2009

Check out the third MCS studio video below.

Motion City Soundtrack is on the cover of the latest Alternative Press Mini-Magazine, out today exclusively in Wal-Mart stores (and walmart.com) for $5. The issue is a 2009 Review/2010 Preview Edition and features a double-sided cover with Cartel representing the best rock of 2009 and Motion City Soundtrack representing next year's new music. I have uploaded the cover image and you can see it in the photo gallery.

You can now pre-order the iTunes deluxe edition of My Dinosaur Life. The deluxe edition includes the same bonus tracks that come with the physical deluxe edition and also some bonus video and an additional bonus track called "Sunny Day". Details of what it includes are listed below.

5 Bonus Tracks (only available with the Deluxe iTunes and Deluxe physical pre-orders)
-A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help) (Alt Version)
-Pulp Fiction (Alt Version)
-So Long Farewell
-Worker Bee (Alt Version)
-Disappear (Alt Version)

Bonus Video (only available with the Deluxe iTunes and Deluxe physical pre-orders)
-Disappear (Video)

2 iTunes Pre-order Only Pieces (only available with the iTunes pre-order)
-On The Dino Trail: with Justin Pierre (Video)
-Sunny Day (Bonus Track, Dirty Version)

You can get all the information on the pre-order at MCS's website.

Motion City Soundtrack has been announced for part of Warped Tour 2010. You can check out all the dates they are playing at WarpedTour.com. I will be updating the tour section of this site later this week with these dates and the other recent additions.

For those of you looking to attend the Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, or New York shows on MCS's upcoming tour, get your tickets today for just $7 via Windows 7 Section 7. This is a new online community from Windows and Live Nation that will offer music lovers a number of insider benefits including exclusive ticket buying options, discounts and opportunities to meet their favorite artists, fan clubs, great deals on tickets, merchandise and more. It also features a daily offer every weekday and today's offer happens to be $7 MCS tickets. So go get them now before the offer ends! You just have to sign up at http://www.mysection7.com/?mtag=socfsp1.

A few west coast headlining tour dates have been added for February presales start today at the MCS ticketing site!

2/13/2010: Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
2/14/2010: W. Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues
2/15/2010: Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
2/16/2010: San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom

Saw some new MCS tour dates posted on Pollstar.com. I will post more details for these shows in the tour section as they come out.

1/10/10: Ventura, CA - Majestic Ventura Theatre
1/30/10: University Park, PA - Hetzel Union Building (Penn State)
5/01/10: Kansas City, MO - Rockhurst College

Rivers Cuomo, lead singer for Weezer, was injured in a bus accident this weekend. As a result, the band has cancelled the remaining December tour dates for this week. Hopefully he will get well soon, you can read about the accident on Weezer's website.

Looks like the tour with Weezer will be hitting the west in January. Dates and links to tickets listed below.

1/09/10: San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
1/11/10: Irvine, CA - UCI Bren Events Center
1/13/10: LA Jolla, CA - Rimac Arena UCSD
1/15/10: Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
1/16/10: Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
1/19/10: Denver, CO - The Fillmore

MCS has announced some headlining tour dates for early next year. They will be touring with Set Your Goals, This Providence, and The Swellers. There are more dates to come, will post them as I see them. The dates listed below will be on pre-sale at 3pm EST today at the MCS ticketing site (Username: motion, Password: soundtrack). Regular on sale is Friday, November 20th at 10am EST. I will update the tour section of this site later this week with information for each show.

1/23/2010: Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
1/25/2010: Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
1/26/2010: Cincinatti, OH - Bogart's
1/27/2010: Cleveland, OH - House of Blues Cleveland
1/29/2010: Pontiac, MI - Clutch Cargo's
1/31/2010: Millvale, PA - Mr Small's Theatre
2/1/2010: Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
2/3/2010: New York, NY - Irving Plaza
2/4/2010: Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
2/5/2010: Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock
2/6/2010: Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
2/8/2010: Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
2/10/2010: Dallas, TX - The Prophet Bar
2/11/2010: Austin, TX - Emo's

There is also a pre-sale now available for My Dinosaur Life. A regular CD, a digital CD, and a special deluxe package are all available. The deluxe package includes:

-Six double sided 7" picture discs featuring custom Joe Ledbetter artwork for each track
-Signed Pulp Fiction style lyric book
-Full Length 12 track CD
-Exclusive Bonus CD
1. A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help) (Alt. Version)
2. Pulp Fiction (Alt. Version)
3. So Long Fairwell (Unreleased)
4. Worker Bee (Alt. Version)
5. Disappear (Alt. Version)
-Hardbound 9X9 custom book that holds all the contents

Motion City Soundtrack will be playing at Missouri State University next Friday, November 20. Tickets are $12 for students, $15 for the public, and $20 the day of the show. You can get tickets online at metrotix.com. For more information visit the MSU Student Activities Council website.

