VICTORIA MARTINEZ
Senior News Editor

Tokyo Police Club and the Arkells rocked the Louis’ crowd Sept. 27.

The Arkells’ opening set was dynamic, featuring tracks like “The Boss is Coming,” successfully getting the crowd dancing early on.

TPC for their part opened strong with “What’s your Favourite Colour” and kept the set moving with old songs, new songs and a Weezer song encore.

Weirdly, every TPC show ever gets mad moshing and crowd surfing going in the tiny bar environment. At least in Saskatoon.

“There’s always a few guys moshing, but in Saskatoon it’s really intense,” said the guitarist Josh Hook after the show.

The manic keyboardist/tambourine ingenue Graham Wright confirmed that this may be due to the solid “bro contingent” that’s into their music.

“Tokyo Police Club look like they were made in a lab to play college shows,” said bro Andrew Roebuck, an expert on college shows and partying.

Details like Hook’s beard, Wright’s horn-rimmed frames and lead singer Dave Monk’s flowing greasy hair suggest that Roebuck is correct. That, and the palpable energy in the crowd.

photo: Pete Yee