Leave it to Japanese-Swedish singer Yukimi Nagano to captivate a full-house of Angeleno hipsters with her brand of organic electro-pop. During Little Dragon’s gig at the El Rey Theatre on Friday evening, the audience had reason to be enraptured.

With two full-lengths to its name, Little Dragon is Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Kallgren Walsh (bass), and Hakan Wirenstrand (keyboards) with Ms. Nagano. The sold-out show was a confirmation of the Gothenberg-based band’s swelling fan-base and break-through year. The quartet challenges those who wish to pigeonhole their sound, and just last week our readers nominated them as Rock Artist of the Year in the Readers Poll.

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