Has Jenny Lewis of LA power-pop and chugging-rock 4-piece Rilo Kiley got a belter of a voice that belies her frail and tiny frame? Hell yeah!
Their gig at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire last night goes straight into my gigs of the year 2007 (see also Arcade Fire’s St. John’s/Porchester Hall appearance in Jan/Feb). The harmonies soar, the riffs chug and they’ve got the funk, which normally spells doom for any band but here really should propel them into the mainstream. It’s slick and sheeny, and they look like they’re enjoying themselves, which is halfway to everyone else enjoying themselves anyway.
All this and a ukelele interlude. Sweet.
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Khoi Vinh of Subtraction.com thinks “this band are so boring I almost fell asleep typing out their name“