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Blake Sennett Clarifies Rilo Kiley Split Comments
The Elected’s Blake Sennett took to Facebook last night to set the record straight on statements pulled from an interview with Spinner this week that were “twisted in such a ridiculous way that it’s almost funny. Almost,” he wrote. “Look, all bands have shit. Ours was no different. That’s all I was saying.” While he went on to apologize for using “three inflammatory words” (“deception, disloyalty, greed”) to describe tensions within the group, Sennett clarified that most of his statements were, in fact, referring to his leaving music in general.
Sadly, though: “As far as the band being over? We are. Rilo Kiley is officially broken up. It’s sad but it happens.” Spinner posted an update today, as well, noting that they regret any confusion caused by the original article and adding a previously unpublished quote from Sennett about former bandmate Jenny Lewis: “She’s my buddy. She’s a good person, a good friend. She’s my homie.”
Video: Bright Eyes, Jenny & Johnny Cover Gillian Welch
At a concert in Vienna earlier this week, Bright Eyes were joined onstage by tour openers Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice to unveil their new take on Gillian Welch’s “Wrecking Ball.” Catch a decent audience-shot glimpse of Conor Oberst and friends trading verses on Welch’s 2003 Soul Journey cut at the 2-minute mark above.
Jenny Lewis Preps Rilo Kiley B-Sides LP, Plays Kimmel w/Johnny
Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice played two I’m Having Fun Now songs tonight for Jimmy Kimmel Live, including the above Lewis-led “My Pet Snakes” and this duet, “Scissor Runner,” which the pretty pair premiered on TV for Conan last year.
In other news, Lewis and Rice are planning to follow up their duo project with respective solo LPs, in addition to — and most intriguingly, to these ears — a Rilo Kiley B-sides release. “Just stuff that has been lying around for many, many years,” Lewis elaborated to 944. “So [Rilo Kiley are] getting a bunch of songs together and old photographs and sifting through the past.”
Watch: Jenny and Johnny - “Big Wave” (Official Video)
In which the cute folk-rock couple pick up where the first round of I’m Having Fun Now promo pictures took off — affectionately posing by their vintage station wagon — before venturing off into a collage of pretty visual effects and sleepy underwater imagery. Enjoy director/photographer Autumn de Wilde’s “Big Wave” video treatment, which was premiered by Spin and Pedestrian today, above. Meanwhile, you can still catch the duo live on tour in Australia and on four upcoming U.S. dates.
(Source: nighthappens, via wearenowhereanditsnow)
Jenny (Lewis) and Johnny (Rice) made their national television debut on Conan last night, performing I’m Having Fun Now single “Big Wave” with Lewis on lead vocals for the broadcast and a web-exclusive take on the Rice-led “Scissor Runner.” While both renditions stay pretty faithful to their respective studio takes, the most notable bit arrives when the couple share the lead mic for some The Boss/Little Steven-esque harmonies in the outro of “Scissor Runner,” which is, of course, adorbs. Enjoy both clips at the previous two links or below.
Watch: Jenny Lewis - “Just One of the Guys” (New Song)
When she isn’t singing with Belle & Sebastian, Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis has been touring with her boyfriend as Jenny and Johnny lately, performing cuts off their new record, adorbs “Love Hurts” covers, and her catchy new solo tune, “Just One of the Guys.” For their Halloween gig at NOLA’s House of Blues on Sunday night, Johnathan Rice and the boys apparently trick-or-treated as their redheaded leader. Here’s a clip of the band backing up Lewis’ “Just One of the Guys” while dressed in Jenny-drag.
Watch: Jenny Lewis w/ Belle & Sebastian - “Lazy Line Painter Jane”
After Jenny [Lewis] and Johnny [Rice] opened up for Belle and Sebastian at the Hollywood Palladium earlier this month, Lewis joined Stuart Murdoch and friends during their headlining set for a great rendition of 1997 B&S song “Lazy Line Painter Jane.” It must have felt daunting for the Rilo Kiley frontwoman to take on Monica Queen’s brilliant original take, but she pulled it off gorgeously, as shown in the fan-shot footage above (via CoS and Fluxtumblr).
We’ve heard the first single, “Crossfire,” as well as live previews from the new Brandon Flowers solo album, Flamingo, but now the anticipated studio version of “Hard Enough,” featuring guest vocals by Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis, has surfaced. Though I was hoping for a full solo verse from Lewis (making the tune a more proper duet), she mostly provides harmony vocals for the choruses and bridge here. That said, it’s hard to deny Lewis’ gorgeous Emmylou Harris-esque backup vocal chops and “Hard Enough” offers plenty of proof to that end.
Check out the radio rip via Soundcloud below:
Well, we’ve previewed 3 charming tracks off Jenny & Johnny’s debut LP, and so far, so good from the cute (and talented) couple. How about one more before I’m Having Fun Now drops in ten days on August 31? Motley Stew got the go-ahead to post the record’s sixth track, “Animal,” as a free and legal MP3. Johnathan Rice takes over the lead vocals more than the others we’ve heard on this cut, which — dare I say — borrows the rhythm section a bit and a few chord changes from “Losing My Religion.”
Download “Animal” here and stream it below:
The debut album from Jenny [Lewis] and Johnny [Rice], I’m Having Fun Now, won’t be released until August 31, but 
in the meantime, our favorite folk-rock couple have unveiled a 3-track, song-streaming widget in the image of a cassette, as well as the full LP tracklist, to make the prospect of pre-ordering the record even more tempting. (iTunes pre-orders come with bonus cut “The Highs and Lows of Being #1.”) What’s more, the pair opened for the great Levon Helm in Los Angeles this week — unveiling their tunes with a 5-piece backing band — and one lucky attendee captured some nice footage of the troupe jamming out to a new Jenny Lewis song, possibly dubbed “One of the Guys.” Check it out alongside the 11-song tracklist and (auto-playing) song widget below:
**Update: Motley Stew has a free MP3 of the song “Animal” that was cleared for sharing by the band.