We see nothing in the rule book that says milestones should come in half or whole decade increments. 9 is a nice enough number and why not use the occasion to celebrate the community of artists and friends that have gotten us to this point. Plus, Modern Radio was started in the year 1999. We are bringing folks in town from around the country, bringing a few bands back from the dead and involving as many people associated with the label as possible. It's so gratifying to see so many people we've worked with over the years do amazing things, artistically and otherwise. We are pleased to bring you 9 days of events presented as the Modern Radio 9 Year Anniversary Extravaganza!

As an added bonus several Twin Cities bands from Modern Radio folklore have agreed to play during the festivities. One of those bands Sicbay will be reuniting at the Triple Rock on Friday, June 6th. They will play with Yellow Swans and Church of Gravitron of Omaha. FT(The Shadow Government) and STNNNG will also be unveiling a special collaborative effort. Modern Radio will be reissuing Church of Gravitron's genius, The Divorce Tape, this spring with a short run of CDs.

Four Twin Cities bands from Modern Radio's history Malachi Constant, Grotto, Volante and Cave Deaths will all get together at the Turf Club, Saturday, May 31 for a all-out, full-blown St. Paul midway party. Comedian Nils Lindahl will emerge from retirement to emcee the event. Robot Comic has also been rumored to perform. Malachi Constant will make available the long anticipated band documentary created by superfans Brett and Bill. The DVD will include a CD of live and previously unreleased songs. This is a one off show for all of these bands who haven’t played in years, including Grotto who hasn't played since 2002. We are excited to see them all one more time!

Wichita’s Weather is Happening will be playing a show with Private Dancer, Everybell & Whistle and Cryptacize (Asthmatic Kitty) on Thursday June 5th at the Turf Club. You may know Weather is Happening from Dan and Casey's previous band Rickyfitts. They are long time friends of the label and we are happy to have them up to be part of the celebration. Modern Radio will be helping Private Dancer with their first album, released later this Summer.

For our final event of this 9 year anniversary extravaganza, on June 7 at the Turf Club, Chicago's Tornavalanche and Tight Phantomz will join Twin Cities' His Mischief, Vampire Hands and Double Bird who is the new band of David, Pete and Ben of Signal To Trust. New releases by Tornavalanche and His Mischief are planned for later this year on Modern Radio.

Other events with details to come include a BBQ and a Modern Radio and friends hosted 2-4-1s at the Triple Rock Social Club on Tuesday June 3.  DJ TRL (Tom Loftus) will be playing records with other friends and members of the Modern Radio community

Thanks to everyone who has made the last 9 years worth celebrating.