Review - Likke Li at Doug Fir May 16th 2008
Lykke Li on stage at Doug Fir. Pic ©Nilina Mason-Campell
Live review by Nilina Mason-Campbell:
So Mary J Blige and Jay-Z’s Best of Both Worlds tour never made it’s way to Portland, but the city got a track from that setlist when Lykke Li covered “Can I Kick It?” as her encore at the Doug Fir on Friday night. How many openers do encores? Before she even took the stage in support of fellow Swede El Perro del Mar, it seemed like it was a headline set by Lykke Li. People asked each other, “Are you here for Lykke Li?” at the venue entrance and then gathered around the stage in the front was a definite fan section that quickly dispelled at the close of her set. She purposely steered clear of her ballads and kept her time on the stage under red and blue lights very upbeat with her up-tempo songs and a guest appearance from Miss del Mar. Her songs “I’m good I’m Gone,” which is receiving tons of buzz thanks to the quirky video and first single “Little Bit” drew the biggest cheers. In between songs there were the inevitable shouts of ‘I love you” and the very warranted “You’re hot.” She was most definitely on form - far better and more charismatic then when I saw her in the daytime during SXSW in March. Night time suits her. So does Portland. Hopefully she and her megaphone will be back soon. Oh and her cute backing male musicians. Can we import the whole band?
