Motion City Soundtrack/Hawthorne Heights/Team Spirit
When: Thu., Jan. 22, 8 p.m. 2015
Formed in 1997, Motion City Soundtrack’s sound falls on the pop side of the pop-punk spectrum although their most recent album, 2012’s Go, pretty much drops the punk part of the equation altogether. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Speedy power-pop tunes such as “Circuits and Wires” and “Son of a Gun” are radio-friendly numbers. Released in 2005, Commit This to Memory, however, is the band’s highest selling and most streamed album to-date. For the current tour, the band will perform that celebrated 2005 Mark Hoppus-produced sophomore record in its entirety as well as a selection of songs from their impressive 16-year five-album career. (Niesel)