Here are some awesome, awesome photos by Kelly Davidson. Lots more great ones here. One of the photos of Matt will be appearing in the next issue of The Noise! Sophia also took some awesome video of us rocking the … Read More
Friends! We have been selected as a finalist in the WFNX contest to find an opening act for Coldplay in Boston! Our video for “30 Lives” is now featured on Coldplay’s special web site for this purpose: http://www.coldplayontour.com/wfnx/ Please go … Read More
So, I am trying to learn more about video editing. I hope to make a short film for the 48 Hour Film Project next year. As an exercise in editing, I spent all day making a music video for Jean-Paul … Read More
A giant, giant thanks goes out to all of you who helped make our 100th show at The Middle East Upstairs a blast! We had an awesome capacity turnout, excellent crowd participation (possibly the best 30 lives dancing yet!), and … Read More
Contest over at: http://ryanssmashinglife.blogspot.com/2008/06/pela-and-static-of-gods-at-middle-east.html
Hello Friends, If can you only see The Motion Sick once this year (how sad that would be), now is the time: Come to our wondrous 100th show!!!! We have a ridiculously amazing, amazing lineup! You don’t want to miss … Read More
Screen Shots for DanceDanceRevolution Universe 3 have been released! The game looks awesome! The shots are also featured on various sites revealing details about the release:http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/dance-dance-revolution-universe-3/news/three-new-ddrs-announced-for-10th-anniversary/a-2008051516018473069/g-2008051595832835066, http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/gallery/2020/Dance-Dance-Revolution-Universe-3/p1/, http://www.gamershell.com/xbox360/dance_dance_revolution_universe_3/screenshots.html, etc.
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Just a summarized update on what we’ve been up to for the last bit of time… -“30 Lives (Up-Up-Down-Dance Mix)” included in 2008 Dance Dance Revolution Video Game-“30 Lives” video on “120 Minutes” – MTV Latin Amer., MuchMusic, Fuse On … Read More
When we were down in Austin for SXSW, we met up with awesome fellow Aidan Williamson, who interviewed us for Strange Glue. He was a swell guy and asked us a bunch of interesting things and did a great job … Read More
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Listen Up: A lot of super-rad news. First, upcoming shows in brief:05/08/08 – Cambridge, MA – TT’s – w/Semi Precious Weapons and Sidewalk Driver05/09/08 – New York, NY – Baggot Inn06/07/08 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East … Read More
The dance remix of “30 Lives” will be featured in the 2008 version of Dance Dance Revolution! The game is made by Konami and the song “30 Lives” is based on the famous video game code “The Konami Code.” We’re … Read More
As our subscribers have increased and our technological needs have changed over time and geographical scope, we are going to be moving our e-mail list to Fanbridge. This system will allow us to more accurately target our audiences by location … Read More
http://strangeglue.com/news/sxsw-2008-live-the-motion-sick/1499 A brief review and some pictures from one of our gigs at SXSW including some awesome photos
CMJ TOP 200Week 1: #13 Most AddedWeek 2: #198Week 3: #146Week 4: #140Week 5: #86Week 6: #71Week 7: #95Week 8: #192 CMJ Independent Select Tracks Top 100 – “30 Lives” – peak #67 *charted at 62 different stations over the … Read More
http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/talk-metro-02-27-08.html
UPDATE: TOUR DATES 3/8 (Springfield, MO) and 3/9 (Tulsa, OK) JUST ADDED! Hello Friends, We’re super excited about our Boston CD release show, which kicks off our upcoming tour that leads us down to SXSW (and hopefully back)! Keep an … Read More
We’re all really excited about our upcoming tour. You can find more info at our web site 2/27 – Boston, MA – Church – CD RELEASE SHOW – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110189059162/29 -New York, NY – Baggot Inn – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7929958843 3/1 – Philadelphia, … Read More
I am quite excited to let you all know that today, I had the opportunity to write the Note Books column on Largehearted Boy! I’ve been a regular reader and fan of LHB for several years, so it’s quite an … Read More
At the present, we find ourselves in a difficult situation. The Motion Sick is a band that really loves making music. We really do. That is why we’re here. We are not expecting fame and fortune, but in order to … Read More
The Motion Sick’s second album, The truth will catch you, just wait… is number 86 on the CMJ Top 200 this week! “30 Lives” is the featured video today by Blender!
