Aug 12, 2009 | The Japan Times
Listening Post LIVEJenny Lewis
The line between alt-country and just plain country music can be a thin one. And while Jenny Lewis' vocal and guitar duties in ice-cool Las Vegas indie band Rilo Kiley might cause her to be labeled the former, there's really very little difference between the aching sentiment of her two recent solo albums and that of country icons such as Hank ...
Listening Post LIVEJenny Lewis
The line between alt-country and just plain country music can be a thin one. And while Jenny Lewis' vocal and guitar duties in ice-cool Las Vegas indie band Rilo Kiley might cause her to be labeled the former, there's really very little difference between the aching sentiment of her two recent solo albums and that of country icons such as Hank ...
Listening Post LIVEJenny Lewis
The line between alt-country and just plain country music can be a thin one. And while Jenny Lewis' vocal and guitar duties in ice-cool Las Vegas indie band Rilo Kiley might cause her to be labeled the former, there's really very little difference between the aching sentiment of her two recent solo albums and that of country icons such as Hank ...
Listening Post LIVEJenny Lewis
The line between alt-country and just plain country music can be a thin one. And while Jenny Lewis' vocal and guitar duties in ice-cool Las Vegas indie band Rilo Kiley might cause her to be labeled the former, there's really very little difference between the aching sentiment of her two recent solo albums and that of country icons such as Hank ...
Creationist Girl Scout Honored
If you were a nine-year-old girl in the year 1989 like I was, you might remember the movie Troop Beverly Hills , wherein a star-studded cast of scouts earns badges in accessorizing, shopping, and other mall-related pursuits.
Claim to fame: She made her professional acting debut as a kid in a Jell-O commercial and played a grandchild to Lucille Ball in the comic legend's third-most-popular TV show, "Life With Lucy." But we're pretty sure she's better known for fronting indie darlings Rilo Kiley and launching a solo career in 2006 with a countrified album called "Rabbit ...
Jenny Lewis is an evil girl scout on the Golden Girls
Jenny Lewis is an evil girl scout on the Golden Girls Conor Oberst & Jenny Lewis in Battery Park on July 4th The Golden Girls had a loyal fan base that still exists to this day, thanks to reruns.
Jenny Lewis at 40 Watt tonight
Drawing music fans back into the clubs a mere three days after a particularly raucous AthFest is no easy challenge.
Drivin' N' Cryin' has maintained a consistent local following since the early 90s when they used to perform in the auditorium at the old Julius T. Wright building on University.
Gorgeous Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis has something to offer music fans of all stripes in her solo material.
Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets To See Jenny Lewis Tomorrow Night At The Granada
The dreamy Jenny Lewis stops through town tomorrow night to bring her Elvis Costello-approved tunes to the Granada Theater--and thanks to the fine folks at the Granada Theater, we've got two pairs to give away to this fast-selling show.
Two years ago, Rilo Kiley played a set to a sold-out Warehouse Live ballroom that left more than a few of the L.A. band's fans wishing their sardonic Saddle Creek soft-rock contained just a little more twang.
The Madison Mallards make summer official this week when they open their ninth season.
Jenny Lewis returns to San Francisco this week for two headlining shows at the Fillmore - on Thursday and Friday - playing songs from her most recent album, "Acid Tongue," which sees the Rilo Kiley singer and former child star move away from the country tones of her previous releases and into weird garage rock, subversive soul and gospel punk.
W HEN Jenny Lewis was 14 years old she tried LSD for the first time. She and a group of friends each took a hit of the hallucinogenic drug at Dixie Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley, and, as she sings on her latest album Acid Tongue , they "tripped upon the land 'til enough was enough." "That experience changed me forever," Lewis tells ...
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