Photos: Sophie Harris

Okay, so you probably could’ve guessed it without too much work: Little Joy’s opening act last night, Swami Shave-us Jr, was in fact Devendra Banhart. (The connections? Little Joy’s Rodrigo Amarante played on Banhart’s Smokey album; Noah Georgeson produced the band’s sweet, sunshiney debut; Binki Shapiro played with Banhart on Beck’s Record Club project. Phew!) Still, Webster Hall was buzzing with excitement as Banhart took the stage. He played a beautiful, twinkling set of favorites and new songs (including “Little Yellow Spider” and new single “Baby“) accompanied by Megapuss bandmate Greg Rogove (on mbira and drums and backups). Little Joy’s members grinned from the moment they took the stage, an adoring, fresh-faced crowd singing along with vintage Coca-Cola ad gusto. Check out our pictures of the band’s encore, which saw Banhart and Rogove back onstage, along with most of Webster Hall (cue flummoxed security, etc.). Joy indeed. Click past the jump for more pictures