Moe. showed up Tuesday at the Val Air Ballroom with a tour bus, two semitrailers and an uncanny amount of energy.

Fresh off a concert with Trey Anastasio and a stint on “Last Call with Carson Daly,” the band was at the top of its game, despite playing to a smaller crowd than usual. However, guitarist Al Schnier made a good point after the show.

“For a Tuesday night in Des Moines, it was a damn good crowd,” he said.

Moe. knew how to get the crowd going, with unearthly, energetic jams and a dynamic light show to match. The crowd seemed bigger than it was — dancing, cheering and drinking without hesitation throughout the performance.

The Val Air was a bit of a mismatch for moe.’s blossoming arena rock sound, with its retro, dance-floor style. Guitarist/synthesizer wizard Schnier even noticed the odd feel of the place.

“It’s pretty weird,” Schnier said. “It looks like a roller rink from the ’50s.”

The venue may have been old, but the crowd was not. Most of the audience was made up of high-school- and college-aged kids, proving even after 14 years, moe. still knows how to keep things fresh.

Adding to the sound were two new songs: “She” in the first set — being played only for the second time — and making its debut during the encore, the tentatively-titled “Tijuana Donkey Show.”

The first set was a little slow, as moe. got used to the energy of the venue and the crowd, but still included several crowd favorites like “Captain America” and “Y.O.Y.”

There seemed to be no limit to the number of colors and effects the show’s lights could produce, perhaps the reason that moe. feels the need to haul them from town to town.

Moe. is a band that is all about setting the mood, and the lights aided that cause — as did the band’s uncontrollable energy. Bassist Rob Derhak was bouncing up and down for almost half of the concert, and the guitar players joined him several times throughout the evening.

The band’s second set was a monster. Instead of taking song breaks, moe. just improvised segues from one song into the next, creating one long, epic piece of music.

The second set opened with the unbearably catchy “Spine of a Dog” and returned to the song two more times before the set was over, stopping at the mellow “Mexico,” the zany “Yodelittle” and the definitive moe. song “Plane Crash” along the way. The set closed with a triumphant jam into “Buster,” moe.’s ode to a flying pig.