Yesterday around 11am I got an email at work from a ticket company that a surprise show featuring Foals and Wolf Parade was happening that night at Neumo’s. I had just heard Foals for the first time last weekend on the KEXP live show podcast and I pretty much dug them. And I definitely like Wolf Parade. Apparently all the scene kids in Seattle knew who was playing tonight but it was a surprise to me.

Chloé was kind enough to be dragged to the show with me. She claims the hellish hipster depths of Capitol Hill are not for her, but she did fine. The show absolutely rocked. Foals was even better than I expected. They might be 18 years old. It’s weirding me out that musicians I see at shows are often younger than me. Foals really got the crowd into it; there were definitely lots of people there just to see them.

Seattlites seriously impressed me with their rocking out, also. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a crowd so completely into a show, or so completely drunk. Everyone was jumping around and rocking out, and those are my favorite kinds of shows.