This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Saturday is the 3rd annual 08/08 show put on by Dave Virr (Duncan) of WFNX New England Product and The Middle East. Buy him a beer and wish him a Happy … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). So, I’m a huge music nerd and I enjoy pointless trivia. These two facts have converged in my curiousity over how bands arrive at their band names, and what they mean. … Read More
Hello Friends and Fiends,-Great Rock Show at The Middle East-Michel Gondry draws The Motion Sick!-The Motion Sick soon to be in Rock Band and rocking out with Bang Camaro, Freezepop, and others at Unicon We’ve got a GREAT show coming … Read More
Our buddies at Harmonix have announced the basics of a new system to expedite the process for bands to get their music available for play in the Rock Band series of games. They’ve got scant details currently available at: . … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Friday, July 10th at Church of Boston was a night of awesome bands, all of whom are recommended. James over at playground Boston wrote up a review of the night, check … Read More
Certainly one of the most fun and nonsensically insane interviews we’ve ever done, TeaParty did an amazing job managing to take garbled, ranting nonsense from all of us all talking at the same time and turn it into an insightful … Read More
WBCN is officially shutting down: https://blog.mikeandsophia.com/?s=http://www.bostonbandcrush.org/2009/07/uncrush-rumors-swirling-about-wbcn.html. You might recall what an awesome time we had playing the Rock N Roll Rumble this year and we are very sad that the event is now in limbo along with one of our … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The Luxury owned The Paradise stage on Saturday, July 11th. Playing in front of a packed house, they exhibited the polish, charm and great songs it took to get them here. … Read More
Readers of this blog know that I am a big fan of Michel Gondry. I wrote a little entry a bit back about his director series DVD at: http://www.mikeandsophia.com/2009/01/motion-sick-work-of-director-michel.html So, when I found out that he decided to do a whole … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Friday, July 10thChurch of Boston 12:00 Jesus and the Argonauts11:10 Muy Cansado10:20 The Motion Sick9:30 St. Helena8:40 Kingsley Flood Facebook event. This is one of those rare bills where the bands … Read More
First of all, we’ve got a great show this Friday! As with all great things, the band order for this show was decided randomly using Dungeons and Dragons dice. So, if you aren’t afraid of a few tiny kobolds and … Read More
Here is Matt G.’s fine flyer for this dice-based ordered event:Full Size Flyer at: http://www.themotionsick.com/themotionsick/flyers/2009-07-10-ChurchFlyer.jpg Church 69 Kilmarnock Street Boston, MA 02215 12:00 Jesus and the Argonauts 11:10 Muy Cansado 10:20 The Motion Sick9:30 St.Helena8:40 Kingsley Flood 21+ Facebook Event
I know this stuff is supposed to happen behind the scenes. No business here. We are just regular guys who suddenly magically emerge as rock stars due to the demands of the screaming fans. Well, it’s just not how it … Read More
The arcade version of Dance Dance Revolution X, which we believe features The Motion Sick’s “30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix), is now out! We hope that it will start appearing in arcades around the country any second now. As soon as … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Show Crush Recap 6/17/09 TT the Bears Place (see show preview for more info!) [more Pansy Division photos here]Pansy Division lived up to my lofty expectations of an out and proud … Read More
Amnesty International fights to protect basic human rights around the world. They work to ensure that a uniform set of rights exist across the world’s wide range of cultures and political systems. They base their activities on a document called … Read More
As we rock out here in the land of The Motion Sick, we come across a lot of different services and websites that help us in our quest to take over the world. In an attempt to share the wealth, … Read More
Prior to The Motion Sick, I had played in a number of bands in college including Simian Aides, Shiver U.K., and Binary Test Record. After graduating and moving to Boston for graduate school, I decided I wanted to either continue … Read More
You may remember a classic translation of a Japanese blog using Babelfish: http://www.the-motion-sick.com/2008/04/same-straw-raincoat-japanese-blog-about.html “With, the same straw raincoat command is made with the game of 繧ｳ繝翫Α. To tell the truth, when Family Computer edition “soul 譁�ﾂ�#133;” 繧ｳ繝翫Α繧ｳ繝槭Φ繝�”on left and right … Read More
They refuse to include us in their system. Bummer. It’s sort of tricky to decide how to feel about this. I don’t really understand how they make the decision here. I assume it’s a single person’s aesthetic choice. I wonder … Read More
It’s true. It’s starting to get a little sketchy. Ever since the order for our July 10th show was selected using dice, I have been on the edge of losing it. All I can do is make Dungeons and Dragons … Read More
We’ve got some exciting things going on! 1. Download all of our music for free and we still get paid! 2. We’re opening for Pansy Division tomorrow 3. We’ve got a song on a workout DVD 4. The Motion Sick … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Iconic gay punk-rockers, Pansy Division are playing this Wednesday at TT’s in support of their new album, That’s So Gay. There is a great article on them in Newsweek that discusses … Read More
I don’t really know much about this or if we even want a deal with Myspace Records, but here we are. Feel free to pretend you are playing our song on a cassette (if you’re old enough to know what … Read More
There’s a new literal video out for “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” This one is the best one in some ways, though the singing is pretty painful to listen to… Previous Literal Videos (and my least favorite)
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). (Richard Lloyd) I realize this show was a couple of weeks ago (5/16 to be exact), but I am just now beginning to recover and get my mind wrapped around the … Read More
Will K (under the name Secret Goldfish), a Lexington High School student and a member of the band High Off You recorded this really neat, dare I say Dashboard Confessional-ish, version of “30 Lives.” We thought you all might dig … Read More
You can get the full story at http://www.the-motion-sick.com/2009/01/30-lives-up-up-down-dance-mix-in-cardio.html, but for now, here’s some video of our “30 Lives” workout.
