Rilo Kiley – Live In Somerville
Posted on October 7, 2004 at 12:45 pm | No Comments
Tuesday night’s Rilo Kiley show at the Somerville Theatre surpassed some pretty lofty personal expectations. New stuff, old stuff, I love it all, and was really looking forward to the change of venue (the Theatre’s sound is usually far far better than the Middle East downstairs… hell, my basement could sound better), and was psyched to hear they’d added some more musicians to the band this time around. A sold-out, enthusiastic, and notably youngish crowd stood at their seats for the whole 18 song, hour and a half set.
Sir Frank of Chromewaves wrote up the Toronto show, and pretty much nailed the opening bands, except I may have been even more unimpressed by Now It’s Overhead than he was. Actually, they could be a band I’d like on disc but not live… you’ve gotta have more dynamic or stage presence if you’re following up the infectious catchiness of Tilly & the Wall. Their secret weapon is a pair of tap shoes, and they’re not afraid to use ’em.
Unlike Toronto, however, the sound at our show ruled the school, and I’m damn glad I took the opportunity to try out my new Sony clip-on stereo microphone with my old Archos mp3 recorder. For an audience recording, I’m pretty happy with it, so here’s the whole dang set for ya …
Rilo Kiley
Live at the Somerville Theater
Somerville, Mass., October 5th, 2004(note: files removed on 1/31/05)
01. It’s a Hit
02. My Slumbering Heart
03. Love and War
04. More Adventurous
05. A Better Son / Daughter
06. Portions For Foxes
07. Three Hopeful Thoughts
08. Paint’s Peeling
09. Absence of God
10. The Execution of All Things
11. I Never
12. Pictures of Success
13. It Just Is
14. Don’t Deconstruct
15. Does He Love You?
16. Ripchord
17. Let Me Back In
(an unreleased one!… anyone know the real title?)
18. The Good That Won’t Come Out
I’ve got a few more semi-blurry photos over here, and I took a quick shot at the lyrics for the new song. It’s a little ode to Los Angeles, and I’ve called it “Let Me Back In” until I hear different…
Rilo Kiley
Let Me Back Inlet it be printed, let it be known
i’m leaving you, i’m going home
and all you can do is just watch me goi’ve put you down, talked you up
defended your honor, and then packed it in and picked it up
and all you can do is just watch me gofrom the eastern seaboard, the landlocked midwest
the keys, the alps, the black hills, and budapest
with my heart in a sling, tail between my legs is swingin’
i’m sorry for leavin’…but when the palm trees bow their heads
no matter how cruel i’ve been
l.a., you always let me back inyou can bury me when my body breaks
in the earth that created me, in the golden state
by my mama and her brother and their mama, too‘cuz i had a dream i was carried on the backs of a thousand green birds
and they carried me into a place without words
and there was nuthin’, but there was everything(tap dancin time!)
and when the palm trees bow their heads
no matter how cruel i’ve been
l.a., you always let me back inand when the palm trees bow their heads
no matter how cruel i’ve been
l.a., you always let me back in…back in… back in…
Sounds like Jenny’s response to fellow postman Ben Gibbard’s “Why You’d Want To Live Here“, doesn’t it? Kinda makes me want to get serious about visiting my friends in L.A…
Mp3s: Late night Waits, Wilco, & Keane
Posted on October 4, 2004 at 9:41 am | No Comments
It’s a three-fer this time, with tracks pulled from last week’s late night tv…
Tom Waits – Make It Rain (live on Letterman): A rare television appearance from Mr. Waits, whose latest record, “Real Gone”, is out tomorrow. He’s joined on this recording by Judah and Russell of the Blues Explosion. Wilco – Theologians (live on Conan): Not quite the title track, but at least the track where the title of their latest, “A Ghost Is Born”, comes from. Keane – Somewhere Only We Know (live on Conan): The lead-off song from their latest record, “Hopes & Fears”.
There are some pretty good late night appearances this week, too…
Tonight on Letterman: Franz Ferdinand
Wednesday on Conan: Rilo Kiley (seeing them tomorrow!)
Thursday on Last Call: Ambulance Ltd. (a repeat)
Friday on Conan: Interpol
Time to warm up the TiVo…