Our visit to Foamhenge included two acoustic performances. Part 1 was posted a few days back. Now, we finally got enough bandwidth to get part 2 up for you. Tons of photos and more from Foamhenge and Natural Bridge, VA … Read More
As always, tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia says: Today was a lot of boring, boring driving through the wasteland that is West Virginia (their new motto, coined by me is: Go Around) and the … Read More
Tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia says:Day 5 was an open (no show) date on our tour, so we were forced to do the right thing – the right thing being to help the … Read More
Tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 Sophia’s Day 4 – we woke up at our friend’s Pia, Aaron, Annie (the dog)’s house. We made it to a breakfast place, Mark’s Kitchen that had vegan breakfast … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Visit the One Night Band website and the Facebook event to find out more about One Night Band 2010 on August 21 at the Middle East downstairs. Check back here each … Read More
Way more about Foamhenge and Natural Bridge, VA to come, but for now, here is the first of two live acoustic Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling performances at Foamhenge in 90+ degree weather (as always, it’s unusual for … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Visit the One Night Band website and the Facebook event to find out more about One Night Band 2010 on August 21 at the Middle East downstairs. Check back here each … Read More
Tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 (This entry is a mix of Sophia and Mike writing, so we’ll leave it to you to guess who the “I” refers to in each sentence.) We woke up … Read More
Tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 We’ll start things off with Sophia’s brief summary of the day before moving on to my rant: We drove and drove and drove. Learned never to take an exit … Read More
Tons of tour photos on Flickr at http://bit.ly/DNFMOMDTour2010 and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384673&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2385257&id=1817487, http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2384885&id=1817487, and http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2386913&id=1817487 After much fighting with Thrifty (really not that much) about how we had a reservation, but they didn’t actually have a vehicle for us to take. I don’t really … Read More
If you’ve run into Mike or I in the last month (or, if you’re friends with us on any variety of social networks) you’ve undoubtedly been barraged with the fact that we’re headed out on our very first tour! We’re a little bit freaked … Read More
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The votes are still being counted (also, I don’t think we actually care who won, nor do we even know what we were running for, but hey…), but the videos are in from the show! The night opened with the … Read More
The ever problematic Agent Bishop has caved in to mass hysteria and demand for a piece of memorabilia designed to celebrate my frequent use of the “like” option on Facebook. I present to you, his creation (initially made in short … Read More
Thursday, July 15th we’re very excited to play our very first show in our hometown of Somerville at PA’s Lounge! We’ll be debuting two new songs we’ve been working on, Episode 5: Free For All, and Episode 8: The General! … Read More
Our opponents in The Rock Primary are spewing totally slanderous garbage. You’ll be hearing our response to these allegations soon and our opponents will be hearing from our lawyers soon! Campaign videos from our opponents:http://www.youtube.com/user/therockprimary All Campaign Videos: http://bit.ly/cGvV9Z Cast … Read More
We had the distinct pleasure of performing on Bay State Rock with Carmelita on WAAF on 06/27/2010. We took “acoustic” to its most epic and silly conclusion, ukulele and glockenspiel, of course! Because we didn’t think that playing our drums/bass … Read More
Presently, we have two songs in Pandora’s system. We’re hoping to get more in, but there are a lot of complex and annoying barriers to this happening. Regardless, I thought it would be interesting to see what Pandora recommended to … Read More
Show tomorrow, 6/25 at The Middle East Upstairs in Cambridge, MA. It’s psychedelia-inspired 28 Degrees Taurus’ CD Release. The haunting and shoegazing Static of the Gods headline and Banditas open the night (we should be on second). FB Event – … Read More
Produced by Killer Suit Creative Media 07/16/10 TT the Bear’s Cambridge, MA Sidewalk Driver MidnightThe Motion Sick 11:00pmBrendan Boogie & the Best Intentions 10:00pmLeo Blais 9:00pm18+ Don’t vote for these jerks!
