Has any Los Angeles band been more productive this decade than Rilo Kiley ? Probably not if you count solo projects its members have undertaken. Let's see: four albums by the Silver Lake quartet itself, two by singer Jenny Lewis (one with the Watson Twins), two by guitarist Blake Sennett fronting the Elected , one by bassist Pierre de Reeder ... and now, coming right after the first of the year, the solo turn by drummer Jason Boesel , "Hustler's Son" (Team Love Records). Boesel, of course, has a long resume, having drummed [...]
Following in the footsteps of frontwoman Jenny Lewis, lead guitarist Blake Sennett, and bassist Pierre de Reeder - in other words, everyone else in Rilo Kiley - Rilo Kiley drummer Jason Boesel will release his first solo album on January 12, 2010. Hustler's Son , named after the first song Boesel ever penned, is being issued by Team Love Records , co-founded by Conor Oberst, which is just the first bit of two-degrees-of-separation indie-music lore that surrounds the album: Boesel manned the kit for Bright Eyes' seventh studio album, Cassadaga [...]
The problem with a list like this is the "shoulds". You know, the albums you feel like everyone else will pick, so you "should," too? Well, this time I decided not to deal with those. My list is based on the number of times I listened to these albums since they came out, whether I love them so much I already know every word to every song, how much it moved me, etc. This is a personal list. It isn't intended to be complete or controversial. That said, I know I'll get crap for [...]
Dammit. Drummers deserve attention too. After spending time percussing for Rilo Kiley and Bright Eyes, Jason Boesel has decided his time is now. It's a good thing for us too. Boesel will be releasing his first solo album, Hustler's Son, on January 12th. Listen to what he (and the Mystic Valley Band) came up with: "Hand Of God"- MP3 The track listing for the album looks like this: Black Waves
Jenny Lewis , la misma de Rilo Kiley, pero en plan solista, nos trae este simpático video cargado de sonidos folks y setenteros y con guiños a las viejas películas de espías y agentes secretos. La canción se llama "See Fernando" y pertenece al disco "Acid Tongue" . Si bien, no se trata de una canción nueva, el video merece la pena ser visto. Jenny Lewis "See Fernando" from Team G on Vimeo [...]
The third installment of A Retrospective, this time the focus is on 2002. The year of rebuilding, so to speak. It was the year I discovered Cider Jack (and did so plentifully) at the local Pullman bar Rico's, and we all would rehearse Bill Brasky skits (from the SNL spots, and made up on the spot) as twenty feet away the university jazz combo performed excellent renditions of Van Morrison's "Moondance" and various Motown favorites. As we see every year, 2002 saw several real great releases. Here are my favorites. [...]
MP3: Jason Boesel - "Hand of God" Jason Boesel, who has played drums for the likes of Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes, The Elected, and Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band, will be stepping out from behind his kit and strapping on a guitar soon. A record of his own material will be released by Team Love on January 12, 2010. Apparently, the record is going to full of guests too, including Saddle Creekers Orenda Fink and Blake Sennett. Check out a sample MP3 above and the full track list below. [...]
Jason Boesel's Hustler's Son will see daylight on 1/12/2010. It features: 1. Black Waves 2. Hand Of God 3. French Kissing 4. Burned Out & Busted 5. New World Mama 6. Miracles 7. Hustler's Son 8. Getting Healthy (Good Luck) 9. I Got The Reason #1 10. Was It, Man? 11. Winking Eyes Visit Jason Boesel on MySpace. MP3: Jason Boesel - Hand Of God
Filed under: News , MP3 , New Music , Exclusive A couple years ago, when Jason Boesel was in Mexico recording tracks with Conor Oberst for what would become the album 'Conor Oberst,' he wore a necklace that bore a hand-shaped pendant. "I started calling it the 'Hand of God' and assigning it magical powers in my mind" Boesel tells Spinner. "I would get nervous if I couldn't find it, [that] sort of thing." Back then, Boesel was in his familiar role of drummer, [...]
