Upcoming dates!
October 15th(Sat. 1pm) - Vintage Vinyl Records, Fords, NJ
November 4th(Fri. 9:45pm) - IPO NY @ The Local 269, NY,NY
November 19th(Sat. 8:15pm) - IPO Boston @ Precinct, Somerville, MA
September 1st, 2011:
The Modulators are sorry to have learned that John Schroeder, aka Johnny Dirt, has passed away.
RIP John.
August 8th, 2011:
The Tomorrow's Coming LP has been reissued on CD! Go get the disc now at Kool Kat Musik !!
The Tomorrow's Coming LP is available for download! Check out cdbaby.com or itunes to grab it:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/modulators
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tomorrows-coming/id417492467
The Modulators played a benefit for the TD Foundation, at the Time and Life Building in NYC on December 7th.
The Modulators will once again play the IPO in NYC - Friday the 12th, 9:45pm at Kenny's Castaways !
> Subject: IPO New York: Your Official Invitation! (Please Read)
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:49:03 -0700
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hope you've had a great year! I'm proud to announce that International
> Pop Overthrow is coming back to New York for our TENTH straight year! The
> dates of IPO New York will be November 9-14, with all shows to be held once
> again at Kenny's Castaways!
>
> Please consider this e-mail to be your official invitation to play IPO New
> York. If you're interested/available, please let me know as soon as
> possible.
>
> Thanks very much! I can't wait for IPO New York!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> David Bash
> International Pop Overthrow
> www.internationalpopoverthrow.com
> www.myspace.com/internationalpopoverthrow
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From "Minty and the Beeb Go Gigging"(http://mintyandthebeeb.blogspot.com/):
First the intro blurb and disclaimer…….International Pop Overthrow, organised by David Bash visits Liverpool every year, and puts on a fantastic free music festival for a whole week in the land of the The Beatles. It attracts Powerpop bands from all over Europe and the rest of the world (including this year, Japan, the USA and Canada). It is impossible to see every one of the bands as 3 stages are on the go simultaneously but we try to see as much as we can. We can’t promise to like all of the bands that play and certainly we will favour some over others, and indeed, some bands we like the sound of after checking them out on Myspace, may not be great performing live (and vice versa for that matter) but in this blog we offer our own personal opinion on the bands and the music we hear.
The act on in the Pub was a band from New York, the Modulators (http://www.themodulaters.com/) who were on the powerpop scene back in the mid 80’s and after 27 years absent from performing, re-formed especially for the 2009 IPO held in New York. They apparently had so much fun, and went down so well, they were invited to the Liverpool IPO. We were really glad they accepted, as their set was a blinder. Their opener was “She’s So Cynical” and they closed with “Spin Me Around” the type of song that keeps running through your head long after the last chords have been struck and last notes sung. In between they delivered a fantastic set of vintage powerpop! Sometimes the old ones are the best – they had no need for any gadgets and technology. They just played: simple as that and it worked really, really well. After seeing this set, we had a quick re-think on our schedule for the following night to make sure we caught their 2nd appearance!
The Modulators (http://www.themodulators.com/) were up next and this was the 2nd time we had seen this reformed band from the 80’s New York Powerpop scene. They went down a storm in the Club, and really rocked the place. Their song called “Lies” (we think) was really strong and they seemed to play with a tad more passion than they had yesterday. Minty particularly liked this band, especially as there was no nonsense – they got on stage and played without any gadgets or sound effects and kept things simple while still sounding terrific and knowing their set list so well, they didn’t have to discuss what was going to be sung next. Their songs are very much powerpop and once again, their finale “Spin Me Around” stayed in our heads. It would be nice to have their material from the 80’s re-released and put on CD. It was a joy to see the pride on the faces of the band's wives, as they watched their guys play The Cavern. The boys done good, girls!
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