venue: the independent artist: lykke li & friendly fires
who: ro
when: 01 november 2008 (saturday)
doors open at 8p
before the show, we met up with my friends funie & erika. we went to zante pizza for some indian pizza in the mission. they came up from oakland. i haven't seen funie for a while so when i told her i was going to be up in the city for a show, she suggested that we meet up. i mentioned it to ro and he was up for it.
we ordered the special indian pizza (topped with spinach, eggplant, cauliflower, ginger, garlic, green onions, cilantro, lamb, tandoori chicken & prawns), half regular and half vegetarian (minus the last 3 items). we ordered an extra large for the 4 of us, and it was humongous. we also had samosas and a salad. i wasn't feeling well so it wasn't as good as i think it should have been. it was good, just not memorable. what was memorable about dinner was the company. erika and i seem to be on the same wavelength. on the most bizarro topics. for example, we both think that turning 36 is much better than turning 34. and that 34 is just as bad as 37. i know, makes no sense right?
parking for the venue was worse than parking in the mission. can you imagine? it was so frustrating. i think it took us about 45 minutes. we ended up 4-5 blocks uphill. ugh. we got there in time to see friendly fires. they are a bunch of very bouncy, sweaty british boys (at least live, they are super sweaty) who initially, sounded like any other indie pop band out there. but then, there were a few good songs that stood out. i was pleasantly surprised. i kinda want to check them out some more.
when i found out that lykke li was coming for a show in the city, i started listening to every lykke li song i could get my hands on. i had the following youtube playlist on repeat: dance dance dance, little bit, i'm good i'm gone, breaking it up, tonight, until we bleed (by kleerup), and everybody but me. i put the list on, blasting through my macbook, and dancing around my apartment all by my lonesome. i didn't mind so much as i lost myself in the music. this began my girl crush. while she is not traditionally cute, i found her adorable. her voice is amazing. i know i probably say that about most artists i love, lykke li is special. her child-voiced range goes from a sweet whisper to something to be reckoned with. while child voices are not quite something to be reckoned with, hearing her live, she sounds fierce like thunder. she is quite awesome. i was thoroughly impressed with my girl crush confirmed, strong. ro said that i wasn't the only one with the girl crush since there were far more gals there than guys there. i think he has a crush on her too.
rating: i ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ lykke li.
