Last week was Earlimart and Clinic; this week involves Rilo Kiley, the Phoenix Symphony and Interpol.
Rilo Kiley was, well, by now, last night. Jenny Lewis and the band were wonderful, the set-list was as brilliant as it could be without containing Science vs. Romance, Plane Crash in C or Spectacular Views.
One of the opening bands was The Elected, who AMG users can easily find out is Blake's other band.
The other opening band was Tillyand theWall. That first link is to the interview with one of the three lead singers in this week's The Onion A.V. Club (I recognized them from the Rilo Kiley ticket and followed the advice offered); the second link is to the Team Love website mentioned in the interview - the one where you can download their latest album - and the third link is to their own website (which is less interesting.)
They have three lead singers (one male, two female) who are often all singing the same lead (or harmonizing with it.) Oh, and one of the most hilarious parts: the band includes a tap dancer - and that's the live rhythm section. There were some maracas and shakers and such occasionally but no live drummer other than, well, a tap dancer.
I heartily recommend checking them out; Nights of the Living Dead is my early favorite and was fantastic as their live closer. It's always nice when a band's idea of what their good songs are coincide well with yours (or at least good songs to close out with.)
