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Motion City Soundtrack are currently writing songs, recording demos, and scheduling all the stuff that needs to be scheduled to make a new record. The band has put up a new studio site where you can get updates and view videos. Check out their latest video below.
Motion City Soundtrack are streaming their new video for “Fell In Love Without You” which can be seen below. The song comes from the bands Acoustic EP which is available on iTunes.
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Motion City Soundtrack have announced the “Left Handed Forms of Human Endeavor” tour featuring special guests Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s and Dear and the Headlights. Kicking off on Thursday, September 4th at MSU Auditorium in East Lansing, MI, the band will embark on this 12 city tour which will be the first part of their last string of tour dates in 2008.
Joining them on the road are eight-piece indie rock orchestra, Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s, who are releasing Animal! (vinyl & digital) and Not Animal (CD and digital) on October 7th on Epic Records, and Equal Vision recording artist Dear and the Headlights, who are releasing the follow up to their 2007 release Small Steps, Heavy Hooves this September.
Tickets for all the shows go on sale the weekend of July 18th, check your local listings for further information.
Motion City Soundtrack Tour Dates
Sept 4th MSU Auditorium* East Lansing, MI
6th Crocodile Rock Café Allentown, PA
7th House Of Blues Atlantic City, NJ
8th Recher Theater Towson, MD
10th The Orange Peel Asheville, NC
11th The Music Farm Charleston, SC
12th 40 Watt Club Athens, GA
13th Alachua County Fairgrounds# Gainesville, FL
15th House of Blues New Orleans, LA
17th Canopy Club Urbana, IL
18th The Blue Note Columbia, MO
19th Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS
* Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s, The Hard Lessons, and The Silent Years
# The Real Big Deal Festival
Motion City Soundtrack has been added to this summers Warped Tour. They will be joining the tour in Pittsburgh on July 29 and playing all the way through the end in Carson, CA on August 17. Check out the full dates below.
29 Jul Pittsburgh, PA
30 Jul Cincinnati, OH
31 Jul Noblesville, IN
01 Aug Milwaukee, WI
02 Aug Tinley Park, IL
03 Aug Shakopee, MN
05 Aug Saskatoon, SK
06 Aug Calgary, AB
08 Aug Nampa, ID
09 Aug George, WA
10 Aug St. Helens, OR
13 Aug Fresno, CA
14 Aug Chula Vista, CA
15 Aug Mountain View, CA
16 Aug Marysville, CA
17 Aug Carson, CA
Motion City Soundtrack will be preforming online live on June 11th via DeepRockDrive.com. Check out a video of Justin inviting you to get a ticket to the show.
Motion City Soundtrack have announced a performance at the Pepsi Free Concert Series at DeepRockDrive on June 11th. The world’s first interactive online concert venue will play host to Motion City Soundtrack and thousands of fans in the comfort of their own homes. Using the DeepRockDrive technology, fans will be able to vote on the set list as well as send messages to the band that will appear on giant screens in front of them while they perform. Fans can pick up their FREE tickets to the show by going here.
Details on the 2008 Warped Tour complication have been released. The complication will feature songs from Four Year Strong, Story of The Year, Against Me!, Motion City Soundtrack, All Time Low, Angels & Airwaves and more. Check out the track listing below.
Disc 1
1. Against Me! – “New Wave”
2. Story of The Year – “The Antidote”
3. Flogging Molly – “Lightning Storm”
4. Relient K – “The Truth”
5. Norma Jean – “Blueprints For Future Homes”
6. Say Anything – “Shiksa (Girlfriend)”
7. Motion City Soundtrack – “Fell In Love Without You”
8. Beat Union – “Pressure Zone”
9. Bedouin Soundclash – “St. Andrews”
10. Mayday Parade – “Jamie All Over”
11. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster – “Plenty Strong and Plenty Wrong”
12. The Briggs – “Charge Into The Sun”
13. HorrorPops – “Themla & Louise”
14. The Matches – “Wake The Sun”
15. Our Last Night – “Recovery”
16. Allison – “Algo Que Decir”
17. Greeley Estates – “Let The Evil Go East”
18. The Color Fred – “Get Out”
19. Zox – “The Same (Doesn’t Feel The Same)”
20. ORESKABAND – “YEAH! Ska Dance”
21. Pierce The Veil – “Currents Convulsive”
22. The Lordz – “Back Up”
23. Farewell – “Stay Pretty”
24. Alesana – “Seduction”
25. The Fabulous Rudies – “Profit”
Disc 2
1. Angels and Airwaves – “Rite of Spring”
2. As I Lay Dying – “Within Destruction”
3. All Time Low – “Dear Maria, Count Me In”
4. The Academy Is”¦ – “Same Blood”
5. Cobra Starship – “Prostitution is the World’s Oldest Profession”
6. Aiden – “Moment”
7. The Gaslight Anthem – “Wooderson”
8. Gym Class Heroes – “2nd Period: Shoot Down The Stars”
9. There For Tomorrow – “Pages”
10. Every Avenue – “Where Were You?”
11. Black President – “Suspect”
12. The Devil Wears Prada – “Reptar, King Of The Ozone”
13. Street Dogs – “Mean Fist”
14. The Aggrolites – “Faster Bullet”
15. The Classic Crime – “Gravedigging”
16. Four Year Strong – “Bada Bing! Wit’ A Pipe”
17. Confide – “If We Were A Sinking Ship”
18. The Maine – “The Way We Talk”
19. Charlotte Sometimes – “How I Could Just Kill A Man”
20. Authority Zero – “Carpe Diem”
21. August Burns Red – “Back Burner”
22. Joe Coffee – “Baby’s Comin’ Home Today”
23. The Randies – “Luxury”
24. Evergreen Terrace – “High Tide Or No Tide”
25. 3Oh!3 – “Punk B****”
Motion City Soundtrack will be heading out on a summer tour with The Spill Canvas and Sing It Loud. Tickets go on pre-sale tomorrow at 3:00pm local time for the following summer headline dates with The Spill Canvas * and Sing It Loud. Public on-sale begins Saturday July 17th.
JUL 15 Fargo, ND The Venue At Playmaker’s
JUL 16 Billings, MT Bones Brewing
JUL 17 Spokane, WA The Big Easy
JUL 19 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room**
JUL 21 Winnipeg, MB Garrick Theatre**
JUL 23 Sioux Falls, SD Ramkota Exhibit Hall
JUL 24 Duluth, MN Grandmas Sports Garden
JUL 25 Green Bay, WI Riverside Ballroom
JUL 26 Traverse City, MI Streeters**
Pre-Sale Ticket Link
Username: motion
Password: soundtrack
* The Spill Canvas supports through July 24th
** Pre-sale begins Wednesday, May 14th at 3:00pm local
Motion City Soundtrack‘s acoustic EP can now be picked up on iTunes. Head to iTunes and you can purchase the acoustic EP + Even If It Kills Me for $11.99, or if you already own the record then you can get the acoustic songs a la carte.
Here are some albums that will be in stores tomorrow. Let us know which ones you’ll be picking up.
From First To Last – From First To Last
Motion City Soundtrack – Acoustic EP (iTunes)
Millencolin – Machine 15
Greeley Estates – Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East
Socratic – Spread The Rumors
New Amsterdams – At The Foot Of My Rival
Charlotte Sometimes – Waves And The Both Of Us
Tokio Hotel – Scream
Wolftron – Flesh & Fears