The Toronto Weezer show on 12/5 is now listed in the tour dates on motioncitysoundtrack.com, you can get tickets at Ticketmaster.

Check out mydinosaurlife.com for all of the latest on Justin's travels on the Dino Trail. There are some videos posted of stops he has made in the midwest and there is information on what cities he will be hitting up next. Alternative Press has also posted some video from his stop there, check it out on their site.

Update: The latest update on the site says Justin was in the ER last night with flu like symptoms and needs to stay out of the public for 5-7 days. So unfortunately the Dino Trail has to take a short break, I'm sure everyone understands. Get well Justin!

Check out a video of Justin doing an acoustic version of "Disappear" at the Threadless main store (one of his stops on the Dino Trail).


Thanks to Patricia and Laura for sending this in!

We have a release date! My Dinosaur Life will be released on January 19, 2010. Here is the tracklisting:

1. Worker Bee
2. A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help)
3. Her Words Destroyed My Planet
4. Disappear
5. Delirium
6. History Lesson
7. Stand Too Close
8. Pulp Fiction
9. @!#?@!
10. Hysteria
11. Skin And Bones
12. The Weakends

Check out all the album art and details in the newsposting on motioncitysoundtrack.com. Who's excited?!??

I can't really keep up with Justin on the Dino Trail and my updates here won't be quick enough for you all to find him... he's traveling constantly and updating a lot :) So, I really recommend you follow him on Twitter @jcpmcs and on mydinosaurlife.com so you'll know where he is. Has anyone been out to any of the meet ups? Share your stories!

Apparently the second stop on the Dino Trail will be this Sunday, November 1st in someone's living room? Get the address on Justin's Twitter.

Justin posted this on his Twitter today, if you're in the area you can meet him Satuday!

Hey there humans! First stop on The Dino Trail is October 31st @ Badger Brew Express in Rice Lake, WI around 7PM! Please pass it on!

Also, here is his first video update.

More updates!

Justin will be making some special appearances across the country on the "dino trail". This will include meet ups, impromptu performances, in store appearances, and more. According to motioncitysoundtrack.com here is how you can keep up with where he will be...

1. Check the MCS website's news section and mydinosaurlife.com for news announcements, event details and photos and video from the trail.
2. Follow Justin on Twitter @jcpmcs for meet up and event information.
3. Be sure to send Justin direct messages @jcpmcs. You may have a say on where he should go.

You can also sign up for mobile updates by calling 651-222-9717. Justin will be leaving voice messages along the way to let you know where he's been and where he's going.

And in other news, MCS will be returning to Japan in March! Here are the dates and venues.

03/04/2010 - Tokyo, Japan - Akasaka Blitz
03/07/2010 - Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro
03/08/2010 - Osaka, Japan - Big Cat

Motion City Soundtrack will be playing the DC101 Festivus with Weezer and Jack's Mannequin on December 9th at the George Mason Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10AM on livenation.com.

Motion City Soundtrack will be supporting Weezer on their tour in December. So far they are listed on Ticketmaster for the Chicago date but they are probably on more dates. The guys have posted on Twitter to hint at it so I guess more news is coming soon. The tour dates that have been released are posted below.

12/1 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
12/3 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
12/5 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Center
12/7 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
12/9 - Baltimore, MD - UMBC Fieldhouse
12/10 - Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Center

MCS is playing at the Triple Rock in MN on October 30. There are pre-sale tickets available now on the MCS ticketing site! The regular on sale for tickets is Wednesday, October 21.

This is kind of a random post, but I wanted to plug this Tumblr site called "Fuck Yeah Motion City Soundtrack"... http://fuckyeahmotioncitysoundtrack.tumblr.com. I don't know much about Tumblr or how it works, but they post MCS pics and random quotes on there almost every day and it's a fun site to look at if you love MCS.

I'm a little late on this, I think this video was posted with the new site the other day, but check out the latest video update from MCS, showing them in the studio.




Also, MCS has been added to the lineup for the Soundwave Festival in Australia in February. For more information check out soundwavefestival.com.

Looks like a new version of motioncitysoundtrack.com has been launched, check it out. There is a countdown at the top of the site... any ideas of what it is counting down to?

Here are some more videos of the new songs from Friday's show at Slippery Rock University. Thanks to Jess for these videos!

"Disappear":


"A Lifeless Ordinary":

Check out this video from the DeSales University show of a new song titled "Disappear". Thanks to Jess for recording it!

