LCD Soundsystem @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 30 Jun

Ever-present LCD Soundsystem opener Shit Robot is on DJ duties tonight, perched high above the cluttered stage. He starts low-key with songs indistinguishable from a nicely curated pre-show playlist (The Cure's Lullaby is great, but doesn't scream “dance party” to the quarter-full room), but he ups the ante as we approach go time. The beats are flowing as well as the pints, and a killer remix of Gilla Band's The Weirds presages the caustic funk to come.

Fresh off the main stage at Glastonbury two nights earlier, the Barrowlands must feel like playing in your living room, but James Murphy reiterates his well-documented love of the venue early on, adding “we don't say this shit everywhere” to avoid any misconception that his praise is mere warm words. But even without this clarification it's clear from the playful excitability that the band exhibit all night that they love it here. That and the fact they clearly choose to play here when they could easily be at the Hydro.

The cowbell is out in force for opener Us V Them, which also immediately shows off the power of a well-deployed mirrorball (Get Innocuous! is another prime example). Murphy seems a tad under the weather as he gargles with something out of a mug, but the wine glasses soon appear and by the teasing Kraftwerk intro to I Can Change he's right as rain. And just in time, as the strobe light freakout during You Wanted a Hit is quickly followed by the dance-punk one-two punch of Tribulations and Movement. A wee breather during Yr City's a Sucker and Other Voices is duly deserved. Tonite makes for an early main set closer (they need a pee break, Murphy quips) with the loudest and most musically intense finale of the night.

The band return and some glockenspiel tinkering can only mean one thing: the emotional rollercoaster of Someone Great, which then continues into Home. A cover of Harry Nilsson's Jump Into the Fire perfectly captures the manic funk of the original – that wild percussion and groovy bassline – as Murphy really lets loose on the vocals (and drums). It's the least well known song of the night, but the band's enthusiasm can't well but make it a winner.

Everyone knows Dance Yrself Clean has one of the best drops in the business, but when it finally lands it still hits like the first time – limbs flail, pints fly and joy is palpable and radiant on every face. It could close any performance in style, but when you've got All My Friends ready to go straight after you know you're in all-timer territory. The iconic piano melody sends the crowd into raptures and as the intensity ramps up over the next seven minutes the emotional apex is mirrored in both performer and audience. The final scream-a-long is pure ecstasy. Even missing out on New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down and Losing My Edge – on the setlist but axed due to time constraints – can't dampen the mood.

LCD Soundsystem are rightly revered for their live shows. Tonight's performance, the first of three at the Barrowlands, reinforces the well-earned reputation and then some.