justin from MCS took to youtube to announce that him and his busy band are going to be worker bees this summer, taking on the warped tour all summer. more importantly, he covers a really good alkaline trio song after all the blabbing.
-grizzly
MCS’s go was a disappointing departure for myself, especially after considering how great my dinosaur life was. however, “happy anniversary” was definitely my favorite track from the record, and i’m glad to see it get this kind of treatment. and that treatment (a full band acoustic rendition) would do wonders for plenty of other songs from these guys. wonder if they’ve thought of putting out an album like damnesia.
-grizzly
say, what? whatever happened to jenny lewis and those rilo fellas anyway? no worries, because justin pierre and company are heading towards us with a new box set, making moves, to which this song belongs. strange song to cover, regardless.
stream:
motion city soundtrack – pictures of success [rilo kiley cover]
-grizzly
is this the best thing to come from the disappointing new MCS album? probably. all i know is that it reminds me of ‘emo game.’ those were the days. anyway, head to the official site to play the game and kill some time.
play:
motion city soundtrack – true romance [8-bit game]
-grizzly
after streaming the a-side “major leagues” at rolling stone a couple of weeks ago, they’ve now released the b-side to the 7” they plan on dropping on november 23rd’s black friday record store day. stream the slowburner below.
stream:
motion city soundtrack – severance
-grizzly
ok, you can get that sour taste of ‘go’ out of your mouth – i know it wasn’t just me. but that’s ok, because the best bands always bounce back in fans eyes, right?! thankfully, “major leagues” is a step in the right direction, and if we’re talking albums, i’m leaning toward my dinosaur life. on november 6th, the band will be releasing a 7” with two songs, this one and “severance.”
stream “major leagues” via RS.
stream:
motion city soundtrack – major leagues
-grizzly
Didn’t want to jump the gun, but it looks like it’s ok for me to tell you that I’m on 2 tracks from the upcoming
@yeahrightpos album!#ROCK!— Justin Pierre (@jcpmcs) August 22, 2012
weird news, indeed. the minneapolis connection is there, so i’m not that surprised, but it seems the doomtree and motion city soundtrack head honchos will link up for a couple of tracks on we don’t even live here.
still have memories of the good timez we all had at the purevolume/AP.net party at sxsw. stef’s album drops oct. 23rd.
gonna give 0 fucks now that i don’t see a houston tour stop. on halloween week too! how rude!
dates/full us routing can be seen here.
-grizzly
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motion city soundtrack is dropping go today, and in honor of the release – they’ve linked up with mtv to premiere their first video for “true romance.”
-grizzly
and after a handful of single leaks and releases, epitaph records puts the entire new MCS album up for your streaming pleasure at soundcloud. from what i heard, this is definitely more of a down tempo version of MCS than we’re used to, but we all know that their songwriting is top notch. listen below.
stream:
motion city soundtrack – go [full album stream]
-grizzly
the epitaph-backed “leaks” keep on coming. “son of a gun” is like the 5th song or so to get streamed from the album, which is nice considering the whole album’s out on the web. but of course, we want you to go out and cop this band’s presumably awesome record go, on june 12th.
stream:
-grizzly
MCS gets a little bleak on their latest affair, the album’s centerpiece in “everyone will die.” go, their fifth studio record will drop in a little over a week on june 12th via epitaph.
stream:
-grizzly
the minneapolis boys take to the web to release a new song from their upcoming record go, out june 12th. caught some of these guy’s set at the one day of bamboozle we attended, which you can see it its entirety here.
stream:
-grizzly
in good ol’ MCS news, they’ve dropped a bunch of new things worthy of your interest. go will be dropping on june 12th. tracklisting below, artwork up top.
preorder the album here.
tracklisting:
1. Circuits And Wires
2. True Romance
3. Son Of A Gun
4. Timelines
5. Everyone Will Die
6. The Coma Kid
7. Boxelder
8. The Worst Is Yet To Come
9. Bad Idea
10. Happy Anniversary
11. Floating Down The River
-grizzly
photo credit: TSS
We’re seasoned vets when it comes to SXSW. For the last 6 years, we’ve been at the festival to some capacity, regardless of how drunk we got or how bad our allergies were. And while last year’s festival left us jaded and hesitant of the crowds, we headed to Austin for a few days to engage in whatever came our way.
Review after the jump.
-grizzly and sunbear
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