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Motion City Soundtrack — Commit This To Memory

Were it not for the presence of backpack rhymeslingers like Lyrics Born on the Epitaph talent roster, Minneapolis' Motion City Soundtrack would no doubt rank as the SoCal punk imprint's most unpunk signees. Bristling with shiny hooks big enough to snare sea bass, MCS' songs exist in the happy middle ground that unites both poker-faced punks and...
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Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory

I Read The News Today... For June 25, 2010

Here's another way to get iPod thumb or whatever the hell other repetitive strain injury PEDs are causing these days? Go ahead and download the Rolling Stones track pack for Guitar Hero on iPhone and iPod Touch. —Gigwise Apollo Ghosts are offering a free download of "Coka-Cola Admen," from their Mount Benson album. Hey, did...
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Motion City Soundtrack — My Dinosaur Life

It's rare that a band jumps ship from in indie to a major label and actually makes a better record than their last one. But that's exactly what Minneapolis punk power-poppers Motion City Soundtrack have done on their Columbia Records debut. Although they found success with 2007's Even If It Kills Me on Epitaph, the idiosyncratic charm found on...
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Motion City Soundtrack's My Dinosaur Life

Motion City Soundtrack — "Her Words Destroyed My Planet"

Science fairs are no longer just for nerds: now they're for emo kids, too. In some cases, we guess those could be the same thing. Here's the video for Motion City Soundtrack's "Her Words Destroyed My Planet," which will appear on the upcoming My Dinosaur Life, due out Jan. 19.
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Weezer Bring Holiday Party To Toronto

Motion City Soundtrack started Friday (Dec. 4) night on stage 30 minutes before tickets said doors were officially open. Combine that with the fact that very few people even knew who they were, and you can imagine the kind of reception they got. Local boys IllScarlett were up next and the radio fans who were there finally got some music they...
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Motion City Soundtrack — "Disappear"

A young lady takes a trip to the cottage with her mom and dad in the video for Motion City Soundtrack's "Disappear," only to discover there's some kind of creepy, mud-covered man after them. "Disappear" will be one of the tracks on the upcoming My Dinosaur Life, out Jan. 19.
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AFI Singer's Voice In New Movie

AFI singer Davey Havok's voice doesn't just show up on AFI records anymore. Havok contributed his voice to Godkiller Part 1: Walk Among Us, a new animated movie based on the graphic novel series of the same name. Godkiller is about humans caught in a war between gods. Motion City Soundtrack singer Justin Pierre and no wave/avant garde legend...
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Motion City Soundtrack Like Dinosaurs

Motion City Soundtrack are slated to release their fourth studio album later this year, but up until recently the band had not announced the album's official title. It took producer and Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus to pry that out of them. In an MTV interview on the first date of the Blink-182 reunion tour, Hoppus decided to play journalist...
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Motion City Soundtrack Buy More Keyboards And Hunt For Roadkill

Motion City Soundtrack's latest album is about girls, but singer/lyricist Justin Pierre swears that it wasn't really intentional. "I had a lot of trouble writing this record," Pierre says of the synth-pop quintet's third album, Even If It Kills Me. "I sort of found out afterwards that I was in this weird place." The songs...
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