Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending the first free concert of the 07-08 WBRS year. Fortunately, the concert happened to fall on my anniversary with my girlfriend(sorry, ladies), so it presented me with a good opportunity to look more chivalrous than I actually may be. To set the scene, I came into the show with really high expectations since I absolutely had a blast the last time I saw RK, so I thought I might be setting myself up to be let down a little bit. Fortunately, Rilo Kiley are not a band known to slack off in their live shows. In fact, I was especially pleased by the fact that they took a surprisingly large portion of their set from their earlier album with a nice selection of new material spread throughout. This is not to say that I don't enjoy their new album, but still, neither of their past two albums have touched The Execution of All Things, in my opinion. Still, Jenny Lewis sounded great (looked great too *wink*), Blake Sennett was rocking out, and the rest of the band was tight as always.

Dates:

SEPTEMBER:

* the following dates [09.25 - 10.15] are w/ GRAND OLE PARTY

26 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

27 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

28 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel

29 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse

OCTOBER:

01 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Revolution

02 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues

04 - New Orleans, LA - Republic

05 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live

06 - Dallas, TX - Palladium

07 - Austin, TX - Stubb’s BBQ

09 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre

10 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre

12 - San Diego, CA - Soma

13 - Los Vegas, NV - The Joint

15 - Los Angeles, CA - Santa Monica Civic