Just found another tour date, MCS will be playing next Friday (October 2) at Slippery Rock University in PA. Here is some info on the show from Facebook:

-Doors open at 6:30 pm, Show starts at 7 pm
-University Union MPR
-Tickets: $5 SRU Student (w/ ID), $10 General Public
(Tickets are available at the union help desk)

Here's another new tour date, MCS will be playing a show at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI on October 16. You can get all the details on tickets at the GVSU Homecoming Site.

I think there may be a few other college shows out there, I will try to find info on them. If you know of any shows I don't have listed here e-mail me, thanks :)

A new tour date has been posted, MCS will be playing at De Sales University in Center Valley, PA on September 26th. For tickets visit desalestickets.com.

Happy Birthday to Tony today!!! Hope it is a great one.

Check out the third MCS video update on YouTube, it focuses on Justin and how he writes lyrics.

There is another video clip and article up on MTV.com where Mark Hoppus is talking with Josh and Justin about producing their record.

Check out the video from last night's show of the new song "A Lifeless Ordinary", courtesy of Anna!

Win a Trip To See MCS in Vegas!


To enter this contest, visit http://motioncitysoundtrack.com/vegas/

There is a new video update posted on YouTube... check it out!

Happy birthday to Jesse today. Hope you have a great day!

Motion City Soundtrack is playing the first show of the Blink-182 tour at the Joint in Las Vegas on July 24, according to this blog from Mark Hoppus. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, May 30 at ticketmaster.com.

Here's a video I took at the Virginia Tech show on Wednesday, it's of "Don't Call It A Comeback". It was kind of dark in there so I didn't take any others and barely took any pictures, but I will post the few pics I did take soon.



I have also posted setlists from the past few shows, thanks to those who sent them in. The setlist has been pretty much the same for this short stint of college shows.

Motion City Soundtrack have posted an 'update' video on YouTube. I guess this is similar to what they did with the webisodes for the last album. Anyway, check it out below!

Thanks to Claudio for sending me this info!

MCS will be playing the St. John's University "Pinestock" concert in Collegeville, MN this Saturday, April 25th. The concert will be at Watab Island and seems to be open to the public (according to the college's events calendar). Unicycle Loves You and Mister are also playing the concert.

Thanks to Matt for e-mailing me the following info about the Kent State University show. The date of the show is actually April 30th, and the Used is headlining the show. It is an outdoor concert called FlashFest that is free and open to everyone, if it rains the concert will be moved to the M.A.C. Center. I will post more info/an article should I find it.

update:
Okay, I found some more information via Facebook... here is the full list of bands for the show:
The Used, Motion City Soundtrack, State Radio, DJ Scrilla, The Wonder Years, The Know Nothings, 2009 Battle of the Bands Winner

It also says that the music will start at 3pm on Manchester Field.

Motion City Soundtrack has been announced for Rutgersfest 2009 at Rutgers University on May 1. N.E.R.D, Ryan Leslie, and The N Result will also be playing. For more information see this article. It looks like this may be a free event but I am not sure, I will post ticket information in the tour section if I find it.

I haven't been able to find any information to confirm this show, but since it is coming up I will post it here in case... according to the band The Wonder Years, they'll be playing a show at Kent State with Motion City Soundtrack on Saturday, April 18. This information is posted on their MySpace page, and that is the only information I have seen about the show.

I also found a show for Worcester, MA at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. MCS will be playing with Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer on Sunday, April 19th. Tickets are available at the SocComm Office and are $5 for students and $25 for the general public. Check out SocComm's site for more info.

In other news, Mark Hoppus has posted a temporary track listing for the new MCS album over at pickrset.com. Those are just song titles so I don't know if anyone cares, but thought it might be worth posting... looks like they are making good progress on the new album!

MCS will be playing the Sun God Festival at the University of California, San Diego on May 15th. Some of the other bands on the lineup are N.E.R.D., Iron and Wine, Sara Bareilles, Augustana, and the Cool Kids. The concert is free for undergrads and $40 for guests of students (the tickets go on sale April 13th at the UCSD box office and are limited to 2 per student). For the full lineup and more information visit http://sungodfestival.ucsd.edu.

Mark Hoppus has confirmed via Twitter that he will be working with MCS on their next album... cool news!!

And here's the setlist from the show in Arlington, TX this weekend, courtesy of Anna from the MCS boards.