Hello Friends! Just wanted to give you all a quick update to let you know what we’re up to. The Motion Sick has decided to wrap up the 4-song recording we’re working on, play a couple more shows, and then … Read More
Pick up a copy of The Boston Phoenix this week to check out our interview with Barry Thompson (or click the link to read it online)! We had a really fun (if evasive) interview with Barry in our kitchen – … Read More
At least I was. Okay, still am. Before I get to that, I’ve got a million blog posts to write for this blog, but I keep getting distracted and wondering if they should go in separate blogs or what. I … Read More
Friends, We’ve got some things to tell you about:1. Show tomorrow at The Middle East Downstairs2. Free MP3s for you! (…and new music from The Motion Sick!)3. Strange Youtube Videos Featuring the Music of The Motion Sick4. Radio Sampler — … Read More
Rob Potylo has shed his Robbie Roadsteamer moniker and character, but he still has feet in both the local worlds of comedy and music. Rob has been busy making a crazy reality sitcom about the arts scene (and his life) … Read More
Our EP was officially released on April 3rd at Church of Boston (with some wonderful bands – another post on that soon!) and we really felt the love from the Boston community leading up to the show. Here’s the run-down … Read More
We of The Motion Sick are wishing Bret Michaels the best after he suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, just days after getting an appendectomy. He has grappled with diabetes, and as a rocker of the late ’80s, probably lead quite … Read More
Episode 1 – Arrival they had the flood lights on you saying you’re not gonna make it this time they beat your body took your will then they took your mind sent you back to me, said “get what you … Read More
The Motion Sick elected not to go down to SXSW this year (as we had the past two years). It just costs too much money and probably isn’t worth spending for unless you’ve got a high-buzz showcase (which ultimately means … Read More
Our EPs have arrived in the mail! We’ll be releasing them into the wild on Saturday, April 3rd at Church of Boston -we couldn’t be more honored or more excited for the night of music: Corey Tut from NYC starts everything … Read More
Listen/buy audio over at: http://music.themotionsick.com/album/novelty-songs-volume-one Scroll down for “I Grew A Mustache”“Aquaman’s Lament” “I Grew A Mustache”
This is a bit overdue, but we are happy to announce that the Golden Bloom vs. The Motion Sick split 7″ has been released! In case you missed our original announcement, the concept was that The Motion Sick recorded a … Read More
UPDATE: Don Pedro has canceled all bands tonight and will have a DJ set instead.While our show in Brooklyn is still scheduled to go on, we have decided that it’s simply not safe for us to try and make the … Read More
We’re very excited to make our NYC Debut this Friday, February 26th at Don Pedro (90 Washington Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) with Rumanian Buck,The Sounds of Kaleidescope, and Tennis System– we play at 9:00PM!Facebook Event
We previously posted video of our performance (and our guest appearance with Golden Bloom), but we also wanted to share some video from the excellent bands that shared the evening with us last Friday: Ad Frank and the Fast Easy … Read More
We can’t even begin to express our full gratitude for how wonderful it is to be able to be involved with playing music in Boston. It’s an absolute pleasure to work with so many great bands and to have so … Read More
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling will be releasing our first EP in April – we’re joining forces with Launch Over to pool resources with other bands to do a small-scale radio campaign. See the Launch Over Blog Post … Read More
You already saw some fun tour videos from the Space a bit back. Here’s a quick recap showing some video from the bands we’ve shared the nights with lately: From Don Hill’s: Tayisha Busay Sidewalk Driver The Motion Sick (not sure … Read More
Over at http://lifejustbounces.blogspot.com/2010/02/desert-island-dicks-love-will-tear-us.html, Desert Island Dicks have decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day by sampling bits of 103 versions of Joy Division’s quintessential classic “Love Will Tear Us Apart” including The Motion Sick’s cover from 2008’s _The truth will catch you, just … Read More
clockwise from left, ‘No.6’, painting by Simon Palmer, Patrick McGoohan on the set of Living in Harmony, Ian Rakoff at Comica, Michael Epstein and Sophia Cacciola a.k.a. ‘Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling’ and the cover of the novel … Read More
Our visit to Hamden, CT’s The Space: …and after the show, this is what we do…
Upcoming show – 02/17/2010a night of punk-cabaret, art-rock, and piano sorceryChurch of Boston HUMANWINEWalter Sickert and the ARmy of BRoken TOysSarah RabDAU (solo) $8/21+ DNFMOMD on second. top flyer by HUMANWINE bottom flyer by Walter Sickert Facebook Event (Army of … Read More
SciFi Pulse did a very lengthy interview with us recently on the scope of our band and we shared opinions on a host of other sci-fi and spy-related tv and movies. From the SciFi Pulse press release, “featured in our … Read More
photo of Chris Mascara from Mascara On Friday, January 29th we got to open up Mascara’s CD release party at The Middle East. It was a really great night of arty, challenging (in a good way) ROCK. This was my blog … Read More
Episode 4 – The Chimes of Big Ben (Live WMFO 2010-01-06) by Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling We were honored to be the very first band of 2010 to be on On The Town with Mikey Dee on … Read More
The Motion Sick will be taking some time off from playing shows to finish up some recordings. So, most likely, you won’t be hearing us perform for a few months. This is your last chance for a bit!!!!If you buy … Read More
We had the great honor of being selected as Best Local Rock Band 2009 in the Boston Phoenix!
This is definitely one of the most awesome and fun things that has ever happened with our music. It is quite an honor to have “30 Lives” selected to be part of someone’s world in this way.
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Dear Boston Band Crush Friends, With teary eyes, Sophia and I wish to announce that we have decided to step down from our editorial roles at BBC. This decision has been … Read More
We were thrilled with how many entries we got in the Golden Bloom vs. The Motion Sick artwork contest. There were so many great entries that once we chose the winner, we decided to choose a bunch of great runner-ups rather than just a … Read More