local rock

The members of local modern-rock quarted Motorway take a break from recording a new EP, "Crescent Box," to preview some of that new material and sowcase old favorites with a show tonight. Three of those new tracks- "She," "firefly" and "means to an end" - show a newfound pop sophistication. Bassist/vocalist Pete Winkler, guitarists Colin Brown and Michael Blum and drummer Eric Padua mix up electric and acoustic guitars, electronic beats and, on "Firefly" and elsewhere, synthesized strings. Imagine Cheap Trick at its most ambitious.