MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK

Working on a little project for June. Stay tuned for future...

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:39:54 -0400

Working on a little project for June. Stay tuned for future updates. #TBT

#TBT from that one time we filled Brett Gurewitz’s pool...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:30:56 -0400

#TBT from that one time we filled Brett Gurewitz’s pool with donuts.

Just so @matthewstaylor doesn’t feel left out, here he is...

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:29:40 -0400

Just so @matthewstaylor doesn’t feel left out, here he is rocking the acoustic on a Brazilian rooftop circa January of ‘11. #TBT

Old School MCS circa ‘02 featuring @joshuaallencain...

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:09:21 -0400

Old School MCS circa ‘02 featuring @joshuaallencain @jessemack & @jcpmcs in the name of #tbt good people! Sorry @matthewstaylor :(

motioncitysoundtrack on Instagram

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:09:44 -0400

motioncitysoundtrack on Instagram:

Hey gang! We’ll be posting a Throwback of the Thursday variety at some point later today over at the old instaground. So tune in and get yer MINDS BLOWN!*

*no actual minds will be literally blown.

Watch our live performance from Sydney Australia via @Moshcam.

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:25:54 -0400

Watch our live performance from Sydney Australia via @Moshcam.

The wild beast known as @joshuaallencain in his natural...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:04:40 -0400

The wild beast known as @joshuaallencain in his natural habitat… writing demos. #MCSalbum6

Dear Friends, Our beloved drummer Tony Thaxton has decided to...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:32:05 -0400

Dear Friends,

Our beloved drummer Tony Thaxton has decided to leave the band. We really hate to see him go, but we fully support him in his choice and wish him the absolute best in the future. Tony’s contribution to the band over the last 11+ years was immeasurable, both on the stage and off. We’re really glad to have been able to share some truly amazing times with such a great drummer and friend. He will be missed.

Here are a few words from Tony:

“I’m afraid the time has come for me to move on from Motion City Soundtrack. This was an extremely, extremely hard decision to make, but one that I felt was very necessary for me. As you get older, life can lead you different ways, and some things that were once easy become harder. Being on the road so much was really starting to take its toll on me. It just feels like it is time for me to move on. I am beyond grateful for all of the things I have been able to experience in the last 11 years with the band. I got to play shows in 19 countries. I got to be in magazines. I got to play on tv. I got to discuss Shiatsu massage with M. Night Shyamalan (seriously). I got to meet and be thankful for so many great fans. It was definitely an amazing run that I never dreamed I would be able to experience.

I am not 100% sure what exactly the future holds for me, but it does not involve MCS. MCS will continue on without me, and I wish everyone the best. I thank Justin, Josh, Jesse, and Matt for being understanding of my decision. And most of all, I thank you all for your incredible support. We never could have done anything without you all. I’ll never forget these past 11 years. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”

As Tony said, we will be moving on. We’re currently writing new songs and rehearsing. We will be playing all upcoming shows with our good friend Claudio Rivera, who played with us in 2009 when Tony broke his arm.

We’d like to take this moment to thank each and every one of you for your support of our band, and for sticking with us through thick and thin. You’re the reason we are able to do what we do. We’ll see you at the Warped Tour this summer!

heart,

MCS

Finally, the Making Moves limited edition box sets (currently...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:06:27 -0500

Finally, the Making Moves limited edition box sets (currently sold out) were finished in manufacturing. For those of you who ordered, we thank you for your patience. We know that the delay was a drag. Hopefully you all now have have received the box and can enjoy the full set of 7” and the Making Moves documentary.

Motion City Soundtrack Japan Tour starts February 18th in...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:24:24 -0500

Motion City Soundtrack Japan Tour starts February 18th in Nagoya. We play Osaka on February 19th and Tokyo on February 20th. For more information check out Smash Japan.

In this episode our hero @JCPMCS is aided by friends to get a...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:46:15 -0500

In this episode our hero @JCPMCS is aided by friends to get a message to Motion City Soundtrack fans in Japan!

Japanese Tour Dates
Feb 18 Club Quattro- Nagoya, Japan
Feb 19 Club Quattro Umeda- Osaka, Japan
Feb 20 Liquidroom Ebisu- Tokyo, Japan

Buy Tickets http://smash-jpn.com/live/?id=1906

Watch Motion City Soundtrack official music videos on http://www.youtube.com/epitaphrecords

Follow Motion City Soundtrack on Twitter @motioncitymusic
Follow Justin Pierre on Twitter @jcpmcs

http://www.motioncitysoundtrack.com
http://www.facebook.com/motioncitysoundtrack

makeupforthesilence: #1 - MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - GO [spotify]...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:59:53 -0500

makeupforthesilence:

#1 - MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK - GO [spotify] / MAKING MOVES VOL. 6 [spotify]

(feat. track - “Circuits And Wires” [spotify] from Go)

This year was the hardest I can remember for picking my Number One album; as I sorted and rearranged and rethought my list throughout December, each of the albums in my top three spent some time in this slot. As it is, I’m still not sure I’ve made the right choice. I’m not even sure Go is my favorite Motion City Soundtrack album — I dither between its mellow vibe and My Dinosaur Life’s fidgety aggression on a regular basis. But if Go wasn’t my clear-cut favorite this year, it’s certainly the most interesting of the three albums that are more-or-less tied for the top spot.

I wrote about the thematic threads running through Go when I reviewed the album; the more I listen to it, the more I become convinced that it’s a concept album. I’m not sure that was Motion City’s intent — it’s probably more likely that the songs that comprise Go are merely reflective of their frames of mind at the time they were writing, rather than the result of some concerted effort to make a cohesive statement — but if books belong to their readers, well then albums belong to their listeners, authorial intent be damned, and Go is what it is regardless of intent. It’s certainly better-crafted, more thematically precise and more consistent than any recent concept album I can recall. So what if it doesn’t exactly tell a linear story? If you were to assert that it did, I’m not sure I could prove you wrong.

