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Vampire Weekend's Orpheum set list

The 80-minute set was frontman Ezra Koenig's favorite Twin Cities gig yet. So that settles it.

By Chris Riemenschneider

August 6, 2013 at 9:41PM

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, left, and Chris Baio played under bright white lights throughout the Orpheum Theatre on Monday. / Anna Reed, Star Tribune (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

"This has been our best show in the state of Minnesota," Ezra Koenig officially declared in the encore Monday night at the Orpheum Theatre, right after his band played one of the best songs of the night, "Hannah Hunt." He wasn't wrong in saying that, either. While there are a few gripes spelled out in the full review of the 80-minute concert -- like the fact that it only lasted 80 minutes – overall, the gig proved Vampire Weekend has continued to grow and develop at a rather impressive clip. Do you agree?

Here's the set list from the show:

Cousins / White Sky / Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa / Diane Young / Step / Holiday / Unbelievers / Horchata / Everlasting Arms / Diplomat's Son / A-Punk / Boston (Ladies of Cambridge) / Ya Hey / Campus / Oxford Comma / Giving Up the Gun / Obvious Bicycle ENCORE: Hannah Hunt / Walcott

about the writer

Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.