Following up on the last post, I promised to put up all of the other Rilo Kiley related shows that I've taped over the years, that haven't made it up.

I figured I'd start with a quick post on Pierre de Reeder, Rilo Kiley's bass player, who released his solo album, "The Way That It Was" last August. Well in advance of that release, Pierre played a short 4 song gig, opening for The Elected and Jenny Lewis, back in June of 2004.

There were four bands playing, Pierre, Whispertown2000, Jenny and the Elected, and Pierre went first. There weren't a whole lot of folks there, but I was glad to be able to capture this rare (at the time) solo recording, which featured three originals and a cover of Neil Young's Harvest.

Live MP3 MP3s:
Intro
Open Frame of Mind
Where Ever You May Be
Foolish Heart
Harvest (Neil Young)

Labels: indie, live mp3s, los angeles, pierre de reeder, rilo kiley, soundboard mp3s, the echo

Continuing the Rilo Kiley round of posts - here's their Houston Texas show from their second Execution of All Things tour.

It was the second time I'd seen them, the first having taken place just two nights earlier in Denton. It was also the first time I attended and taped a show at Fat Cat, a venue that I visited dozens more times over the next few years. It was a perfect little venue, decent raised stage, great long bar down the left hand side, and held about 150 people - near perfect amount of people for a show. Unfortunately the venues been shut down now - they built some condos behind it, and the resident who moved in filed a complaint. No more permit, no more Fat Cats. Shame.

Back to the show - it was a fantastic time. I dropped by earlier in the day to ask about taping and got to watch the band soundcheck for a while. Pretty much the same set as Denton, but with a couple of key differences, notably the inclusion of Run Devil Run as part of the soundcheck - which would be released on Jenny's solo record in 2005 and the addition of Science vs Romance at the end of the show.

I've also posted a couple of full song video clips from the show. These are 100meg files - right click and save please.

Enjoy!

Live MP3s:
Intro
Paint's Peeling
The Good That Won't Come
Execution of All Things
Capturing Moods
3 Hopeful Thoughts
My Slumbering Heart
Hail to Whatever
Pictures of Success
So Long
Spectacular Views
A Better Son Daughter
Room 8
Science Vs Romance

Live Videos:
Spectacular Views - RealMedia
Room 8 - RealMedia

Labels: fat cats., houston, indie, rilo kiley, soundboard mp3s

I've decided it's going to be Rilo Kiley week at Lullabyes.

Over the last 3 years Ive been a frequent contributor to rilokiley.net, which has served as the Rilo Kiley site.

Recently the site has been scaled back - focusing on the fan community aspects of the band. Many of the old sections of the site are gone, with the remaining sections have beeb reorganized into a forum format.

RK.net used to include a fairly comprehensive Multimedia page featuring many live audio sets and several videos - including a number of TV appearances. Though several of the shows are still present in the "Member Only Downloads" section of the RK.net forum, many of the best shows are no longer available online.

Hence this post.

Over the next couple of weeks I'm going to post some of the shows that have come down, so that they are available somewhere. I've actually contemplated putting up a comprehensive Rilo Kiley Audio Archive since RK.nets been scaled back. If anyone out there has any good suggestions on how to set that up, drop me a note. I really dont want to set up that many individual blog posts - but Im not sure how to set up a proper database driven version. Help me Obi One!

That aside - here's the very first Rilo Kiley show I ever saw. I had gone to Dallas to visit my friend Melissa. I was slightly pissed at her, because I wanted to go see Polyphonic Spree, who were playing the same night in Downtown Dallas. She said no, I could Polyphonic Spree again since they were local - she wanted to go see Rilo.

Before I went to Dallas I'd checked out Rilo's website and listened to streaming versions of songs from the Execution of All Things records. To put it bluntly, I was not impressed. I told her - they said like atypical girl rock. But when I got to her house she put on the actual CD and played "The Good That Wont Come Out" then "A Better Son/Daughter" and then "My Slumbering Heart." I was seriously impressed and suddenly excited about the show.

By the end of the set I was a complete believer, and ready to see them again in Houston.

Live MP3s:
Intro
Paint's Peeling
The Good That Won't Come
My Slumbering Heart
Hail to Whatever
Execution of All Things
3 Hopeful Thoughts
Capturing Moods
Pictures of Success
Spectacular Views
With Arms Outstretched
A Better Son Daughter

Labels: denton, indie, live mp3s, rilo kiley, rubbergloves, soundboard mp3s

Okay - so a quick flashback to one of my favorite shows from 2004. I was recently going through the shows I'd posted and I realized that I'd only posted a couple of Rilo Kiley shows. I used to contribute on RiloKiley.net on a regular basis and had posted this (and many other) Rilo Kiley soundboards in 2003 and 2004.

I saw this show as part of 4 day adventure across Texas seeing Rilo in Houston, Austin, Dallas and Denton. Let's just saw that by the end of it I was one tired, but happily fulfilled, lad.

This was one of the only instore shows they did on the Fall 2004 More Adventurous tour. There had actually been several more set up in California - but they all got cancelled. I couldn't believe my luck that they had cancelled the Cali shows, but were still going to do the one in Texas!

This was a beautiful little show at Good Records in Dallas - I got to stand about 2 feet from the band while they rawked their acoustic hearts out.

I've posted the MP3s and the video from the show below - the video is a couple of hundred meg, so be sure you "right click and save" so if you are on dial up, don't even bother.

Live MP3s:
More Adventurous
Absence of God
Ripchord
With Arms Outstretched
A Better Son Daughter
Portions for Foxes

Live Video:
Full Show Video

Labels: dallas, good records, indie, rilo kiley, soundboard mp3s