Party: Little Dragon

Party: Little Dragon

Soul'd Out & Abstract Earth Project Present

Little Dragon
w/ support from Dpat (Soulection)
May 21st
Roseland Theater
9pm, 21+

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"Nabuma Rubberband gamely wrestles with soul, R&B, and electronic music in a way that feels both rigorously road tested and coolly self-possessed." - Interview Magazine "[Nabuma Rubberband] is the kind of artistic leap every band hopes to make." - The Boston Globe Gothenburg's Little Dragon has steadily grown from being the biggest underground secret to international acclaim after four successful albums and touring all over the world. Their energetic live set and unique recording process has made fans out of some of the biggest names in music including Pharrell Williams, Questlove, and OutKast. Gaining popularity among such tastemakers led to collaborations with artists like Big Boi, The Gorillaz, Future, and SBTRKT. The release of Little Dragon's fourth album, Nabuma Rubberband, is the culminating moment in their career after years of building a grassroots fan-base. Musically inspired by the more experimental pockets of Prince's back catalogue, club culture and the vintage Janet Jackson slow jams Yukimi used to listen to wandering around Gothenburg during the unrelenting winter, Nabuma Rubberband has a different feel to previous Little Dragon albums. "When you put some of Janet's really slow stuff on you feel like you're floating," Yukimi explains. "That feeling really influenced me and maybe that's why there are quite a lot of slow jams on the record. In the past we've been a bit self-conscious about making slow jams after 'Twice'. Then we wanted to make dance music which we did with Machine Dreams and then Ritual Union still had a dance vibe, but with this album it wasn't about that. The intention was about whatever we felt strongly about." Yukimi Nagano, Erik Bodin, Fred Wallin and Håkan Wirenstrand make up Little Dragon, the zeitgeist band that blend strands of R&B, electronic and indie into beautifully and meaningfully crafted songs. Over the course of three critically-lauded albums, Little Dragon have established themselves as a band keen to never rest on their laurels - constantly prodding and playing with the boundaries of their sound. Nabuma Rubberband, the band's most dynamic album yet was released on 5/13/14 via Loma Vista Recordings.

Invited: Allen Kim, Danny Modesto, Sophie Millon, Ngozi Olemgbe, Matthew Ocasio, Leah Baker, Jayme Mori, Kristen Mico, Sabina Beans, Miranda Akerman, Adam Bergman, Sarah Dryfoos, Abby Diskin, Lyndsay Ashe, Zach Fairman, Kandice Abrahamson, Callie Tayman, Per Junkerman, Jesica Oliverio, Sarah Shannon, Kelly Campbell, Sarah Plymale, Jasmin Thana, Khiem Nguyen, Lily Liu, Meghan Lindaman, Kate Burnley, Adam R. Garcia, Zack Myers, Brittany Moll, Christy Lai, Allie Miller, Ryan McLean, Amelia Loving, Lisa Pardo, Jaime Terryah, Benny Rox, Erika Ryn, Heidi Fikstad, Kathy Phouthirath, Sara N. Matsuzaki, Suzy Elbow, Johanna Lindström, Diane Quinn, Lori Morales, Nicolle Gonzalez, Deonna Anderson, Jesse Gay, Ester Tataje, Kayla Jo Rush, Natalie Bullock, Sahrie Lev, Natalie Ball, ElJefe Rooster, Mari Tamiyasu, Grace Yim, Rachael Kranick, Nicole Sarina, Jessica Hayward, Gabrielle Risa, Eva Ashford, Jennifer Nguyen, Elizabeth Moscoso, Sydney Magnus, Alex Huebsch, Janelle Taylor Leonard, Rachel Banks, Ellen Bascom, Lysa Denton, Julia Betts, Sean Tittle, Deena Bee, Elzza Doll, Enrique Marinero De Tatooine, Eric Minderbinder, Kiesha Moon Freer, Brie James, Christa Joy, Lily Kunze, Heather Ette, Julian Olivas, Amos Excellent Person, Stephen Li, Neil Frager, Nghia Huynh, Benjamin Adams, Brianna Josefina Aragon, Nat Smith, Michelle LaLonde, Sahar Sam Chinchilla, Kai Druzdzel, Samantha Lang, Jamie Lee Kocinski, Laila Annikki Escareno, Krista Bourgeois, Cassie Brink, Gmo Bagel, Matt Gütt, Marlowe Merrill, Lauren Green show more »