Palma Violets and Dreambook @ Kung Fu Necktie.

Palma Violets haven’t been around very long. And their debut album doesn’t even drop for another four weeks. But they’ve already garnered at least one massive award – their song “Best of Friends” was named the best track of 2012 by NME.

The British rockers put on a great show at Kung Fu Necktie last night, one of their few stops on this brief North American tour (they did a few shows in New York, Chicago, Toronto and Boston over the past week or so). They now head back to the UK where they’ll tour with Django Django. Palma Violets will be at SXSW in March.

Last night, they were energetic in front of the small crowd in the intimate venue. They burned through a 40 minute set of loud, fast songs, featuring tight hooks and pounding drums.

Philly fuzz band Dreambook opened. It was their last show with drummer Joe Grogan, who is moving to Seattle (when they announced that, the legal pot jokes immediately began flying). It was also singer Jim Anderson’s birthday.

Dreambook’s Jim Anderson.

Dreambook’s now-former drummer Joe Grogan.