Rilo Kiley cover Jenny Lewis in London
Band expand to a six-piece
Rilo Kiley covered singer Jenny Lewis' solo song during their London gig tonight (August 20).
The band played a funky version of Lewis' solo tune 'Rise Up With Fists'.
Introducing the track Lewis said: “This is a cover song...”
Guitarist and vocalist Blake Sennett told the crowd: “This is only the fourth gig we've played in two years. You're the best crowd so far.”
Later Lewis said: “The first three (shows) were turds.”
The four piece were augmented by two extra members who played keyboards, trumpet, guitar and trumpet. They were introduced as Orinda and Kristen.
Playing a number of songs from new album 'Under The Blacklight' including a bluegrass version of the title track, Rilo Kiley introduced '15' by saying: “How many 15 year olds are there here tonight? No one? OK...”.
Before 'Dejalo' Lewis said: “Does anyone speak Spanish? I don't.” Prior to 'Smoke Detector' the singer said: “This song was inspired by a dance. I'm not a very good dancer but I'm happy to demonstrate.”
Before first encore Lewis was joined by Orinda and Kristen for a version of 'Give A Little Love' by saying : “We've never done this before, so don't kill us if we mess it up.”
She told this audience: “I wrote that song for Blake - he knows...”
Sennett and guitarist Pierre De Reeder played ukulele and mandolin for a version of 'Ripchord'.
They played:
'It's A Hit'
'Close Call'
'Portions For Foxes'
'Paint's Peeling'
'Breaking Up'
'Dreamworld'
'Wires And Waves'
'Ripchord'
'Under The Blacklight'
'Smoke Detector'
'Dejalo'
'15'
'Rise Up With Fists'
'Spectacular Views'
'Give A Little Love'
'Does He Love You'
The band played a funky version of Lewis' solo tune 'Rise Up With Fists'.
Introducing the track Lewis said: “This is a cover song...”
Guitarist and vocalist Blake Sennett told the crowd: “This is only the fourth gig we've played in two years. You're the best crowd so far.”
Later Lewis said: “The first three (shows) were turds.”
The four piece were augmented by two extra members who played keyboards, trumpet, guitar and trumpet. They were introduced as Orinda and Kristen.
Playing a number of songs from new album 'Under The Blacklight' including a bluegrass version of the title track, Rilo Kiley introduced '15' by saying: “How many 15 year olds are there here tonight? No one? OK...”.
Before 'Dejalo' Lewis said: “Does anyone speak Spanish? I don't.” Prior to 'Smoke Detector' the singer said: “This song was inspired by a dance. I'm not a very good dancer but I'm happy to demonstrate.”
Before first encore Lewis was joined by Orinda and Kristen for a version of 'Give A Little Love' by saying : “We've never done this before, so don't kill us if we mess it up.”
She told this audience: “I wrote that song for Blake - he knows...”
Sennett and guitarist Pierre De Reeder played ukulele and mandolin for a version of 'Ripchord'.
They played:
'It's A Hit'
'Close Call'
'Portions For Foxes'
'Paint's Peeling'
'Breaking Up'
'Dreamworld'
'Wires And Waves'
'Ripchord'
'Under The Blacklight'
'Smoke Detector'
'Dejalo'
'15'
'Rise Up With Fists'
'Spectacular Views'
'Give A Little Love'
'Does He Love You'
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Pic: Tom Oxley
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