Rilo Kiley news

“I lose sight of where my real self begins and the fabricated one ends.” “My music sounds like Joanna Newsom meets Wilco meets Gershwin meets Rilo Kiley,” says Kelsea Little , who first earned widespread attention in 2006 with local teen-trio the Wrong Trousers . Their acoustic performance of the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” at Balboa Park went viral, gathering over 600,000 YouTube ...

“My music sounds like Joanna Newsom meets Wilco meets Gershwin meets Rilo Kiley,” says Kelsea Little, who first earned widespread attention in 2006 with local teen-trio the Wrong Trousers. Their acoustic performance of the Buggles’ “Video ...

We just got news from Barsuk Records , home of Death Cab for Cutie, Ra Ra Riot, and Rilo Kiley, that the label has signed Portland folk darling Laura Gibson . [We've] been fans of her enchanting voice and otherworldly songwriting for quite some time, so it’s with happy hearts that Barsuk gets to help share Laura’s music with the world.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Jenny Lewis – the indie rock singer who has fronted Rilo Kiley, released solo albums and done

Punk goddess Patti Smith tackled Adele 's smash "Rolling in the Deep" at a New York City concert last week, adding a tough, garage-rock edge to the British singer's polished anthem. Audio has just hit the web, which you can hear here (via TwentyFourBit ). Blake Sennett has confirmed that Rilo Kiley have broken up, after the songwriter was quoted in an interview last week saying there was ...

Over the weekend, the news spread that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony decided to end their marriage after seven years. In a joint statement to People , the couple stated: "We have decided to end our marriage. This was a very difficult decision. We have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters.

There was once a time when Blake Sennett wasn't sure he'd ever make another record. After frontwoman Jenny Lewis called for an end to Rilo Kiley in the wake of 2007's 'Under the Blacklight,' the guitarist took a step back from the music industry, including his other band, the Elected . And if it wasn't for a pal sending Sennett back into the studio in 2010, 'Bury Me in My Rings' might never have ...

July 14, 2011's Day in Rock digest

Rilo Kiley‘s indefinite hiatus got a lot more definite today when Spinner published an interview in which guitarist Blake Sennett apparently claimed that the band was in fact broken up, and had been since their Under the Blacklight tour wrapped in June 2008. He also took shots at some of the songs on Under the [...]

Rilo Kiley are not on hiatus. They're not taking a break. They are officially broken up. Following an extensive tour, the band reached a boiling point and never quite came back from it.

After thirteen years, five albums, countless side projects, and nearly as many famous-person plus-ones, beloved indie rock outfit Rilo Kiley have finally called it quits. And apparently, they have not gone softly into that L.A./Omaha night. When asked back in April to describe the state of the then-on-hiatus band, guitarist Blake Sennett responded: “I would