Sing Song Sung

Right on the heels of the iPod killer's lousy reviews and ever-plummeting sales, the clandestine and nefarious forces behind the Zune marketing team couldn't manage to fill up Neumo's last night. Even with the promise of free entry and a hosted bar if you said the magic words ("Welcome to the social." [shudder]), the venue was still fairly empty by the time L.A.'s The Little Ones took the stage. No matter, the band was in a great mood--we don't think we've seen that much smiling onstage in a long time--and their happiness was contagious.

The Little Ones tore through their debut "mini-album" (which is just a fancy term for "seven-track glorified EP") Sing Song with aplomb, in addition to throwing a couple as-yet-unrecorded upbeat tunes into the mix. The music was tightly played with vocals just as sunny live as in recorded form. We spent the entire set wondering when they'd play our favorite song/gumdrop o' sweetness "Lovers Who Uncover" [mp3], and of course, they saved the best for last, with the opening bands rushing the stage for the transcedant "hey hey-o"s following the first verse. Way to go out on a poppy sugar-high note. Little Ones, we salute you.