Attractive Today
Capital H
Point of Extinction
Broken Heart
Make Out Kids
Time Turned Fragile
Last Night
Don't Call It A Comeback
Better Open The Door
This Is For Real
It Had To Be You
When You're Around
Fell In Love Without You
L.G. FUAD
My Favorite Accident
Everything Is Alright

Encore:
Throw Down
The Future Freaks Me Out

There are some upcoming Farewell Continental shows listed on their MySpace page:

4/1/2009: Minneapolis, MN - The Beat
w/ The Chord, The Fawn
Tickets- $8

This is a record release show and video premiere party for "Do You Wanna Tangle?". There will be a Q & A session afterwards.


4/2/2009: 5:30 PM at Knights Of Columbus Hall
w/ Wrestling With Wolves, Go Go Tokyo
Tickets- $5


4/3/2009: Chicago, IL - Reggie’s
w/Parachute VA, JP


4/4/2009: Grand Rapids, MI - Mixtape Cafe
w/ Kate Pilsbury, Anthony Hansen
Tickets- $6 in Advance or $7 Day Of

This is an early show, doors at 4:30PM and show at 5PM


4/5/2009: Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot
w/ The Night Away, Aprils Calling Definition Plexus, The Weather State, Something Like Forever
Tickets- $10


4/6/2009: Rice Lake, WI - Badger Brew Express
w/ Albino Ghost Monkey, From Whence You Came, Arms Aloft
Tickets- $4



Also, there 7" EP is now available at shows. Thanks to Rick for that info!

Motion City Soundtrack will be playing Spring Fest '09 at the University of Texas Arlington on March 28th. The concert site says that Space Cadet, They Were Stars, and the Brandon Steadman band will also be playing. There is no information on tickets that I can find, but from looking at the site it is probably free, at least to students. If I find more information I will post it.

And by the way, Tony will not be drumming at the upcoming concerts because he broke his arm recently. You can read about it in the MCS Tumblr blog. Get well soon Tony!

MotionCitySoundtrack.com has been updated with an intro video and a new dark layout. There is also a new blog to check out at Tumblr. Glad to see MCS is still alive =)

Motion City Soundtrack will perform a free show on April 24th as part of the University of Iowa's Riverfest. The show is at 8:00 PM in the Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge. For more information check out the SCOPE Productions website.

Check out Mark Hoppus's Twitter page... "There's a good chance I may be working with Motion City on their new record. I REALLY hope it works out. I've heard demos and they're rad."


Thanks to Max for directing me to this bit of information =)

I saw this posted on the MCS message board and thought some others might be interested... Jesse is selling his record collection and if you are interested check out the auctions on ebay. He is donating 10% percent of the profits to the Dear Jack Foundation started by Andrew McMahon (of Jack's Mannequin) for cancer research.

There are a few new tour dates posted on Farewell Continental's MySpace page:

January 30, 2009
Rice Lake, WI - Badger Brew Express

February 20, 2009
St. Paul, MN - Station 4

February 21, 2009
Minneapolis, MN - Uptown Theater


In other news, I recently found out Motion City Soundtrack has joined up with the Trojan Evolve campaign. They told me that MCS hasn't made their own video, but it's a good cause so I want to link y'all up to the videos they currently have for other artists. You can check them out on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/trojanevolve. If I see that MCS has created one I will be sure to post it.

There are a few more shows posted on the Farewell Continental MySpace page:

January 30, 2009
Minnesota - TBD

January 31, 2009
De Pere, Wisconsin - Baba Louie's

The Spirit of '76
The Response
Kildrifter
Farewell Continental

February 1, 2009
Metamora, Illinois - Johnny's Coffee House

Greyson
The Forecast
Farewell Continental

Also, they now have a t-shirt for sale at http://farewellcontinental.bigcartel.com.

Sorry there is no MCS news lately, hope this will hold you over in the meantime :)

There is now a link to buy Farewell Continental merch, right now they have two blankets posted for sale. Check it out at http://farewellcontinental.bigcartel.com.


Thanks to Rhianna for sending this in!

Some information on a forthcoming 4-song EP has been posted on Farewell Continental's MySpace page. The EP will be released on 7 inch vinyl through the label Paper & Plastick.


Also, this tour date has been added:

January 29, 2009
Grandma's Sports Garden - Duluth, MN

Jamestown Story
Take Cover
Cities Never Sleep
Fight The Odds
Mikey Talented
First Class Failure

$6 in advance/$7 at the door

Just found this Farewell Continental show for January 10th, at the Warehouse in La Crosse, WI.


SATURDAY JANUARY 10
6pm doors

GLORIA!
FAREWELL CONTINENTAL
CARDIAC RADIO
THE TEDDY HOLIDAYS
THE YEAR BEFORE

For tickets visit ticketweb.com.