Hello Friends! Much is going on. Our CD release show and subsequent tour are coming up! First, 4 exciting tidbits: 1. The truth will catch you, just wait… has been screaming up the CMJ radio charts! We were in the … Read More
Hello friends, A few small, but lovely items: We’ve got some tales of the road for you from a recent little stint:http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/blogsall.html We’re putting the finishing touches on our 2nd album, The truth will catch you, just wait… to be … Read More
Due to an aligning of planets, I was allowed to accompany the boys fortheir whirl-wind-weekend tour. Day 1:Mike and I started off Friday morning by getting up at 7:00 to pack andget ready. Several Soy Lattes and a trip to … Read More
As I begin writing this, it’s 5:30am on Monday and I just got home in time to shower and start my workday. That’s right, even insane rock n rollers have to work on bank holidays… Needless to say I’m exhausted … Read More
Hello Friends, Our video premiere party last weekend was a blast! In case you couldn’t make it, you can see photos at:http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/livephotos-07-09-28.html We’ve got a bunch of exciting shows coming up including another special premiere screening of our video in … Read More
09/28/07 30 Lives Music Video Premiere Party! @ The Pill Great Scott1222 Commonwealth AveAllston, MA Britpop and Indie Dance Night!The Motion Sick will rock the town and premiere the 30 Lives Music Video 10 PM 21+http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4686418109
Hello Sickers, We here in The Motion Sick land are overwhelmed with excitement for upcoming events! You probably all remember our very busy 5-day video shoot – http://themotionsick.com/30lives/ Well, our video is here and it’s ready to take over! We’re … Read More
Hello friends, The Motion Sick are wrapping up recording of our new album, tentatively titled, “The truth will catch you, just wait…” and we might be in your neighborhood. Come join us. We might even show up in your town … Read More
Friday Sep 7 2007 PA’s Lounge 345 Somerville Ave.Somerville, MA 02143 11:15 The Motion Sick 10:15 The Living Sea – 9:15 Polyethylene – https://web.archive.org/web/20140902204249/https://myspace.com/polyethyleneband Age Restrictions: 18+ Doors Open: 8:30PM Ticket Price: $8for21+/$11for18-20
Tonight at the Baseball Tavern Perennials – 8:45pmWonderful Spells – 9:30pmThe Sterns – 10:15pmProvocateur – 11pmThe Motion Sick – 11:45pmAppomattox – 12:30am
Hello Friends, So many exciting things on the horizon in The Motion Sick land. We wrapped up 5 days of shooting for our music video for the song, “30 Lives” from our upcoming release. Photos are available at: http://themotionsick.com/30lives The … Read More
Hello Fellow Americans, Eleven score and eleven years ago, our forefathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that the rock ‘n’ roll must be brought to the people. In other … Read More
Hello Buccaneers, You can now receive text-message updates regarding The Motion Sick’s tour dates in your area. We will send a minimum of messages and the messages will not cost anything beyond your normal text-message rate. To join the list, … Read More
We’re just beginning to experiment with a new service to let BOSTON-AREA fans know about upcoming shows. We will determine whether or not to continue using this service based on response over the next few months. The service is provided … Read More
Dear Friends, Romans, and Countrymen, The Motion Sick have just been recruited by federal agents to play a show this Thursday night in Boston’s Faneuil Hall region. Our satellite surveillance feed indicates that the following information might be of use … Read More
Someone posted a video of us performing “30 Lives” on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL6ppRUcaZw
Hello Friends, We’ve just come up for air for a second to let you know what we’re up to before we reimmerse ourselves into the production of our new, yet-to-be titled record. A couple of shows coming up: 04/21/07 See … Read More
Hello Polar Explorers, The Motion Sick live at The Flophouse Sessions is available for your auditory enjoyment. The session includes a performance of an unreleased song from our upcoming record, due out later this year… http://www.bandinbostonpodcast.com/2007/03/22/the-flophouse-sessions-42-the-motion-sick/ Tomorrow, 3/24, we bring … Read More
Hear No Evil: A FREE event to raise awareness about hearing protection Monday, February 26th8 PM to Midnight in afterHOURS at Northeastern’s Curry Student CenterFREE!Open to Northeastern students and staff and their guests (+1 per ID) Live bands: -Scholar – … Read More
Friends, Mexican dumpy frogs, and Enemies, First, we want to thank everyone who voted for us in the SPIN.com Band of the Year competition. We were honored and amazed by how many of you came together and worked to get … Read More
–EDIT: YOU CAN VOTE MULTIPLE TIMES – WE SUGGEST AT LEAST 297– Friends, SPIN Magazine’s website, SPIN.com is holding the Band of the Year competition! As you know, we were the band of the month for January (which led us … Read More
We just found out we made it into the band of the year tournament…voting begins soon. We’re also now just setting our plans for our Summer tour…more details as we know them. We hope to see you all soon!
We’re playing with Vic Thrill. He was featured on the NPR show This American Life here: http://www.thislife.org/pages/descriptions/04/268.html(skip about 7 1/2 minutes in) It is actually quite a fascinating set of stories of the struggle to find one’s identity, so I … Read More
Hello Friends, For those of you in Boston, we’ve got an exciting show this week. We’re playing with none other than Vic Thrill and the Saturn Missile. Not only is Vic Thrill an awesome and amazing performer, but sometime soon, … Read More
Jordan Tishler of Digital Bear Entertainment has kindly provided us with two surround-sound mixes of “Satellite.” They are available at: http://themotionsick.com/themotionsick/surround.html This weekend, we are doing our 1st, possibly annual, January Brooklyn tour. We’ve got two awesome shows. The first … Read More
Hello Sicklings, The Motion Sick’s _Her Brilliant Fifteen_ has been named in the best albums of 2006 by The Boston Metro – http://www.themotionsick.com/themotionsick/talk-metro-01-04-07.html This weekend, we are doing our 1st, possibly annual, January Brooklyn tour. We’ve got two awesome shows. … Read More
We made The Metro’s Best Boston albums of 2006 list: Best Albums of 2006