Peter, Bjorn & John with Fujiya & Miyagi (Bimbo's, May 15, 2007)

On my mom's birthday, I celebrated by going to the much anticipated PB&J show. By this time, the song "Young Folks" has been completely raped by the radio stations, with avid radio listeners calling it the "whistling song." This was evident when PB&J played Coachella, where a packed tent became half full once they played "Young Folks." Will PB&J suffer the same fate here in S.F.?

Luckily, no. The crowd was really into their set from start to finish. PB&J's Swedish charm shined through, although sometimes it was a bit too cheezy. They played everything from their recent album. Of course, "Young Folks" was greeted with ecstatic applause. Too bad the whistling was recorded, rather than live. And unlike Coachella, the girl from the Shout Out Louds wasn't there to do the backing vocals. They did an acoustic rendition of "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," which they dubbed as a "new" song because it was different from the album version.

The crowd was also quite ecstatic for openers Fujiya & Miyagi. These Brits brought their electro/groove sound before to the Bay Area, but now they had a much more receptive audience. "Collarbone" was played really well, and everyone was dancing from the second song to the last.

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