Wolf Parade in San Diego: Enough scensters to fill a Wayfarer factory.

Here's the deal: Wolf Parade is fucking sick. That is all.

OK, that's not all, but god damn those guys put on one hell of a show. Over one hour of pure sweat, driving chords, weird keyboard sections (and and equally weird second keyboardist, Hadji Baraka), and a serious punk rock sense of urgency. You might ask yourself "how do they top Apologies?" Well, that's up for debate, but what I can say is that the new album they are touring behind, Mount Zoomer, is incredible and live they are tighter than a pair of black Levi's that some hipster dude will without a doubt be adorning at any of their US remaining shows. The show seems to be about 50/50 split on the Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug songs and they play most of the favorites from Apologies--Grounds for Divorce, This Hearts on Fire, You Are a Runner, Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts, Shine a Light, and of course, encore ender, I'll Believe in Anything, along with the new songs, which are loud, heavy rockers as well.

Wolf Parade brought the intensity and Today's Pig brought the sweat. Here's a few photos from the evenings events. Check our steez, fake out backstage perspective bitches!

This is The Listening Party the band they are touring with on their entire tour and the latest indie band to jump on the "two piece" arrangement trend. I must admit that they were pretty interesting however, with great vocals and vocal arrangements, and the singer was a nice enough guy and spoke with us for a minute after their set.

Notice the Rubbermaid 20 gallon trashcan for the bass drum and the generic white painters bucket for the snare. Kitchy? Maybe, who am I to judge, but I will say that after a discussion with my associate, we decided that these guys would do well with a big stand up bass and another somethin' somethin'. A little sparse, but worth a listen.