Blogcritics: Comments on Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous

Comment by DJRadiohead

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:30:37 EDT

Rilo Kiley could make another 10,000 albums and they still wouldn't be fit to carry Elliott's casket. ;) That was harsh. I like the album. I will keep my Elliott CDs closer but I am glad to have added Rilo Kiley to my vocabulary, if you will.

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:27:29 EDT

picked this up yesterday, finally. god in heaven, it's beautiful. The Absense Of God is one of the best songs i've heard this year.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:25:31 EDT

it's better than Elliot Smith. ;-)

Comment by DJRadiohead

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:24:02 EDT

I just bought it today. Listening to it for the first time. I like it from a 'broad strokes' perspective right now. I look forward to trying to digest it in a more concentrated sort of way.

Comment by DJRadiohead

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:13:16 EDT

Mark, I bought The Execution of All Things today on account of it being the only one in the store (plus I did like the song Duke played) and I am planning to go to another store tonight to get More Adventurous. Well done, fellas.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:44:10 EDT

thanks duke. hey, this particular cd is the only one i've got...and it was sent to me for nothin', so what kinda fan am i?!! i've really got to get the others. maybe this weekend.

Comment by visualsimplicity

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:23:17 EDT

For songs with a story, Rilo Kiley's "Does He Love You" is a freaking masterpiece. Talk about a twist that slowly builds and builds as the song progresses. LOVE LOVE LOVE that song. Oh and, aren't they fairly known? It always seemed to me they seemed to have acquired a bit of that "indie darling" status (not as big as Death Cab but close, I think).

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:17:07 EDT

Mark, fabulous review, and another example of why you're one of my favourite music writers. and i'll go ahead now and admit that i don't have this one (the podcast track is from the album prior to this, The Execution Of All Things), but yeah, record shop tomorow, tail between legs, or it WOULD be, if it was a tail worth talkin about.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:04:22 EDT

Sirius.

Comment by DJRadiohead

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:57:11 EDT

not me, man- The Duke. Are you an XM'er or a Sirius?

Comment by Mark Saleski

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:51:21 EDT

oh, i think they can. but i'm sure that nobody'll be as good at it as you all.

Comment by DJRadiohead

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:50:00 EDT

But they still can't curse as often as Duke and I do, can they? :) (I want satellite radio, too... someday...)

Comment by Mark Saleski

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:44:38 EDT

also the reason i'm likin' satellite radio.

Comment by DJRadiohead

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:41:58 EDT

And thus the reason so many of us have taken to the podcasting airwaves. I have gotten positive feedback from a couple of the things I have played on mine. Passing it on... that's the thing.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:02:57 EDT

thanks. i'm still a little amazed that this band isn't more popular (though with the pathetic state of radio and whatnot...i shouldn't be)

Comment by DJRadiohead

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:58:02 EDT

Mark, it's a great review. Now that I have read this and heard a song from them on Duke's podcast I am going to have to have me one of these.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:14:09 EDT

thanks craig. i hear the Amee Mann thing too. also, that singer from Eisley. glad you liked the review, because only when i finished it did i realize it was 2AM (the coffee, so far, is not helping...)

Comment by Craig Lyndall

Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:10:22 EDT

Wonderful review Mark. I have been listening to this one for a few days now and I have been pretty impressed too. I am just glad I gave Rilo Kiley another shot because to be quite honest, I thought "Takeoffs and Landings" was far below average. This one on the other hand has that pop sensibility and attention to songwriting that Takeoffs didn't have. Anyway, there is something about this band that reminds me of Aimee Mann a little bit.