By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorEvery week, eMusic's editorial team assembles a newsletter called The Crib Sheet, which features the five new records we think are essential listening. This is your chance to tell us what you think of the… more »
By Patrick Rapa, eMusic ContributorRilo Kiley had a Hollywood sort of beginning: Two ex-child actors somehow found each other in the smog and smarm of Los Angeles. Jenny Lewis, the charmingly idiosyncratic songwriter with a country-strong voice, and Blake… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorRilo Kiley have shared the first official video from rkives, the band's posthumous compilation of rarities and previously unreleased material. Long known as "I Love L.A." to live audiences, "Let Me Back In" is a… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorRilo Kiley have finally revealed the details behind rkives, their upcoming collection of rarities and previously unreleased material. Due out April 2nd through Little Record Company — the label of bassist Pierre DeReeder — the 16-track… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorHere's something to get stoked about: Wavves have revealed some tentative details around their Mom + Pop debut. Due out March 26th if all goes according to plan, Afraid of Heights features the drum work of the Bronx's Jorma Vik,… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorAlthough they never made an official announcement about their breakup, Rilo Kiley appeared to implode quite spectacularly a few years back. Or as guitarist Blake Sennett put it in a Spinner interview, "Relationships, like Woody… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorOmaha, Nebraska's Saddle Creek Records is home to countless beloved indie classics — Rilo Kiley's The Execution of All Things, Bright Eyes' LIFTED... and Cursive's The Ugly Organ among them, as well cuts from The Faint, Azure Ray, eMusic Selects albus Rural Alberta Advantage, and so many more. Titles from those artists and others are on sale for $4.99 or less through Wednesday, so get them now! Don't know where to start? Check out Ian Cohen's excellent guide to Saddle Creek, and you'll find tracks from several of those artists and more in the label's free summer 2012 sampler. more »
By Ian Cohen, eMusic ContributorDownload Saddle Creek's brand-new summer 2012 sampler here — free tracks from Bright Eyes, Maria Taylor, Cursive, The Mynabirds and more. As the new millennium dawned, Omaha spawned an unusual amount of wildly talented, photogenic and… more »
By Laura Studarus, eMusic ContributorSome musicians pour blood, sweat and tears into their work, laboring for years — sometimes lifetimes — to produce that one perfect album. Then there's the other group of musicians, the kind whose creativity is… more »
By Ian Cohen, eMusic Contributor"And we'll go to Omaha to work and exploit the booming music scene." Jenny Lewis delivers this line on the title track of The Execution of All Things with typically biting sarcasm, but nearly a… more »
By Amanda Petrusich, eMusic ContributorIt's been four years since beloved L.A. indie rockers Rilo Kiley released a new record, but vocalist Jenny Lewis and guitarist Blake Sennett have been placating fans with a smattering of side projects. That includes… more »
By James McNair, eMusic ContributorFor all her major-label success with indie-rockers Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis has long had an appetite for more traditional-sounding music. You could hear it on RK's early country-tinged albums, and you could certainly here it… more »
By Amelia Raitt, eMusic ContributorPierre de Reeder has been making indie pop magic with Rilo Kiley for more than a decade, playing bass as frontwoman Jenny Lewis led the band from small-time critics' darlings to mainstream success. Now, on… more »
