Saw Robyn last night at Kings in Raleigh. And I think this was the 8th time I've seen him. Dude plays a lot of shows.

Though he has a new record out, he didn't play any songs from it. He made a point to tell us that he wasn't going to play any from it and that he didn't have any copies for sale but that his record label is just down the road so we could just ask them for copies. Odd.

He did play a very diverse set, though. There were a few standards (ex. "Glass Hotel", "I'm Only You"), some newer things (ex. "Ole Tarantula"), some old stuff (ex. "The Lizard"), many things I'd never heard before, the rare "Victorian Squid", and a couple of covers (one from Dylan and one from Neil Young). All solo and acoustic.

He was in good form.

Local legend Chris Stamey (founding member of the dBs) and his band opened. They did a bunch of Stamey songs, which I didn't know, and a few fun covers ("Hey Bulldog", "Draggin The Line", "September Gurls", etc.). And, they joined Robyn at the end of his set for a few more covers ("Happiness Is A Warm Gun", "Dear Prudence" and "Lay Lady Lay").

Good time.

I have audio of Happiness.