More than a few of my friends emailed me this week, asking the same question. “What will an Underworld club show be like?” Last night, D.C. found out: Karl Hyde and Rick Smith brought a collection of 90s anthems, new club bangers and a whole lot of showmanship to a rapturous and energetic crowd at the 9:30 Club.

Best known for “Born Slippy NUXX,” the soundtrack for Scottish smack junkie Mark Renton Choosing Life in the seminal Danny Boyle flick Trainspotting, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have been making sound systems and crowds pulse for over 20 years as the dance group Underworld. Last month saw the release of the group’s eight studio album, Barking, which will be followed by a short U.S. tour that begins Monday at the 9:30 Club. Earlier this week, we spoke to Hyde about scaling Underworld’s show to smaller venues, using set lists for the first time and a possible Radiohead collaboration.

Whether you’re a little bit Iggy or a little bit Moby; whether you breathlessly await each L’il Wayne mixtape or whether pop music ceased to interest you the year the Beatles stopped touring and Dylan went electric (in which case, congratulations on figuring out this old Internet), there was something to your taste at the third edition of the Virgin Mobile Festival this weekend. Not just something, actually: A lot. With a big assist from…