In Photos: Little Dragon + White Hinterland @ The Button Factory, Dublin (29.11.11)

It's been a bumper 2011 for Gothenburg's Little Dragon, with their third album of sophisticated synthpop, July's Ritual Union, managing to break new ground for the band by troubling the charts on both sides of The Atlantic. It was hardly surprising, then, that Yukimi Nagano and co. were all smiles on their recent visit to Dublin. Even though their Button Factory show had already been upgraded from the considerably more cramped confines of Crawdaddy, it still ended up selling out - a measure in itself of just how hot a prospect the Swedes have now become.

You can read what Tim Groenland made of the headliners' set right here, after you've had a look at Colm Kelly's photos from the gig below. Our gallery also features a couple of shots of Dead Oceans-signed opening act White Hinterland (aka Portland-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Casey Dienel), who should have a new album out some time next year.