And Happy New Year!!!

 

Published: December 31, 2015 |
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New Modern Baseball EP Available for Streaming & Download

Modern Baseball have plans for a new full-length album, titled Holy Ghost, to come out next year via Run For Cover Records. And until then, you now have their new six-song EP The Perfect Cast (Lame-O Records) to cozy up with this fall/winter. Songwriters Brendan Lukens and Jake Ewald were also nice enough to give you a break down of each track at Stereogum.

Published: October 26, 2015 |
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Free Download: "The Thrash Particle" - Modern Baseball

Modern Baseball’s latest “The Thrash Particle” hits home with the struggling tug and pull of a relationship. Its personal/relatable anecdotes lock you in. Then, that intimacy flips into proactive, streamlined instrumentation and a hook that gets “stuck inside your head.” Catch Modern Baseball on Saturday, December 12 with at PUP, Jeff Rosenstock, and Tiny Moving Parts at Union Transfer!

Published: October 02, 2015 |
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