Rilo Kiley Live(6/18)
I just walked in the door after my drive home from the city. I figured, the show is still fresh in my mind, so let's write up a little something about it. First of all, I was a bit weary to go to a show by myself, after all, I'm used to having at least one other person to talk to throughout the course of a show. And second of all, well, I guess there is no second of all. Seeing the show by myself was my only real concern. But that didn't turn out to be too bad because I just secured myself a seat up top and kicked back until the show started. Some drunk lawyer started talking to me at one point between acts and he wasn't interesing at all. He was going into great detail about San Francisco's water supply. I stopped paying attention pretty fast. But now, onto the concert itself.
The first opener, The Brunettes, were actually very good. They had tons of hand clapping, and snapping, and all kinds of percussion equipment. I can't remember a single song they did, except the first one, where they spelled baby, but they were overall quite good. I usually expect openers to be shitty, so the fact that they weren't was good news.
The second opener, Feist(sp?) was not as good. Now, she had a great voice, and it takes a lot of talent to play all by yourself, but it was just kind of boring. Maybe if she had a whole band it would have been better, but as it was, I just wanted her to stop playing so Rilo Kiley would come out.
And come out they did. As soon as they walked out, they owned that stage. They opened with It's a Hit and that's not my favorite song of theirs, but they did a good job with it. The trumpet player from The Brunettes did a fantastic job on his part, and all the parts he did throughout the evening. Now from here on out, I'm going to lose track of the order of songs, so deal with it. They played Portion for Foxes, which is also not one of my favorite songs. Sure, it's damn catchy, but I feel they have much better songs. But they killed this song. It was fantastic how much energy they put into it and pretty much the entire show. The Execution of All Things was a show highlight for me, as that is one of my favorite songs of theirs. It was great singing along to that one and watching Jenny play the bass as well, it was all very cool. They also did a great job on So Long, which live is very neat because it brings out Jenny's background vocals and turns it into more of a duet. Now I was hoping for Science vs. Romance and Pictures of Success, but tonight I had to make due with only PoS. They did an amazing job with that too. Other songs were played, and they were all played well. I really enjoyed the final number with everyone out on stage singing and banging some kind of piece of percussion.
My final impression of the show was just one of complete bliss. Rilo Kiley is such a solid band and they put so much energy into their roughly 90 minute set. Jenny is a beautiful woman with such great stage presence, and it'll be interesting to see her hit the road for her solo stuff. The whole band in general plays very well together and you can tell they are having fun. I would see them again in a heartbeat(and since they are opening for Coldplay, I'll probably go to that).
Edit: Turns out they are only opening for them for their Midwest and East Coast dates, not the West Coast. Oh well-what are you gonna do?
Bottom Line: Rilo Kiley live gets an A+ from me. Go see them. You won't regret it.
The first opener, The Brunettes, were actually very good. They had tons of hand clapping, and snapping, and all kinds of percussion equipment. I can't remember a single song they did, except the first one, where they spelled baby, but they were overall quite good. I usually expect openers to be shitty, so the fact that they weren't was good news.
The second opener, Feist(sp?) was not as good. Now, she had a great voice, and it takes a lot of talent to play all by yourself, but it was just kind of boring. Maybe if she had a whole band it would have been better, but as it was, I just wanted her to stop playing so Rilo Kiley would come out.
And come out they did. As soon as they walked out, they owned that stage. They opened with It's a Hit and that's not my favorite song of theirs, but they did a good job with it. The trumpet player from The Brunettes did a fantastic job on his part, and all the parts he did throughout the evening. Now from here on out, I'm going to lose track of the order of songs, so deal with it. They played Portion for Foxes, which is also not one of my favorite songs. Sure, it's damn catchy, but I feel they have much better songs. But they killed this song. It was fantastic how much energy they put into it and pretty much the entire show. The Execution of All Things was a show highlight for me, as that is one of my favorite songs of theirs. It was great singing along to that one and watching Jenny play the bass as well, it was all very cool. They also did a great job on So Long, which live is very neat because it brings out Jenny's background vocals and turns it into more of a duet. Now I was hoping for Science vs. Romance and Pictures of Success, but tonight I had to make due with only PoS. They did an amazing job with that too. Other songs were played, and they were all played well. I really enjoyed the final number with everyone out on stage singing and banging some kind of piece of percussion.
My final impression of the show was just one of complete bliss. Rilo Kiley is such a solid band and they put so much energy into their roughly 90 minute set. Jenny is a beautiful woman with such great stage presence, and it'll be interesting to see her hit the road for her solo stuff. The whole band in general plays very well together and you can tell they are having fun. I would see them again in a heartbeat(and since they are opening for Coldplay, I'll probably go to that).
Edit: Turns out they are only opening for them for their Midwest and East Coast dates, not the West Coast. Oh well-what are you gonna do?
Bottom Line: Rilo Kiley live gets an A+ from me. Go see them. You won't regret it.
posted by Matt Lemos @ 2:08 AM
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