Matt Sharp of The Rentals as seen in the video for his song “It’s Time To Come Home” from the album Lost In Alphaville.

The Rentals played the Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, bringing with them a catalog of clever, synth-fueled alternative rock tracks that anyone worth their salt as music-loving beings should have in regular rotation on their iPod.

In addition to dispersing some of the most influential songs of this intrepid reporter’s life experience, Matt Sharp, former bassist for Weezer and lead singer, composer and architect of all things Rentals, also came to the 801 with a query for Utah Jazz fans—who’s bringing the Stifle Tower to the show?

Alright, Salt Lake Citizens. Who is bringing @rudygobert27 to our show @UrbanLoungeSLC tomorrow night? pic.twitter.com/9jFfUS9eGa — The Rentals (@therentals) May 13, 2015

Although Rudy Gobert was not in attendance for the proceedings, a lineup that included Rey Pila and Radiation City provided everyone fortunate enough to be there for the event a late night filled quirky, yet sophisticated indie rock fare.

It was a particularly excellent endeavor for yours truly, a fully fledged member of the Rentals sect dating back to 1995. At that time, my circle of people found themselves ceaselessly transfixed by Weezer’s blue album. Meanwhile, I found myself more inspired by Sharp’s side project, the Rentals.

20 years later, Sharp’s current crew is touring in support of their latest effort, Lost In Alphaville. The album, released last August, feels like a landmark achievement for Sharp and company. It manages to push their sound in new directions while maintaining the spirit of previous works Return of the Rentals and Seven More Minutes.

The set at the Urban Lounge was the perfect cornucopia of Rentals goodness for an old shoe-gazer like me. Old favorites from Return and SMM were complemented by interesting cuts from Alphaville, as well as covers of Ray Parker Jr’s Ghostbusters theme and Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”

Meanwhile, the Rentals’ trademark female harmonies were more-than-capably provided by Rad City’s Patti King and Lizzy Ellison. Between their contributions to the Rentals set and their own band’s groove to open the show, I feel inclined to put Radiation City into that aforementioned iPod rotation.

All things considered, Sharp’s lineup of songs was one performance of “Life Without a Brain” from The Last Little Life EP shy of being my ideal Rentals show. On the plus side, Sharp offered a shout out to Jazz head coach Quin Snyder for surpassing the Las Vegas line on Utah Jazz victories in 2014-15.

The rocker previously denounced the team’s Vegas odds on Twitter—

I continue to be amazed by the margin in which oddsmakers missed the boat on this year’s Jazz team. Don’t follow in their footsteps by missing the boat on Lost In Alphaville.