Motion City Soundtrack + Say Anything + Saves the Day + A Great Big Pile of Leaves

Forget this-, that- or the othercore: Motion City Soundtrack is a straight-up power-pop band, in which vocalist Justin Pierre unpretentiously soars and slides through gently eloquent everyteen anthems. The band's currently playing behind fourth album My Dinosaur Life. Support comes from uncommonly innovative emo outfit Say Anything.