Motion City Soundtrack

After My Chemical Romance postponed until 2022, Riot Fest has revealed a revamped version of their 2021 lineup, with lots of cool additions.

Motion City Soundtrack will return to the road in 2022, celebrating 17 years of their second album, ’Commit This to Memory.’

This week’s Notable Releases include emo/jazz/math rock band Really From’s uniquely great s/t LP, powerhouse soul/folk singer Valerie June, the return of sludge metal pioneers Eyehategod, and more…

It’s the second taste of Justin’s Brett Gurewitz-produced solo EP An Anthropologist On Mars.

The January roundup of punk column In Defense of the Genre includes recent news and features, along with a list of the five best songs of the month.

First single ”Dying To Know” is the kind of punchy power pop/punk anthem that Justin and MCS have always done so well.

We lost Minneapolis musician and producer Ed Ackerson last year and in tribute artists and friends have covered his songs, including Soul Asylum, The Ocean Blue, Motion City Soundtrack, and more.

Justin Courtney Pierre discusses being a band during a time of political unrest and during a pandemic, as well as the recently unearthed ”lost” Motion City Soundtrack song, the late Adam Schlesinger, and more…

The tribute album also features Schlesinger covers by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Rachel Bloom, Motion City Soundtrack, Charly Bliss, Sad13, Letters to Cleo’s Kay Hanley, and more while raising money for COVID-19 relief.

Fountains of Wayne and Ivy co-founder Adam Schlesinger died today from complications of COVID-19. It’s been a real shock — he was just 52 — and there’s been an outpouring of tributes from all over the spectrum…