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Tyler Hayes
Switchfoot: “Oh Gravity†will be one of my favorites of 2007 even though it technically came out in 2006 (by a few days)
Bryce Jacobson
Take a listen to Motion City Soundtrack‘s back catalogue as they prepare to release their new single next week.
Also if you have some extra cash on hand this week pick up The International Drive‘s new album, Finish What You Started, out this Tuesday.
Adam Weidman
Give Weatherbox and their new record American Art a spin.
Motion City Soundtrack has announced new tour dates for the UK. The band will be going overseas for September and October. You can get the full update and dates below.
Dear UK Fans,
Thank you for your patience these past couple of days. We have sorted out the new dates for September and October. We are happy to announce that we are now able to add new shows to the tour to include Sheffield, Exeter, Norwich, Portsmouth, Leeds, and for the first time ever, Dublin. Hopefully we can see some of you that were not able to make it to the originally scheduled shows.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning, Friday June 15 for all shows. You can purchase tickets via 24hr CC hotline — 0871 2200 260, or buy online at www.gigsandtours.com. All tickets purchased for the June dates in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, and London will be honored for the new dates in September/October. If you need a refund you can do so at point of purchase.
DATE CITY VENUE
TUE 25 SEP MANCHESTER MDH
WED 26 SEP SHEFFIELD LEADMILL
THU 27 SEP BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY
SAT 29 SEP GLASGOW GARAGE
SUN 30 SEP DUBLIN, IRE TEMPLE MUSIC BAR CENTRE
TUE 02 OCT EXETER LEMON GROVE
THU 04 OCT NORWICH WATERFRONT
FRI 05 OCT LONDON ASTORIA
SAT 06 OCT PORTSMOUTH PYRAMIDS
SUN 07 OCT LEEDS MET. UNIVERSITY
Motion City Soundtrack has canceled their upcoming UK tour dates due to scheduling issues with their new album. You can read a full message from the band below.
To our UK fans:
Due to scheduling issues with the new album we regretfully have to announce that we are moving our June tour dates to September. We apologize for this delay, and please know that we are disappointed
that we cannot make it over as originally planned.These shows will be rescheduled for September and we’ll announce these new dates in a few days, in fact, before end of this week. All tickets purchased will be honoured for the September shows, and if you cannot attend the new scheduled date you will be able to get a refund at the point of purchase with full booking fee. And while it’s a bummer we can’t come in June, moving to September will enable us to add more shows in more markets; markets that we’re very excited about playing for the first time!
And, although our album is pushed back to September, we will release a new single digitally on 25 JUN for the song “Broken Heart”. We just shot a video for the song and we can’t wait to debut it for you next week.
Again, our apologies for this change of plans.
MCS
Motion City Soundtrack has announced several more tour dates for their upcoming summer tour with special guests: Sherwood, The Higher, and The Forecast.
July 15 – Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
July 16 – Little Rock, AR – Juanita’s Cantina
July 17 – Nashville, TN – Rocketown
July 19 – Saint Petersburg, FL – State Theater
Head on over to mtvU and watch Justin read his work from the Revolution On Canvas series.
On air times are-
Mon: 2pm, 8pm
Tues: 7am, 3pm, 1pm
Wed: 8am, 8pm
Has 2007 proven to be better then last year? That is the question and we are looking for an answer, but a full year in review will have to wait another 6 months. The second half of the year looks promising with releasing from Paramore, The Rocket Summer, Motion City Soundtrack, Jimmy Eat World and more coming in the next few months. But what has the first half of the year done for our endless music craving? Releases from Anberlin, Relient K, Sherwood, Fall Out Boy and more hit shelves with lots of fanfare, but did they live up to the hype? This year is also filled with lots of sophomore albums from bands like Sullivan, The Fold, Paramore, My American Heart, Circa Survive and many more. Did these releases fall into the sophomore slump or are they destine for greatness.
Each year there is always one stand out band that comes out of nowhere to please our ears. So far this year The Graduate has done that for me. Their Cartel style rock rings out on their debut album, Anhedonia. With 6 months left in the year they could be beat, although the challenger would have to put up a pretty good fight.
This was just a brief review that covers just a few of the releases that have come out this year. This year is shaping up to be a pretty good year for new music. Now it’s your turn to let us know which releases you have dug so far this year and which releases didn’t meet your expectations. Also let us know which releases you think will dominate the second half of 2007.
Motion City Soundtrack are set to release their new album, Even If It Kills Me, on September 18th. The first single off the new album, “Broken Heart” will be released on June 26th worldwide through all digital outlets. A video for the first single will debut a few days prior to the release on the bands website. The band will embark on a full U.S. headline tour of small clubs on July 5th, will fly over to Japan for Fuji Rock, and will play Lollapalooza in August. Full dates include:
JUL 05 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
06 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
07 San Francisco, CA -Great American Music Hall
08 Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction (SOLD OUT)
10 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
11 San Diego, CA – Soma
12 Tempe, AZ – Clubhouse
14 Denver, CO – Gothic
20 Orlando, FL – Social
21 Atlanta, GA – The Loft
23 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore at the TLA
24 Boston, MA – Axis
25 NYC, NY – The Gramercy Theatre (SOLD OUT)
28 Fuji Rock – Naeba, Japan
AUG 01 Detroit, MI – St. Andrews
02 Milwaukee, WI – Rave II
04 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
06 Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom
07 Toronto ON – Opera House
More dates to be announced soon.