Tomorrow is a day of great excitement for us. We’re opening for Richard Lloyd. As you may or may not know, Matt and Travis participated in The Cult of Point Break Society’s Tribute to Television last year (The Motion Sick … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). There is a thunderous, monstrous show happening this very Saturday at Church. Details: 05/16/09, 21+ Church (69 Kilmarnock Street, Boston, MA 02215) 11:30 – Richard Lloyd & The Sufimonkey Trio – Featuring … Read More
The web page http://konamicodesites.com/ gives a list of all of the sites that do something neat when you enter the Konami Code. What is the Konami Code? Give a listen to our song “30 Lives” at: http://themotionsick.com/temp/TTWCYJW/TheMotionSick-TTWCYJW-02-30Lives.mp3 or even watch … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Just a quick video/photo/word round-up of Saturday’s show at TT’s Talk Modern – started the night off with their ROCK, all in caps. Hypernova – The Iranian rock band tore up … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Great show happening this Saturday at TT the Bear’s Place: The Motion Sick (11:45 PM)They were just voted Boston’s Best Rock Band in the Phoenix, go and see why. Link. Red … Read More
The Motion Sick has been declared “Best Local Rock Band 2009” in the Boston Phoenix: http://thephoenix.com/theBest/Boston/Arts/Localrockband/. This is a great honor to us and we thank everyone who put in a good word at the polls. —-Our pals in the … Read More
The Boston Globe has an article about the demise of Pontiac with an accompanying video. In the video, they interview a couple of Pontiac muscle-car enthusiasts including Dan Poole, owner of the 74 Pontiac Ventura muscle car seen in the … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). This is it. This is what it’s all boiled down to. Twenty four bands have been whittled down to the final three who will battle it out for the Rumble crown … Read More
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Rock on kids, these are some amazing photos. by Kelly Davidson at: (Facebook – part 1 – part 2) by Johnny Arguedas at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/arguedas/sets/72157616468046847/ by Sooz at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/sooz/3423852133/in/photostream/ by Selene Angier at:http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=67645&id=526914798&ref=mf by EKS Productions: by Morgan Terrinoni:http://www.flickr.com/photos/brudy/sets/72157616669387072/
Well friends, we did not win our night of the Rumble competition, but we had an incredible time. The show, at The Middle East, was so sold out by the time we went on, that multiple people who had stepped … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Night Three of the Rumble had some serious talent, and everyone brought their A-game. The Fatal Flaw started up the evening with their awesome indie-pop–and totally rocked us. Next, The Dirty … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Night Three of WBCN’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble!Line-up: The Fatal Flaw The Dirty Truckers The Motion Sick Have Nots Are these bands afraid of the so-called Rumble Curse? Find out:Interview with … Read More
The Rumble Lots of excitement here in the land of The Motion Sick. First of all, this Tuesday,we’ve got a big, exciting show at The Middle East. We’re competing in the 31stannual WBCN Rock ‘N’ Roll Rumble. This is the … Read More
A couple of days ago, we were featured on BeatCrave and I really appreciated what they had to say. As they promised, they wrap the week with a poll to select the most craved beats (or something). We’re matched with … Read More
We’re experimenting with a new service called Gimme Sound. The idea of it is that fans can download music for free and the company splits its ad revenue based on the number of downloads you receive. So, as an extra … Read More
– If my recall has not failed me, I don’t think we got anywhere near this when the album came out over a year ago, but here we are riding a local wave of support – we’re in the Rumble, … Read More
The very cool kids over at BeatCrave wrote up a story on us that is one of those pieces that makes me feel very pleased. In addition to being super nice and saying all encouraging words, they have captured the … Read More
From our web page with video and photos at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/tour2009/tour2009video.html Perhaps the highlight is the videos of the newly commissioned state songs: …or if you’d rather watch the individual state songs: AR,CT,KY,MD,NY,NJ,OH,PA,RI,TN,TX,TX (Reprise),VA,W.VAIn addition to the state songs, we kind … Read More
We had a blast down at SXSW this year and we have some photos and video to share with you from two of our four shows. 3/19 – The Green Light Go and Hard Pressed Publicity Showcase at Fran’s Hamburgers … Read More
We were originally scheduled to be on the bill for this awesome show, but unpredictable weather patterns, the peanut crisis, and hypoallergenic flowers have forced us to change our plans…but holy awesome music, this is a good show. We will … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The boys in The Motion Sick gave me the straight talk on the Rumble. 2009 Rumble Questions: Are you excited to be participating in the 31st WBCN Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble? … Read More