Rilo Kiley is a four piece folk band (more indie pop in their later stuff) formed in 1997 and based in Los Angeles. Their music has been used in several TV show promotions, the most notable of which are Orange is the New Black and Weeds. Their first EP, Initial Friend EP, was pressed three times, and all pressings are the same aside from one different track on each one. The version I have is a compilation of all songs from the pressings. One song from this EP, "The Frug," was featured in the soundtrack to the movie Desert Blue, and the director of the movie went on to direct the music video for the song., which is pretty neat. This band is one of the few female-fronted bands I enjoy. For some reason I usually just don't go for female vocalists. In 2001, they released their first full-length, Takeoffs and Landings, through Barsuk Records. In 2002, they released their most popular album, The Execution of All Things, with Saddle Creek Records. They released a third full-length, More Adventurous, through Warner Brothers in 2004. This album is distinctly more poppy, with WB probably to blame. They released another album, Under the Blacklight, in 2007, again with WB, which is without a doubt their most pop-influenced album. It's still pretty good music, but not their best. They went on hiatus from 2010-2013, when the band broke up after releasing their best of album, Rkives, which is a bunch of demos, remixed and unreleased songs.
Note: Thanks again to Juan for the info and discography. Check him out here:
The Initial Friend EP (1999-2000)
1. The Frug
2. 85
3. Glendora
4. Papillon
5. Teenage Love Song
6. Asshole
7. Sword
8. Steve
9. Keep It Together (Hidden Track)
Takeoffs and Landings (2001)
1. Go Ahead
2. Science Vs. Romance
3. Wires And Waves
4. Pictures Of Success
5. August
6. Bulletproof
7. Plane Crash In C
8. Variations On A Theme (Science Vs. Romance)
9. Small Figures In A Vast Expanse
10. Don't Deconstruct
11. Always
12. We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)
13. Rest Of My Life
14. Variations On A Theme (Plane Crash In C)
15. Salute My Shorts! (Spectacular View)
The Execution of All Things (2002)
1.The Good That Won't Come Out
2. Paint's Peeling
3. The Execution of All Things
4. So Long
5. Capturing Moods
6. A Better Son/Daughter
7. Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight That Surrounds You
8. My Slumbering Heart
9. Three Hopeful Thoughts
10. With Arms Outstretched
11. Spectacular Views
12. And That's How I Choose to Remember It
X-Mas Cake - Single (2003)
1. X-Mas Cake
More Adventurous (2004)
1. It's a Hit
2. Does He Love You?
3. Portions for Foxes
4. Ripchord
5. I Never
6. The Absence of God
7. Accidntel Deth
8. More Adventurous"
9. Love and War (11/11/46)
10. A Man/Me/Then Jim
11. It Just Is
Under the Blacklight (2007)
1. Silver Lining
2. Close Call
3. The Moneymaker
4. Breakin’ Up
5. Under the Blacklight
6. Dreamworld
7. Dejalo
8. 15
9. Smoke Detector
10. The Angels Hung Around
11. Give a Little Love
Rkives (2013)
1. Let Me Back In
2. It'll Get You There
3. Runnin Around
4. All the Drugs
5. Bury, Bury, Bury Another
6. Well, You Left
7. Draggin Around
8. I Remember You
9. Dejalo (Zondo remix featuring Too $hort)
10. A Town Called Luckey
11. Emotional
12. American Wife
13. Patiently
14. Rest of my Life (Demo)
15. About the Moon
16. The Frug
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