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Motion City Soundtrack Announce Headlining Tour

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Motion City Soundtrack are heading out on a US headlining tour in support of their new album, My Dinosaur Life, due out January 19th.  The tour kicks oss with a hometown show on January 23rd at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN.

Joining the band on tour will be Set Your Goals, This Providence and The Swellers for the entire tour.  Tickets for the shows listed below go on sale at 10AM this Friday, November 20th.

Check out www.motioncitysoundtrack.com for the most up-to-date information.

Confirmed 2010 Tour Dates:

Jan.      23rd      First Avenue                            Minneapolis, MN
25th      The Intersection                      Grand Rapids, MI
26th      Bogarts                                    Cincinnati, OH
27th      House of Blues                        Cleveland, OH
29th      Clutch Cargo’s                         Pontiac, MI
31st      Mr. Small’s                              Pittsburgh, PA
Feb.     1st        Recher Theater                       Towson, MD
3rd        Fillmore at Irving Plaza           New York, NY
4th        Webster Theater                     Hartford, CT
5th        Crocodile Rock Café                Allentown, PA
6th        Amos’ Southend                      Charlotte, NC
8th        Masquerade                            Atlanta, GA
10th      The Door                                 Dallas, TX
11th      Emo’s                                      Austin, TX

Motion City Soundtrack Pre-Order

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A pre-order for Motion City Soundtrack‘s new album, My Dinosaur Life, is now available here.  Along with the standard edition of the album, a special exclusive Deluxe Edition is also available through the bands online store. Check out the info on the deluxe edition below.

Deluxe Edition:
– Six double-sided 7″ picture discs (featuring custom Joe Ledbetter artwork for each track)
– An autographed “Pulp Fiction” Style Lyric Book
– Full Length 12 – track CD – An Exclusive Bonus CD (with acoustic and unreleased material)
All within a 9×9 custom hardbound book!

MxPx To Release New EP Left Coast Punk

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MxPx are set to release a new EP titled Left Coast Punk. This will be the bands first EP in five years and they will also be releasing it through their own label, Rock City Recording Company. The first single, “End” will premiere on the band’s MySpace Page on Friday, November 13

The band will be releasing the standard 6-song EP through major online digital retailers.  As a bonus the band will be releasing a limited edition physical version of the EP as a 10-track CD, which includes an additional 3 instrumental tracks (a first for the band) and “On a String,” a previously unreleased demo track.  With only 500 in the limited edition run, each copy will come with an autographed poster, and will only be available on the band’s website: www.mxpx.com. Check out the track listing for the EP below.

MXPX-LEFT COAST PUNK EP (Digital)

1. One Step Further
2. Desperate to Understand
3. Broken
4. Shanghaied in Shanghai
5. Hopeless Case
6. End

MXPX-LEFT COAST PUNK ENHANCED EP (Physical)
**Includes all the tracks listed above, plus the below

7. One Step Further (instrumental version)
8. End (instrumental version)
9. Broken (instrumental version)
10. On a String (previously unreleased demo from LCP sessions)