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JACK'S MANNEQUIN isn't just a brand name or a band moniker, it has become a person in Orange County, California's Andrew McMahon. From his 2005 diagnosis of and battle with leukemia McMahon... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

The band successfully integrates the sounds of the first two albums and adds a new touch.

Jack's Mannequin recently debuted two new songs while performing on their current tour. Videos of JM dishing out both can be found below.

​Andrew McMahon worries that he might have overstayed his welcome in Minnesota the past couple of years. "The shows are always great when we come here, and the people are a lot of fun no matter where

Not too long ago, in the late 90's and early 00's, bands like Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, and New Found Glory hit the airwaves in full force and managed to captivate an entire adolescent audience with their angst-ridden, heart-on-your-sleeve mantras. During that surge of emo came the piano-rock punks Something Corporate, who burst onto the scene in 1998 and released three full-lengths through the infamous Drive-Thru Records. Photo by Ryan Roxas After years of non-stop touring and recording, Something Corporate [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Politics as Usual As a cancer survivor, Andrew McMahon , aka Jack's Mannequin , has seen firsthand the importance of medical insurance. "I got lucky and I had two forms of insurance just by mere coincidence," he tells Spinner. " I was very blessed. But if I didn't even have that second form of insurance, me, who does pretty well, would have been sitting with a bill to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. And that would have been with full [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Andrew McMahon of Jack's Mannequin , will guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tomorrow, Thursday, November 19th. He'll be joined by Jack' s guitarist and backing vocalist Bobby Raw for a rare solo performance of their latest single "Swim" from their current album The Glass Passenger (out via Sire Records). McMahon will also sit down with Stewart to discuss his recently released documentary film Dear Jack , which chronicles McMahon's own personal fight against leukemia. Check [...]

October has been a busy month for singer/pianist Andrew McMahon . The Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin artist has been touring and releasing lots of new material. He just announced a partnership with Stand Up To Cancer by participating in its programming beginning in December 2009. The Stand Up To Cancer initiative aims to raise awareness and bring about an understanding that everyone is connected by cancer. The group has raised more than $100 million for cancer research through television events, private [...]

Dear Jack documentary screening, EP Nov 3rd Jack's Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon will become a partner of Stand Up To Cancer by participating in its programming beginning in December 2009. The Stand Up To Cancer initiative aims to raise awareness and bring about an understanding that everyone is connected by cancer. The group has raised more than $100 million for cancer research through television events, private and corporate donors, Major League Baseball stadiums, and public donations. In addition, Sire Records will release Dear Jack on [...]

March 20, 2006, started like any other Monday. Get up ready, go to class, meet up with friends, but this Monday did have an extra buzz of excitement. After class, a few of my friends and I were planning on heading to Lawrence, Kansas from our school in Omaha, Nebraska to see Andrew McMahon 's new band, Jack's Mannequin perform. Even the blizzard that started forming in the early afternoon wasn't going to hold us back. We set off. Snow beating against the window, [...]

Check out a brand new trailer for Andrew McMahon's "Dear Jack." The documentary opens on the day Andrew is diagnosed with Leukemia and continues on through the life-changing and intensely personal events that follow. The film also includes flashes back to Andrew's childhood, the making of the Jack's Mannequin album and his collaboration [...]

"Dear Jack" is a powerful documentary that follows singer/pianist Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin fame through his battle with cancer. The documentary is available on DVD on Nov. 3 Jack's Mannequin : website | myspace | @ midland theatre | @ sokol underground | interview with pt. 1 | interview with pt. 2 | @ kegs & eggs KC Related Posts [...]

Andrew McMahon announce "Dear Jack" Q&A Jack's Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon has announced that all theatrical screenings of his upcoming film " Dear Jack " will be followed with an in-person Q&A with Andrew himself, Corey Moss and Josh Morrisroe who directed the film. Andrew writes, "We've begun solidifying the schedule for the theatrical releases of the "Dear Jack" documentary during the fall acoustic tour. I'm excited to announce that myself along with filmmakers Corey Moss and Josh Morrisroe, who brought "Dear [...]

A new EP from Chicago's own The Academy Is... comes out tomorrow, and one track has made its way online prior to its release: "Sputter," which has backing vocals by Jack's Mannequin lead singer Andrew McMahon. The song's something of a grower, with twinkling guitars and a chorus that opens up nice and big. Some music supervisor should snap up this song for a big epic breakup scene soon... [ Banana's Music Club ]

"Dear Jack", Andrew McMahon documentary out Nov 3 On November 3rd, Sire Records will release the DVD of " Dear Jack " - a deeply personal documentary made by Jack's Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon that chronicles the year that McMahon, then 22, spent battling acute lymphoma leukemia while trying to release Jack's Mannequin's 2005 debut album " Everything in Transit ". Much of the footage, shot by McMahon and his family, addresses his struggle in coping with the disease that overtakes his body. His core family and friends [...]

Dear Jack, the long-awaited documentary from Jack's Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon, to be released on November 3rd Fans who pre-order via band's website beginning today will receive exclusive content Film will screen theatrically in NYC, LA, and Chicago in October On November 3, 2009, Sire Records will release the DVD of Dear Jack - a deeply personal documentary made by Jack's Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon that chronicles the [...]

Photo by Keaton Andrew I've been sitting on Jack Mannequin's Dark Blue for about three years now. I first heard the song in 2005 or 2006 because my friend Veronica (who loves Something Corporate) suggested the band to me, and although I haven't heard it for a while my iPod decided I needed a reminder and [...]

Andrew McMahon of Jack's Mannequin will be hitting the road for a solo tour, just him and a piano, this October. The tour will raise awareness about his deeply personal documentary, Dear Jack , which chronicles the year that Andrew, then 22, spent battling leukemia while trying to release Jack's Mannequin's 2005 debut album, Everything in Transit . Andrew has been in remission since receiving a stem-cell transplant from his sister. Sire Records will release Dear Jack this Fall. Tour Dates : Oct 04 [...]

Jack's Mannequin singer Andrew McMahon has announced dates for a forthcoming solo North American tour. The jaunt is set to kick off October 4 in Denver and will run through several cities including New York, San Francisco, and West Hollywood. McMahon hopes to raise awareness about his deeply personal documentary " Dear Jack " on the tour. " Dear Jack " chronicles the year the singer spent battling leukemia while trying to release Jack's Mannequin's 2005 debut album " Everything in Transit ". " [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Andrew McMahon of Jack's Mannequin has let it out that he's going to hit the road this fall on his own, for a brief October solo tour of him and a piano (full itinerary below). The tour is to help raise awareness about his deeply personal documentary film Dear Jack which chronicles the year that Andrew, then 22, spent battling leukemia while trying to release Jack's Mannequin's 2005 debut album Everything in Transit . Andrew has been in remission [...]