Check out a killer MTV News segment on Sherwood starting tonight. The piece begins airing this evening (Wednesday May 16) on MTVu and then will hit MTV, MTV2 and MTVNews.com starting tomorrow (Thursday, May 17). Airtimes listed below!
Also be sure to catch Sherwood on tour as direct support for Motion City Soundtrack this summer. A string of headline dates have also just been announced starting June 14th.
Sherwood on:
MTV
Thurs 5/17- 4:50am, 5:50am, 6:50am, 7:50am, 8:50am, 9:50am, 12:50pm
MTV2
Thurs 5/17: 4:30am, 5:30am, 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am
MTVu
Wed 5/16: 7:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:45pm
Thurs 5/17- 12:45am, 1:45am, 2:45am, 3:45am, 4:45am, 5:45am, 6:45am, 8:45am, 9:45am, 10:45am, 11:45am, 12:45pm, 1:45pm, 2:45pm, 3:45pm, 4:45pm, 5:45pm, 6:45pm
Sherwood On Tour:
With Relient K and Mae 5/16-5/18
Sherwood Headline 6/14-6/27 and 7/3 w/ support from The Fold, Sound The Alarm
With Motion City Soundtrack, The Forecast and The Higher 7/5-8/7
May 16 2007 7:00P
Janus Landing St. Petersburg, Florida
May 17 2007 8:30P
Handlebar Greenville, South Carolina
May 18 2007 7:00P
The Tabernacle Atlanta, Georgia
May 20 2007 7:00P
Rock Bottom San Antonio, Texas
Jun 14 2007 8:00P
Empire Theater Stockton, California
Jun 15 2007 7:30P
The Underground Cafe Roseville, California
Jun 16 2007 7:00P
The Wrec Saratoga, California
Jun 19 2007 6:00P
Country Club Theatre Ogden, Utah
Jun 20 2007
The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO
Jun 21 2007
The Refuge Amarillo, TX
Jun 22 2007 7:00P
The Door Dallas, Texas
Jun 24 2007 7:00P
King Of Clubs Claremore, Oklahoma
Jun 25 2007 7:00P
The Conservatory Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jun 26 2007 7:00P
The Rock Papillion, Nebraska
Jun 27 2007 8:00P
The Warehouse La Crosse, Wisconsin
Jun 29 2007 8:00P
SUMMERFEST Milwaukee, Wisconsin (with Jacks Manniquin, Say Anything etc)
Jun 30 2007 5:15P
Cornerstone Festival Bushnell, Illinois
Jul 3 2007 7:30P
Rymar Studios Bellingham, Washington
Jul 5 2007 7:15P
El Corazon (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Seattle, Washington
Jul 6 2007 7:45P
Hawthorne Theatre (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Portland, Oregon
Jul 7 2007 7:30P
Great American Music Hall (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) San Francisco, California Jul 8 2007 7:15P
Chain Reaction (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Anaheim, California
Jul 10 2007 7:15P
Roxy Theatre (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) West Hollywood, California
Jul 11 2007 7:15P
Soma (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) San Diego, California
Jul 12 2007 7:15P
The Clubhouse (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Tempe, Arizona
Jul 14 2007 7:30P
Marquis Theater (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Denver, Colorado
Jul 20 2007 6:00P
The Social (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Orlando, Florida
Jul 21 2007 8:00P
The Loft @ Center Stage (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 23 2007 8:00P
Theatre of the Living (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 24 2007 6:30P
Axis (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Boston, Massachusetts
Jul 25 2007 7:00P
The Gramercy Theatre (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) New York, New York
Aug 1 2007 7:00P
St. Andrews Hall (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Detroit, Michigan
Aug 2 2007 7:00P
The Rave (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Aug 6 2007 7:00P
Agora Ballroom (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Cleveland, Ohio
Aug 7 2007 8:00P
The Opera House (W/ MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK) Toronto, Ontario
Motion City Soundtrack has posted an update on why their album has been delayed until September 18th. You can read the message from the band below.
I’m sorry this has all been so confusing. well, the truth is that the release date HAS been pushed back to september 18. we really wanted to hurry and get the record out on july 17, but it was proving to be more difficult as time went on. if i remember correctly, a bunch of you predicted that we’d be putting a record out around september-time and were REALLY surprised when you found out we chose july 17. well, you were right. we should have gone with YOUR guts. haha.
anyway, pushing the date back was the last thing we wanted to do – mainly out of respect for all of you. if it makes any difference, we feel a lot better having a little more time to breathe and more time to make final decisions. the bottom line is, we’re REALLY happy with the way everything is headed and we don’t want to rush anything just to meet a deadline.
thanks to each and everyone of you for understanding and for sharing your concerns. the last thing we wanted to do was upset the most important people in our careers (that’s YOU GUYS!).”
A live bootleg of Motion City Soundtrack performing a new song titled “This Is For Real” can be heard on MotionCityOnline.com. A video of the song can also be seen here.