I had no business dating my husband when I did. I was coming off a long stretch of crazy with a different guy--and I was feeling pent up and rebellious. But he was up for it, so...
MP3: Rilo Kiley - So Long #24 - Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things Saddle Creek 2002 Joey On The Execution Of All Things: This may seem like a kind of cheesy choice these days, and rightfully so: Rilo Kiley played us all for fools. There was such a promise of greater things coming from them and their actor backgrounds were quirks, sure, but it was nothing worth focusing on (though the press sure did... a lot). Here were some [...]
(photo by dcdead ) I told myself I wasn't going to do a decades album list. I mean how can you really rank all your favorite albums over a period of ten years that isn't even completed yet? Over the last couple of months though, I found myself slowly beginning to compile a list of my albums from the 00's that I loved and I then I began chiseling the list down to around 50 albums. I guess my love for making lists got in the way of the logic and reasoning I had for [...]
Filed under: The Hit List Psychotic, axe-wielding children. Gore-streaked dancing zombies. A troubled teen with a razor, a death wish and a TV set filled with skeletons -- artists have long mined the depths of the dark side when putting pictures to their music. And whether your youthful memories of Halloween are of tricks (packets of raisins polluting your candy bag) or treats (a randy game of bobbing for apples), most of us are always up for a good shiver come October 31. So to [...]
Last November Mikey and I snuck into the backstage area of The Lounge on Elm where we were able to spend some quality time with the band responsible for putting out our favorite album of 2008 . The highlight of this for me was an intimate 20-minute one-on-one conversation with the adorable and talented Binki Shapiro in that dark hall space. Mikey later told everyone that we made out, which though it wasn't true, is one of the many reasons that guy is one of my very best friends. Recently children's writer/illustrator Dallas Clayton put long [...]
So they removed my video from Youtube and deleted my post...but what the heck...here's the official one (although it's been aired a couple of weeks now). PS. It's insteresting how many more songs are titled Papillon. Take for example The Airborne Toxic Event (which is quite known actually). PS2. However, the more rare one is this one from Rilo Kiley, taken from their debut The Initial Friend E.P back in 1999. Now [...]
Filed under: The Hit List First comes love, then comes marriage. Then comes sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Sometimes a romance between band members can come crashing in a dreary haze of booze and broken hearts. This is the story of the bands that stick it out because the bonds of music are stronger than any love affair -- though the royalty checks can't hurt, either. Fleetwood Mac [...]
Here are some well deserved throwbacks that I sincerely hope do not keep anyone else up at night. Heavy memories can sink the furthest of minds. Mirah - Make It Hot Tilly & The Wall - Pictures Of Houses The Blow - Parentheses Rilo Kiley - Always
Filed under: Music Appreciation The boss doesn't always play the greatest music at ' The Office ,' as evidenced by the ' Cafe Disco ' episode, but the actress who plays the flighty, flirty Kelly Kapoor -- Mindy Kaling -- has great tastes in bands in real life. Kaling pronounced Rilo Kiley 's ' Portions for Foxes ' a "smart, f---ed up song about making terrible mistakes with men in your mid-20s" -- something to which Kelly can certainly relate. Next
Most of my indie-rock-lovin' friends are either a) having kids; or b) kids at heart. So when I saw The Indie Rock Coloring Book from the Yellow Bird Project (Chronicle Books, $9.95), I knew I'd found the perfect gift idea ... and, of course, I'd need a copy for myself.
Elizabeth Ziman , front woman and namesake for Elizabeth & the Catapult , has hints of the bird & the bee in her sweet yet confident voice. A classically trained pianist from her Greenwich Village youth, a now mature Ziman has produced a gem of an album with Taller Children , with help from guitarist Pete Lalish , drummer Danny Molad and producer Mike Mogis ( Bright Eyes , M. Ward , Rilo Kiley ). The album's title track is lighthearted with [...]
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Friday Five: Surf Songs
