Under the Blacklight by Rilo Kiley

After dabbling in solo projects, the band regroups for its fourth album, produced by Jason Lader. [Rock, Indie]

Published: 2007-08-23 Provider: Metacritic

News Ticker: Nas, LL Cool J, Jenny Lewis and AC/DC

With his new album out today, Nas has announced “The Jones Experience,” an “intimate” tour featuring the rapper plus Talib Kweli, Jay Electronica and DJ Green Lantern. Full dates after the jump. While he anxiously awaits Deep Blue Sea 2 to get the studio green light, LL Cool J will serve as guest judge on this season’s Project Runway. Ladies Love does have his own clothing line. Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis will release her second solo album Acid Tongue in September. Elvis Costello, M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel and the Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson all guest. AC/DC will reportedly release their Brendan O’Brien-produced new album Black Ice on October 28th. The album will be avialable exclusively at Wal-Mart. Nas’ “The Jones Experience” July 19 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre July 20 - Toronto @ Arrow Hall July 22 - Montreal, QB @ Metropolis July 24 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground July 25 - New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place July 26 - Boston, MA @ Comcast Center July 27 - Washington, DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion July 29 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend July 30 - Charleston, SC @ Music Farm July 31 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage August 1 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues August 2 - Miami, FL @ Bicentennial Park August 3 - New York, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheatre August 8 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues August 9 - Los Angeles, CA @ Glen Helen Pavilion August 10 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues August 14 - Reno, NV @ New Oasis August 15 - Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre August 16 - San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre August 22 - Park City, UT @ Harry O’s August 23 - Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre August 24 - Austin, TX @ Emo’s August 25 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live August 26 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues August 28 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues August 29 - Detroit, MI @ Chene Park August 30 - Champaign, IL @ Canopy Club September 3 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pagean

Published: 2008-07-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

Rilo Kiley Confirms Spring Tour

All the talk of a supposed Jenny Lewis solo album isn't keeping Rilo Kiley off the road this spring, as the band heads out for nearly two

Published: 2008-03-20 Provider: Artist Direct

mtvU 2007 Woodies: Fall Out Boy, Rilo Kiley, The Academy Is ..., Lupe Fiasco: Gym Class Heroes, Say Anything, Spank Rock and more

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Published: 2007-11-10 Provider: Rolling Stone

Indie's fine lyricist takes new tone

Music & nightlifeThere is a girl in a tank top who appears in the lyrics of "Smoke Detector," a backbeat-powered, beach-party-worthy romp on "Under the Blacklight,"...

Published: 2007-09-07 Provider: Seattle Times

Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight

Artist: Rilo Kiley Review: Because Rilo Kiley's More Adventurous was a triumph of the well-made narrative song, its markedly terser and beatier follow-up, which is also the band's true major-label debut, will be accused of sellout. Instead, it's yet more adventurous, a prosperous band's challenge to its comfortable cult. Always too cute for serious indie cred, Jenny Lewis slips four songs about dangerous sex in which she herself might be indulging -- right now, in her pretty prosperity -- into music that's defined... Rating: 4 Stars

Published: 2007-08-10 Provider: Rolling Stone

Elvis Costello Updates Web Site, Talks “Momofuku”

In a post on his newly revamped Web site, Elvis Costello confirmed his new album is named after the Momofuku Ando, the inventor of the Cup Noodle. “Like so many things in this world of wonders, all we had to do to make this record was add water,” he writes. The singer/songwriter also confirms that though the album will be available only as a double vinyl today, other mediums will follow. “You may prefer other, more portable, less scratchable, editions that will soon become available for your convenience,” Costello says. “But this is how it sounds the best: with a needle in a groove, the way the Supreme Being intended it to be.” Costello also gives an in-depth track-by-track on Momofuku, including stories behind collaborations with Roseanne Cash, Johnathan Rice and Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-04-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

News Ticker: David Bowie, Coldplay, Kenny Chesney

To help boost struggling sales, EMI may re-release albums by many of their veteran artists, including David Bowie and Pink Floyd. Coldplay have announced their first show of 2008: a headlining gig at Osaka, Japan’s Summer Sonic festival on August 9th. The fest also boasts the Sex Pistols, the Verve, Panic at the Disco and many more. Kenny Chesney leads the pack with eleven nominations at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards, to be held at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand on May 18th. Despite rumors yesterday, actress Winona Ryder is not engaged to Rilo Kiley guitarist Blake Sennett, Ryder’s rep tells Us.

