flourished and sprayed with perfume...

photo from lettuce_move's flickr

who: little dragon
where: le poisson rouge, nyc
when: november 28, 2008
set list:
forever
recommendation
new song
turn left
test
new song (sort of prince/777-9311ish)
after the rain
wink (extended)
encore: twice

over the summer one of my homies (he of infamous shoe advice, actually) put me on to this band from sweden. i immediately took to their sound and stayed on the lookout for live dates here in the u.s. imagine how happy i was when i learned they would finally be performing in the area!

some group named moisturizer opened for them and i really wish they hadn't. mainly bc i hate the saxophone (particularly 50s/60s happy days type saxophone riffs...i see you raphael saadiq & i don't likey) and the group was lead by saxophone. no lead vocals (which isn't awful) just lead sax (which is turrible). i had invited a friend to come along and i felt bad she had to suffer through it. however, we passed the time making real housewives of atl jokes and it wasn't so bad.

when little dragon finally hit the stage the crowd went kind of bananas. they opened with "forever" (which sounded great and made me love the song much more) then went into "recommendation" (my favorite so i did my little recommendation dance) and continued from there. despite the sound being a wonky at some points the band did not disappoint. they did two new songs (didn't catch any names) and i had in my notes (yes, i took notes at a concert...geek alert) that one of them sounded a bit princeish - like a perkier 777-9311. they closed the show out with an extended reworking of "wink" (my other favorite). this left the crowd begging for more so they came back and performed "twice."

overall i enjoyed this show a lot and i can't wait for their new stuff. the crowd was very much into them and there were lots of yukimi nagano fans in the house. i just thought it was cool how everyone was dancing and the band seemed appreciative of the love.