Top Tracks of the '00s: Shine a Light

Song: Shine a Light
Artist: Wolf Parade
Album: Apologies to Queen Mary
Year: 2004


"Shine a Light", a track off Wolf Parade's 2004 album Apologies to Queen Mary, has the drive and intensity of a Peterbilt truck. Maybe this has something to do with the trucker hat fad that swept the hipster nation a few years ago.

In any case, this is pure indie bombast from Wolf Parade, a Canadian band fronted by Dan Boeckner (who also fronts the Handsome Furs). Along with Arcade Fire anthems like "Neighborhood 3" or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's "Yellow Country Teeth," it's one of our favorite high energy tunes this side of Y2K.