Published: 2008-03-04 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Rock List: Readers’ Top 25 Albums of 2007

Last week, we asked you, Rock Daily readers, to tell us your picks for the Best Albums of 2007, and you spoke: Radiohead’s pay-what-you-want In Rainbows is the top album of 2007, edging out strong campaigns from Arcade Fire and Wilco for the top spot. So how does the readers’ picks compare to Rolling Stone’s own list? Find out next Monday, when we reveal the magazine’s Top 50 Albums of 2007. Until then, here’s your Top 25: 1. Radiohead – In Rainbows 2. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible 3. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky 4. White Stripes – Icky Thump 5. Bruce Springsteen – Magic 6. Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero 7. The Shins – Wincing The Night Away 8. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 9. Kings of Leon – Because of the Times 10. Kanye West – Graduation 11. Queens of the Stone Age – Era Vulgaris 12. Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace 13. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver 14. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger 15. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare 16. The National – Boxer 17. M.I.A. - Kala 18. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black 19. Smashing Pumpkins – Zeitgeist 20. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank 21. Eddie Vedder – Into the Wild Soundtrack 22. Rilo Kiley – Under the Blacklight 23. Bright Eyes – Cassadaga 24. Robert Plant/Alison Krauss – Raising Sand 25. Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full

Published: 2007-12-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Duran Duran Get Caught in Justin Timberlake’s Unstoppable Plot To Bring Sexy Back

First 50 Cent partnered with Justin Timberlake on a track about porn (“Ayo Technology”), now Duran Duran have fallen victim to JT’s SexyBack wiles. The band just shot an X-rated video featuring topless models for “Falling Down,” the first single off their November 13th album Red Carpet Massacre, the NME reports. The track, which was co-written and produced by collaboration machine Timberlake, was initially inspired by frontman Simon Le Bon’s experience recovering from a motorcycle accident in 1992. In the clip, however, the song’s dark themes are represented by a collection of beautiful naked women in rehab (the bandmembers portray doctors) and Le Bon swears this all makes sense somehow. “The concept of models in rehab has so much to do with what the song’s about,” he claims. “It’s very sad but there’s a kind of beauty in it as well. The song is about arrogance and pride, as well as personal breakdowns and the hope for redemption and the resilience of the human spirit.” Sounds … deep. We’ll have to see how it stacks up to this year’s other porn-tastic video, Rilo Kiley’s “Moneymaker.”

Published: 2007-09-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

"Set the Woods on Fire" by Art in Manila

It was a sad day for dream pop when Azure Ray broke up. The Nebraskan duo of Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor released three increasingly excellent albums of country-tinged melancholia, sending music reviewers constantly seeking new synonyms for "ethereal." Thankfully, the pair's post-Ray projects have been just as satisfying, though divergent stylistically. Orenda Fink's solid new band, Art in Manila, lends a harder edge to her previously wispy work with Azure Ray, molding the well-crafted pop songs on their debut, Set the Woods on Fire, into MOR indie fare—which, in this case, isn't necessarily a bad thing. Like the drugged-out Rilo Kiley or less inscrutable Neko Case they so strongly resemble, Art in Manila deliver comfortably predictable indie pop with darker moods hiding in the corners. A punchy backbeat and Rhodes piano give bite and swagger to "Our Addictions," and a Neil Young-y crunch informs the title track's lovely chorus, but Set

Published: 2007-08-31 Provider: Artist Direct

Single Minded: New Tracks From Nikki Sixx, Cartel, M.I.A., Rilo Kiley and Swizz Beatz featuring Coldplay

Every Tuesday Single Minded highlights new tracks hitting stores (or the Web) this week. On Fridays, come back for rarities, remixes, mash-ups and more. Nikki Sixx, “Life is Beautiful” [Heroin Diaires MySpace] Mötley Crüe bassist documents destructive power of heroin in a song that recalls Papa Roach — making it the first anti-drug single to ever inspire drug use. Cartel, “Lose It” [Cartel’s Official Site] Recorded while the band was locked in a bubble, cruelly cut off from the rest of the world. Unlike every other emo band, who just think they are. M.I.A, “Boyz” [M.I.A. Official Site] Every so often, the blogs get one right. Also, boasts visual effects by Strong Bad. Rilo Kiley, “Silver Lining” [Rilo Kiley MySpace] Finally, a new Dido single! Swizz Beatz feat. Coldplay, “Part of the Plan” [Swizz Beatz MySpace] Further proof that the caliber of rock/rap collaborations has dipped precipitously. Hot Tip: We hear Chris DeBurgh isn’t doing a whole lot these days. Photo: Winter/Getty

Published: 2007-08-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News