More like AWESOME City Soundtrack, amirite?
Okay, look kids, I’m gonna level with you. February is kicking my ass. I got a sinus infection, for starters, and the medication is making me hella loopy. I’ve been sick for about two weeks. I have all of these notes to share with you about Empires’ trip through the east coast, and that is forthcoming, but in the meantime, go buy their new awesome single, “Strangers” (or at least click over to listen to it). Their album, Bang, is going to be pretty epic. Then, as if that wasn’t hanging over me, I dragged myself out for the Motion City Soundtrack show only to promptly spill Robitussin on my trusty liveblogging phone and utterly destroy it. So that is lost to time. (Summary: like all MCS shows, Katie ended up Mom-ing a mosh pit. And they brought an a capella group from Williams College to sing one of their songs in the encore.)
So, Katie suggested that I do a sort of Motion City roundup with my thoughts on the show and their new album, My Dinosaur Life, and other stuff. But you guys, I am just barely managing to make myself meals at this point (lunch yesterday? half a bowl of Lucky Charms aka all the Lucky Charms we had left). So instead, I give you the things I was going to talk about.
- Click the link above and go to Lala.com and listen to the most adorably geeky band in emodom. Their songs are angsty, yes, but also punk in a very Midwestern way and speaking to a life much closer to the one I’ve lived than the epic tales of betrayal and sluttiness shared by Fall Out Boy or Panic! at the Disco. These are songs about how you’ll totally give up your X-Box if that’s what it takes to bring her back, and who can’t relate to that? (Besides my mom.)
- They did an Interface session at Spinner and it will give you a taste of them live and their intense adorability. They seem like the kind of dudes that would be in your after work beer aficionados club/D&D party.
- They made the following video. They seem to think it sucks, but I do not. I think it will probably be my favorite video of the year, and it’s only February.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Hey.
and the video not working, but well, you’ve been sick.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
You’re right. that’s an adorable video. They deserve to be big big stars who can afford to travel in a giant bus and stay in first class hotels.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
I’m still baffled at the album actually being called “Bang”, but as long as they don’t call the next one – I don’t know, “Thrust” – I can live with it.
My dad keeps making epic sadfaces at it, though.
February 11th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
i fully support mcs and their continued journey to win my heart with each album and video.
February 12th, 2010 at 2:52 am
I don’t understand how they don’t recognize the sheer brilliance of that video.
February 12th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
That video includes everything I love: science, groups of boy doing choreography, and best of all, being mean to children. It’s probably going to be my favorite of the year, as well.
Awesome City Soundtrack, indeed.