Wolf Parade had already put on one of my favorite shows of 2010 with their set at Pitchfork, so getting to see them at the Exit/In was pretty darn exciting. They released one of my favorite albums of the 2000's (Apologies to the Queen Mary) and one of my top 10 favorite songs maybe ever ("Shine A Light"). Good stuff.
We got inside for the opening a band, a Modest Mouse-by-way-of-Japan band whose name escapes me now. They were good in a goofy, fun way.
Wolf Parade hit the stage and opened with "You Are a Runner ..." and really didn't let up from there. One of the best parts of this show was that it was at a perfect capacity - not so full that you couldn't move but also very high energy and with everyone totally into it. I kind of took down a setlist but kind of didn't. They played "Palm Road," "Language City" (which features maybe their best outro), a killer "I'll Believe In Anything"/"This Heart's On Fire" in the middle similar to Pitchfork, and an encore that included, yes, "Shine a Light." They closed the whole thing out with "Kissing the Beehive."
Solid show, great band. I didn't get around to writing this until 2011, so it's a bit skimpy on the details.
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