Who is Rilo Kiley

Rilo Kiley is a Los Angeles-based alternative rock band fronted by Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett. They began their career as an indie rock band on Barsuk Records and moved to Omaha based indie label Saddle Creek for their second album. But come time of their third release, More Adventurous, the band had left the indie label Saddle Creek for Brute/Beaute, a Warner Bros imprint. Rilo Kiley have released four albums, all of which combine country, folk, and pop sensibilities. They have sold nearly 75,000 records in three years and toured the United States repeatedly. Lewis sings lead vocals and shares writing credits with guitarist Sennett. The band also features Pierre De Reeder on bass and Jason Boesel on drums.

2004 saw a great increase in recognition for the band, as Sennett and Boesel released an album with their band The Elected and Lewis sang backup on Ben Gibbard's (Death Cab for Cutie) indie electronic side project The Postal Service. Lewis toured with The Postal Service before heading out on two tours in support of Rilo Kiley's More Adventurous in the summer and fall of 2004. The album spent late 2004 high on Billboard Magazine's Heatseekers Chart, success only furthered by appearances on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel Live. The band opened for Bright Eyes on the international leg of Conor Oberst's tour for 2005's I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning. In the fall 2005, Rilo Kiley was the opening act for the North American dates of Coldplay's Twisted Logic Tour.

In May of 2005, Lewis announced in an interview that Rilo Kiley had signed with  (read all)