And as a concept album, it’s incredibly brave. Coming from the pop-punk world — a scene and a style built on the live-fast-die-young ethos and the big “fuck you”; one where youthful folly is not only accepted but encouraged, as though fucking up is the only proper way to live; one where the only regrets are supposed to be the crazy things you didn’t do — an album on giving up isn’t just unusual, it’s anathema. An album about acceptance: that some of our dreams we will never achieve; that ties to our friends are tenuous, at best; that our time with our loved ones is surely limited; that our bodies and our minds will both slowly fail us; that death will happen, unavoidably. An album about acquiescing to all the things we are supposed to rail against, to ignore, to deny and to disbelieve.

Go addresses all these topics with a stunning level of maturity and depth. These are the best set of lyrics vocalist Justin Pierre has written, full of the sort of specificity that engenders universality. Pierre has always been an incredibly honest, open songwriter, but Go reaches to even deeper places than the soul-bearing of tracks like “Everything Is Alright” and “L.G. FUAD”, tracks that made his reputation in the first place.

It needs to. Because the dirty secret is, sometimes supposedly “brutal” honesty is actually easy honesty. The idea of exposing yourself seems hard because you’re pointing out your flaws, and that’s supposed to be painful. But if you feel like they’re obvious flaws — like the whole world knows your failings already — addressing them doesn’t require nearly the courage it might seem to take. It’s self-aggrandizement couched as behumblement; it’s the pride of the martyr. Self-excoriation is old hat for Pierre by now; on Go, he looks beyond where he should ostensibly be vulnerable, drilling down to where he actually is vulnerable.

And that’s real bravery. Because ultimately, it’s much easier to admit we’re shitty people sometimes than it is to admit that we’re going to grow old and die. And it’s one thing when that message of inevitability is coming from the decimated shell of Johnny Cash or an ailing Glen Campbell or the inescapable prognosis of Warren Zevon. They’re not like us; we can see death painted on their faces. They already straddle that divide; not a person staring down the end, but a ghost singing back to us from across the Styx.

But there’s nothing “other” about a bunch of dudes in their early 30s, still in their prime, or at least, there’s not for me. I can’t write them off, dismiss them, disconnect them from myself. They are me. And because of that, Go effects me on each listen that a way no other album in 2012 did, or could.

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Finally, a word on the Making Moves 7”. When I initially decided to lump each band’s entire output for the year into their entries on my year-end lists, it didn’t occur to me that a band might put out material that would detract from my overall opinion of their year. I’m not going to rehash my thoughts on Making Moves — I still feel the same as I did when I reviewed it. But if I’m going to dock the band points for Making Moves the 7”, they earn just as many back for Making Moves the project. Motion City Soundtrack’s decision to spend their year not just on their own music but curating (and producing) a series of 7”s for up-and-coming acts led to some excellent music being made (I particularly enjoyed the releases by The Company We Keep and A Great Big Pile Of Leaves), but more importantly, it was the sort of selfless act that keeps scenes vital and interesting. I don’t think acts have a duty to give back, but I definitely give them extra credit when they do.

review of Go (published 6/18/12)

review of Making Moves: Vol. 6 (published 11/10/12)

The Motion City Soundtrack shows in Indonesia are confirmed!...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:38:07 -0500

The Motion City Soundtrack shows in Indonesia are confirmed!

We are playing Bandung Indonesia on March 6th 2013 at Balai Sartika (Address: Jalan Suryalaya No.1-3 , Bandung, Jawa Barat).

We are playing Yogyakarta Indonesia on March 7th 2013 at Boshe VVIP Club (Address: Jalan Magelang KM 6.5 Yogyakarta). Tickets go on-sale February 1st.

Ticket link : http://heavenrecs.com/?route=/hvticket/hvticket

Here we come Vans Warped Tour 2013. Can’t wait to see...

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:17:22 -0500

Here we come Vans Warped Tour 2013. Can’t wait to see you all out there!

Motion City Soundtrack to play first ever show in Manila,...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:21:00 -0500

Motion City Soundtrack to play first ever show in Manila, Philippines (finally!). March 9th, 2013. Tickets available here.

Tour family photo. @nownowband, @jukeboxtheghost, our crews, and...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:52:01 -0500

Tour family photo. @nownowband, @jukeboxtheghost, our crews, and us.

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:14:00 -0400

Head to YouTube and upload your own video cover of “True...

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:30:50 -0400

Head to YouTube and upload your own video cover of “True Romance” as a video response to the launch video.
You have until October 30th at 11:59pm EST to upload your video.
The winner will be determined on 11/18/2012. Contest is open to US residents only.

Have fun with your video response. Anything goes… So, get creative!

The most viewed video overall will win, so make sure to share your entry.

One Grand Prize winner will receive a PDP CM4 Drum Kit by DW.
A Second Grand Prize winner will receive a Fender® Cabronita Telecaster® guitar.
Three runner ups will receive a prize pack from the band (new album “GO”, merch, stickers, etc.)!

The official contest page can be viewed here http://on.fb.me/Tygp8q

http://www.pacificdrums.com/win/

Motion City Soundtrack's 'Severance': Exclusive Song Premiere | Billboard

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:25:00 -0400

Motion City Soundtrack's 'Severance': Exclusive Song Premiere | Billboard:

Don’t forget, our USA tour is happening RIGHT NOW! See all...

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:01:44 -0400

Don’t forget, our USA tour is happening RIGHT NOW! See all dates at motioncitysoundtrack.com/events