Motion City Soundtrack energizes small crowd
By: Jamie Palafox
Issue date: 4/7/08 Section: Arts and Entertainment
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The show opened with Five Years and Counting, an up-and-coming indie band from Phoenix. Though their performance wasn't highly entertaining due to a lack of energy, their songs managed to bring die-hard fans to tears. Cheers filled the building as they walked off stage.
Next was Denver's four-year-old band Photo Atlas. Even as a young band, the Photo Atlas delivered everything the first band lacked. Full of energy and zeal, the group succeeded in creating new fans.
Their vocals were reminiscent of the Blood Brothers, while their sound could be comparable to At the Drive-In or even Bloc Party.
The Photo Atlas set ended with an upbeat pop-punk dance song. As the music died out, fans started to gear up for the main event.
Promoting its critically acclaimed third album, "Even If It Kills Me," Motion City Soundtrack put on a crowd-pleasing show. Lead singer Justin Pierre never failed to be a down-to-earth front man and entertainer.
"I would love to say that I don't care what people think," Pierre said on the band's official Web site. "But you know, I am like most people. I do hope people like it."
People definitely did like it. The performance was one for the record books, and judging by the noise levels, fans seemed to agree Motion City Soundtrack is one of the few bands that sound better live than on their albums. The show, jam-packed with songs of old and new, brought energy and made the ground shake with the pounding of dancers' feet. Even during slow songs, such as "Last Night," the crowd was hyped enough to send countless crowd surfers to the stage.
The anthem "Let's Get F*cked Up and Die," which came half-way through the set, was accompanied with a fan sing-along that could probably be heard across campus. Also high among the list of popular songs was "Everything Is Alright," the band's hit single from the album "Commit This To Memory." Though Pierre managed to forget the words in the second verse, the crowd remembered every line and filled in for him.
The show ended with screams of "encore!" and "one more song!" from fans. Never a let down, Motion City Soundtrack sauntered back to the stage to play two more songs, rounding off the night with fan-favorite, "The Future Freaks Me Out."
Though concert-goers may be battered from moshing or tired from standing, the show was well worth it. Along with discovering new bands to love and dancing the night away, Motion City Soundtrack put on a show every person in the Pan Am Center will, without a doubt, commit to memory.
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